Lizzo Shares Edited Version of Chris Brown’s Video Calling Out Zara Larsson to Promote Her New Album
"I CANT BELIEVE CHRIS BROWN SAID THIS?????" she wrote satirically.
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Lizzo just got Chris Brown‘s endorsement for her new album, Bitch — whether he knows about it or not.
On Wednesday (May 13), the Yitty founder shared an edited version of the polarizing R&B icon’s recent video defending his new album, Brown. In the original clip, which Brown had posted on his Instagram Story the day prior, he’d told followers heatedly, “If you not my fan, I don’t want you to listen to my s–t. Go listen to motherf–king Zara Larsson or somebody.”
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In Lizzo’s reconfiguration, a few seconds of Brown’s video plays before cutting to a still of his face with the “About Damn Time” singer’s eyes and mouth superimposed over his. “Pre-order Lizzo’s album Bitch coming out June 5 or something,” she says with her voice pitched down after the real Brown says, “Go listen to motherf–king …”
“I CANT BELIEVE CHRIS BROWN SAID THIS?????” she wrote satirically in the caption.
Billboard has reached out to Brown’s rep for comment.
Lizzo has been a fan of the “Run It!” artist for years. In 2021, she faced criticism for stopping Brown backstage at the Millennium Tour and asking for a photo, calling him her “favorite person in the whole f–king world.”
But Brown has long been a complicated figure in music due to his long history of physical aggression, most notably for his violent assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, to which he pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault. In May 2025, he was arrested and taken into custody in Manchester on the charge of “inflicting grievous bodily harm” during an alleged London nightclub attack two years prior; he pleaded not guilty and was released on bail at $6.75 million in June, with a trial date set for Oct. 26 of this year.
His jab at Larsson in his video on Tuesday (May 12) likely stemmed from the Swedish pop star telling Cosmopolitan in February that she has “so many artists” blocked on Spotify, including “abusers” such as Brown, whom she named specifically. The Virginia native’s reputation has definitely fed into the pushback on his album released on May 8, with Pitchfork‘s Alphonse Pierre writing, “It’s soulless, hit-chasing music with nothing going for it if you aren’t personally invested in the Chris Brown culture wars … not every musical legend deserves to be a martyr.”
As Brown said in his video, though, “I don’t give a f–k what these n—as is talkin’ about. I know exactly who my fans is and I know exactly who hearing this album.”
See Lizzo’s post below.
