Lizzo has explained her decision to call her new album B****

Lizzo has explained her decision to call her new album B****.

The 38-year-old pop star is preparing to make a return to the charts with her latest record B****, which is due for release in June, and she's now opened up about why she chose such a controversial name for it - declaring she is "reclaiming the word" and "turning it into a declaration of confidence, and unapologetic self-love."

In a press release announcing the new album, Lizzo explained: "Reclaiming the word B**** is power – it’s taking a label once used to diminish women and turning it into a declaration of confidence, and unapologetic self-love."

She went on to share her inspiration for the name came from singer Meredith Brooks - who had a huge hit with her 1997 song B****, and hip-hop star Missy Elliott, who released her song She's a B**** in 1999, while Lizzo also makes a nod to her her 2019 single Truth Hurts which features the line: "I’m 100 per cent that b****".

Lizzo added: "So many incredible women in music have used the word for positivity like Meredith Brooks and Missy Elliot. It was only fitting to name my album B**** because it has become my favourite word when using it on my own terms and because I am 100 per cent that b****!"

B**** will be Lizzo's first album since 2022's Special and it's due to drop on June 5. The record's title track is set to be unveiled on May 1.