While Lizzo fans (affectionately called #Lizzbians) have been eating up her latest two music drops, the long-awaited ‘Love in Real Life‘ and ‘Still Bad,’ the Pop-laden tunes have awakened a criticism in some that’s plagued the GRAMMY winner since the early days of her career: sounding “too White.”

And though hot on the promo trail in support of the new songs (which are set to line her forthcoming studio album also titled ‘Love in Real Life’), Liz (born Melissa Jefferson) took time to address they naysayers who say her sound doesn’t appeal to Black audiences.

Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday (March 17), Jefferson launched into a rant about the mixed reception of her latest singles seemingly incited by a social media critic who claims the singer’s “brand of Poptimism doesn’t work” in this era.

“Saying my brand of “poptimism” doesn’t work in a “post Covid world” is a lazy take…As if I didn’t release ‘about damn time’ post-pandemic,” she said in response.

Following with a slew of defensive tweets, Lizzo reflected on other artists who have experienced backlash in their careers for not bending to the status quo.

“Same people saying my music is ‘too optimistic’ would’ve been real mad in the 60s at James Brown and Motown,” she said before later relaying, “I think seeing and hearing a black woman make real music with radical joy triggers miserable people… but I follow in the footsteps of Janet [Jackson], of Funkadelic, of Earth Wind and Fire… nobody’s doing it like me for Us. And I stand on that.”

And though her string of messages got a generally supportive response, she seems to have taken a left turn when she compared her plight to that of late music royals Whitney Houston and Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

“Aretha & Whitney got backlash for being “too Pop” and kept going…and so will I,” Lizzo stated.

The statement seemingly triggered fans of both divas, Houston’s particularly, as the ‘I Will Always Love You’ singer was also plagued with jeers at a point in her career for making what many deemed “White music.”

Look below to see how commenters responded to Lizzo’s self-comparison.

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