Lizzo Says Algorithms Have Left Music Industry "In Shambles," Killed the "Song of the Summer"

Earlier this summer, Lizzo unveiled an entertaining enough mixtape titled My Face Hurts from Smiling . Now, the actor-singer isn’t exactly smiling as she’s taken to TikTok for a rant against the current state of the music industry.

In the 3.5-minute clip, the multiple Grammy Award winner begins by saying the industry is in “complete shambles right now.” Lizzo then goes on to explain that after years of working under an “algorithmic model,” the industry has lost control to a certain extent. As such, “no one can serve the masses anymore,” and that inevitably means something like the much-coveted Song of the Summer (where disparate groups can rally around one artist in a showcase of true cultural significance) is no longer possible.

There’s something to that argument, of course. In