Lizzo’s Newest Honor: A KIDZ BOP Cover of “Truth Hurts”
Turns out mainstream adulation comes in strange forms
In the past year, recording artist and all-around bad bitch Lizzo has enjoyed many honors signaling her success in the music industry: chart-topping records, a double platinum single, performances at the MTV VMAs and BET Awards, a collaboration with Missy Elliot. Lizzo is on top of the world.
But recently, she achieved something that signifies pop culture penetration like nothing else: a KIDZ BOP cover.
If you’re not aware, KIDZ BOP is a series of compilations that reimagine the most ubiquitous pop songs with children in mind. With a rotating cast of prepubescent singers, the entity has been replacing curse words and distorting double entendres since 2001. Typically, the covers come out several months after the original record’s release, when it has already become unavoidable. But sometimes the unavoidable is inappropriate for young ears.
