Lizzo dropped a music video for her song Special on Wednesday.
The “Truth Hurts” singer, 34, donned a superhero costume for the video as she went around her neighborhood saving people while dealing with people debating whether she was a “hero or a woman-ass.”
For the chorus, the beauty sings: “In case nobody told you today / You’re special (special) / In case nobody made you believe / You’re special (special).”
Both the video and the song focused on the importance of loving yourself, supporting others, and self-esteem.
Since bursting onto the music scene with her hit Truth Hurts in 2017, the superstar has been a champion of body positivity and has made inclusivity one of her main goals.
Superhero: Lizzo dropped a music video for her song Special on Wednesday
The video begins with Lizzo flying into the frame in a figure-hugging purple superhero costume, complete with a mask and long purple fingernails.
Her long dark hair is left loose in tight curls down her back, and she sports purple eyeshadow on her lids.
The music begins as she walks into her house, tosses her suit onto a chair, and climbs onto her bed while wearing a sweatshirt from her inclusive shapewear company Yitty.
Her first verse focuses on someone criticizing a video she posted and wondering if she wasn’t the one who posted it, would they have a problem?
Lizzo finds the video and helps herself to a bowl of cereal as she sees someone on the news talking about her being a superhero with the words ‘Lizzo: hero or ace woman?’
She then sings: ‘Is it just because I’m black and heavy? However, you do not listen to me.
The video shows her character working at a local restaurant, dressed in a purple old-fashioned waitress outfit. Her hair is up in a high ponytail, and she has a name tag on her that says Melly.
The singer looks at the checkbook and sees that someone wrote ‘Eat a salad’ on it. She shakes off it, but then two guys hit her with a spit.
All purple: The Truth Hurts singer donned an all purple hero outfit
Representing: At the beginning of the video, she is wearing a purple sweatshirt from her inclusive shapewear company Yitty.
Enemy: Lizzo pours herself a bowl of cereal and sees someone on the news talking about her being a superhero with the words ‘Lizzo: Hero or Woman-ace?’
During this part, she sings, “Fame is pretty new, but I’ve gotten used to people judging me / That’s why I move the way I move and that’s why I’m so in love with myself.”
As the first chorus arrives, the camera cuts to a little girl who looks like a younger Lizzo crossing the street. She is playing with an action figure of Lizzo’s superhero alter ego.
He then has to save the girl from an oncoming car while singing the chorus.
At Work: Your character works at a local restaurant, dressed in a purple old-fashioned waitress outfit. His hair is tied up in a high ponytail and he has a name tag on him that says Melly.
Rude: He looks at the checkbook and sees that someone wrote “Eat a salad” on it.
Salvador: ‘In case no one told you today / You are special (special) / In case no one made you believe / You are special (special)’
After saving the girl, he approaches the car and helps the woman who was driving and makes sure she is okay too.
The rest of the chorus goes, ‘Well I’ll always love you the same / You’re special / I’m so glad you’re still with us / Broken but damn you’re still perfect (perfect) / (Special).’
It then cuts to Lizzo in her diner uniform, walking through an angry crowd that is against her being a superhero. They hold signs reading ‘public enemy’ and ‘hope over heroes’.
Quick: Superhero Lizzo saves a girl from being hit by a car
Singing: He stops and makes sure the girl is okay as he sings the chorus of the song.
Strength: The beauty also approaches the woman in the car and looks at her too.
Taking Care of Everyone: The chorus continues as he looks at the cut on the woman’s head.
‘Could you imagine a world / Where everyone is equal? / And you can cancel a girl / Because she just wanted to change.’
He then saves a woman who is being attacked by two men. The superhero Lizzo punches one of them and knocks over the other, and they both end up in a garbage can.
Lizzo then shows up at a convenience store that is being robbed and throws the thief out of the window while singing the chorus.
Riots: Regular Lizzo walks through an angry crowd that is against her being a superhero
Vigilante: They put up signs that say ‘public enemy’ and ‘hope over heroes’
Fighting: ‘Could you imagine a world / Where everyone is equal? / And you can cancel a girl / Because she just wanted to change
Standing Up: Lizzo saves a woman who is being attacked by two men and appears in a convenience store that is being held up and throws the robber out the window
The next day, as he passes a group of construction workers, he uses his X-ray powers to look at them without his clothes on, but is then startled and rushes away.
As she begins to sing the final pre-chorus, she rescues a baby from a burning building and returns it to its parents, who turn out to be part of another angry mob.
This causes the mob to tear up her posters and gather to take a photo with her, which appears in the newspaper under the headline “Lizzo Saves the Day”.
The Baby – Rescue a baby from a burning building and return it to the parents.
Everyone is safe: The baby’s parents are part of the angry crowd
Acceptance: Once they see her in action, the crowd cheers her on and joins her for a photo.
The Girl: Lizzo then goes back to work at the diner and sees the girl she saved.
As she sings the final chorus, she returns to her job at the diner as a normal woman, serving the girl she saved.
The girl is wearing a replica of Lizzo’s superhero mask. She removes her mask and puts it on Lizzo when she realizes that she is the hero who saved her from her.
Hitmaker 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) released her new EP, You’re Special, Love Lizzo on November 25, 2022.
Superhero Lizzo: The girl puts the mask on Lizzo realizing who she is