Lizzo Is a Superhero in New ‘Special’ Music Video
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Lizzo released a new music video for her song “Special” this week, and the clip features her as a hard-working superhero keeping people safe. The song appears on Lizzo’s 2022 album of the same name.
Lizzo Releases New ‘Special’ Music Video
The music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, begins with a shot of Lizzo flying through the air with a cape and a mask. She arrives back home and gets into bed, but her alarm immediately makes her get up for her job at a diner.
Throughout the video, Lizzo saves a little girl from getting hit by a car, stops a woman from getting mugged, thwarts a robbery, and rescues a baby from a burning building. All the while, she sings on the track, “In case nobody told you today / You’re special / In case nobody made you believe / You’re special.”
On Instagram, Lizzo shared voice notes from when she was planning the video back in 2021. She can be heard describing a Black female superhero, adding that the country loves her when she’s a superhero, “but absolutely hates her as a human being.”
As the star wrote in the post’s caption, “This video is for any one who has felt unseen, alone, disrespected. I see you.”
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The Album Special Is Nominated for a Grammy
Last year, Lizzo released her fourth studio album, titled Special. The project featured the lead single “About Damn Time.” Both the album and the song are nominated for multiple Grammys this year.
Special is nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, while “About Damn Time” is nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance. The Grammys will air live this Sunday, February 5, on CBS.
Lizzo has previously won three Grammys. Her album Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) won Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2020, while her song “Truth Hurts” won Best Pop Solo Performance and her song “Jerome” won Best Traditional R&B Performance the same year.
