Lizzo graces the most recent problem of New York magazine, and inside, her longtime buddy SZA steps as much as defend her. The “Kill Bill” singer opened up about why she has remained firmly by Lizzo’s aspect because the star continues to face lawsuits and public backlash.

SZA didn’t maintain again when addressing how folks turned on Lizzo following a number of lawsuits filed in opposition to her. “It was so weird to watch everybody attack her because it actually had nothing to do with what was going on,” she defined. To SZA, what units Lizzo aside is her potential to rise above turmoil. “I think what’s special about my friend is she is a master healer. She is always going to get to the bottom of herself. Nobody cleared her name for her. Nobody could give her that vindication; she gave it to herself. I just felt like she 100 percent genie’d herself through that.”

The lawsuits date again to 2023, when a former worker, Asha Daniels, alleged harassment and discrimination earlier than Lizzo was later dismissed from that individual case. Another authorized battle, filed by three former backup dancers, remains to be energetic and consists of claims of harassment, incapacity discrimination, and false imprisonment.

Even with the authorized drama, the bond between SZA and Lizzo has remained robust. In early 2025, the 2 joined forces on Lizzo’s My Face Hurts From Smiling mixtape. Before that, they recorded the remix of “Special” in 2023, and Lizzo shocked audiences at exhibits on SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s Grand National Tour.

During her personal New York journal interview, Lizzo opened up about her shelved mission, Love in Real Life, a lot of which was written in 2022. “I sat down at the table and I said, ‘I need to do s—t my way starting from now. And I need y’all to have my back. It’s going to be a little scary,’” she recalled. “And everybody agreed. And they said, ‘We got your back, whatever you need.’”