Lizzo Faces Fresh Criticism

Lizzo has teased new music, but a lot of people were left unimpressed.

The online criticism comes five months after the Grammy-award winning singer was accused by three of her former dancers of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. She was also sued by a designer on her tour for creating an "unsafe, sexually charged workplace culture."

Lizzo posted a short clip of her singing in the studio to her social media on Thursday and captioned the post: "To my dearest Lizzo fans: the magic is back💖."

The audio was muted while she sang but she could later be heard saying "I felt like Gwen Stefani on that one," referring to the former No Doubt singer.

Her video was later shared to X, formerly Twitter, where people slammed Lizzo.

"WE DON'T WANT IT," wrote one person.

Another added: "ew keep it please."

And a third wrote: "no one will listen."

Newsweek contacted Lizzo's representatives by email for comment.

Lizzo was sued in August for religious and racial harassment, discrimination, false imprisonment and body shaming.

Los Angeles attorney Ron Zambrano, who is representing the plaintiffs Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez, said at the time, "behind closed doors, this is the way Lizzo is."

The star responded a few days after the lawsuit was filed by writing on Instagram: "These last few days have been gut wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing. My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticized. Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.

"These sensationalized stories are coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional."

In December, Lizzo filed her own motion to try to stop a lawsuit by Asha Daniels, a fashion designer who worked on her tour, from reaching court.

"I was witnessing myself, the dancers and the background vocalists and my local team in every city be harassed and bullied regularly," Daniels told NBC News.

Daniels accused one manager of texting sexually explicit material to a group chat, and alleged members of Lizzo's team openly discussed hiring sex workers, attending sex shows and buying hard drugs.

She also accused a wardrobe manager of making a "stereotypical sassy Black woman imitation" and using threatening and derogatory language.

Her lawyers argued the lawsuit should include Lizzo, whose given name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, because she was the leader of the tour "so the buck stops with her."

In a statement, Lizzo spokesman Stefan Friedman slammed Daniels, saying the lawsuit was "a bogus, absurd publicity stunt" and claiming Daniels had "never actually met or even spoke with Lizzo," per ABC News.

Lizzo bragged on Instagram how that tour grossed $85 million, after she lost out on the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special at Monday's ceremony.