About Damn Time Apr 2026

Lizzo wrote the song as a way to "celebrate our survival" following the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening lyrics—"Is everybody back up in the building? It's been a minute, tell me how you're healing"—are an empathetic check-in with her audience.

The song went through approximately 50 versions and 30 studio sessions over four months before the final chorus and hook were perfected. About Damn Time

It was the last song written for her album Special . Lizzo felt the album was incomplete and needed a track with the same uplifting impact as her earlier hit "Good as Hell". Lizzo wrote the song as a way to