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\n\tLizzo is closing out the month in a \u201cSpecial\u201d way, making her Sports Illustrated<\/em> cover debut for the magazine\u2019s July 2026 Swimsuit digital issue.<\/p>\n\n\tThe \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d singer wore her signature Yitty Swim bikinis and swimsuits for the poolside, Miami mansion-set shoot, marking a second of two recent Sports Illustrated<\/em> moments. In the spring (May 30), Lizzo performed several songs from her new Bitch<\/em> album, including \u201cSexy Ladies,\u201d at the 2026 SI<\/em> Swimsuit Runway Show during Miami Swim Week. The 38-year-old worked the catwalk in a bright blue one-piece swimsuit with the word \u201cb\u2014h\u201d written across the front, a nod to her latest LP.<\/p>\n\n
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\n\t\u201cMy newest fantasy is about feeling good in my body and enjoying my life,\u201d she told Sports Illustrated<\/em>. \u201cI worked so hard that I destroyed my nervous system. I have such bad anxiety that now I\u2019m working on reversing those things because it\u2019s not conducive to my career. It doesn\u2019t help \u2026 to be an artist of this caliber and to have anxiety and to have fear. \u2026 There\u2019s no place for that. I really am just seeking joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\n\tThis grounded, restorative outlook previews Lizzo\u2019s exciting upcoming slate of projects. The Grammy-winning singer-rapper-songwriter hasn\u2019t been on the silver screen in an acting role since 2019\u2019s acclaimed Hustlers<\/em>, but she\u2019ll soon return in the starring role of a forthcoming Sister Rosetta Tharpe biopic.<\/p>\n\n\tConfirming that the film was greenlit and in development, Lizzo revealed, \u201cWe\u2019re in the process of writing the script. There\u2019s a lot of research that has gone into the biopic, and I want to be really careful and precious with the script because I think it\u2019s really important to show a Black woman at that time in a different light. \u2026 I want her biopic to represent her as the superstar that she was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tIn addition to her acting career, Lizzo is also bringing her talents to the world of children\u2019s books. This fall (Sept. 8), she\u2019ll release Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin\u2019,<\/em> a Mark Pett-illustrated picture book that follows \u201ca girl [who] finds her voice with the help of a smart and sassy flute.\u201d \u201cI want to\u2026 give people backstory on my relationship,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m super adamant about young people playing instruments again. It used to be mandatory, and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s mandatory anymore, and it scares me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tIt\u2019s been a busy month for Lizzo, most of which she\u2019s spent as a guest professor at Kai Cenat\u2019s Streamer University, where she notably gave streaming star and Grammy-nominated artist Plaqueboymax helpful lessons in self-love after fellow \u201cstudents\u201d like online personality Ojaysuave harassed him and encouraged homophobia-laced speculation about his sexuality.<\/p>\n
\n\tLast month (June 5), Lizzo\u2019s Bitch<\/em> became her first project since 2015\u2019s Big Grrrl Small World<\/em> to miss the Billboard 200 completely. Led by the singles \u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Love U\u201d and the Meredith Brooks-nodding title track, the LP managed to reach No. 15 on Indie Store Album Sales and No. 46 on Top Album Sales.<\/p>\n\n\n
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