{"id":49548,"date":"2022-06-14T01:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lizzo-drops-new-version-of-grrrls-after-ableist-lyric-backlash\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:28:01","slug":"lizzo-drops-new-version-of-grrrls-after-ableist-lyric-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lizzo-drops-new-version-of-grrrls-after-ableist-lyric-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Drops New Version of &#8216;Grrrls&#8217; After Ableist Lyric Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Lizzo has released a new version of her single \u201cGrrrls\u201d after receiving backlash from disability advocates for including the word \u201cspazio\u201d in the song&#8217;s beginning lines.<\/p>\n<p>The original version of the track sparked heated debate among fans, who were disappointed with the singer&#8217;s decision to include the derogatory term.  In the medical field, \u201cspastic\u201d refers to a disability that makes it difficult for people to control their muscles, especially in their arms and legs.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hannah_diviney\/status\/1535818662749548545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1535818662749548545%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-news%2Flizzo-grrrls-lyrics-backlash-abelist-slur-1235086460%2F\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cHey @lizzo my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia (where spasticity refers to unending painful tightness in my legs) your new song makes me pretty angry + sad.  &#8216;Spaz&#8217; doesn&#8217;t mean freaked out or crazy.  It&#8217;s an ableist slur.  It&#8217;s 2022. Do better. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Lizzo responded on Instagram, posting the announcement of the lyric replacement and explaining her decision to release a new version of the song.  &#8220;Let&#8217;s make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language,&#8221; she writes, before going on to elaborate on how she was &#8220;proud&#8221; to have taken the steps to &#8220;listen and take action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cew0HrlPhEq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the original track, Lizzo sings: \u201cHold my bag, bitch, hold my bag \/ Do you see this shit?  I&#8217;m a spat. &#8221;  The new version now has Lizzo singing: \u201cHold my bag, bitch, Hold my bag \/ Do you see this shit?  Hold me back. &#8221;  Listen to the updated track below.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lizzo - Grrrls (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4r9TbKLCus0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As of publication time, the track has only been updated on Lizzo&#8217;s YouTube.  The release of &#8220;Grrrls&#8221; follows the buzz of Lizzo&#8217;s TikTok-favored &#8220;About Damn Time&#8221; and serves as the second single off the pop singer&#8217;s forthcoming studio album &#8220;Special.&#8221;  The new project is set to arrive July 15 via Nice Life Recording Company \/ Atlantic Records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\">\n<p>\t\toptional screen reader\t<\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\">Read More About:<\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzo has released a new version of her single \u201cGrrrls\u201d after receiving backlash from disability advocates for including the word \u201cspazio\u201d in the song&#8217;s beginning lines. The original version of the track sparked heated debate among fans, who were disappointed with the singer&#8217;s decision to include the derogatory term. In the medical field, \u201cspastic\u201d refers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lizzo-drops-new-version-of-grrrls-after-ableist-lyric-backlash\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lizzo Drops New Version of &#8216;Grrrls&#8217; After Ableist Lyric Backlash<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/lizzo.jpg?w=1000","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}