2019Released
2:53

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Interesting facts and trivia about Truth Hurts. By Songfacts®.

"Truth Hurts" is a kiss-off to an ex whom Lizzo dumped as he wasn't committed enough to their relationship. She's now moved on with a player on the Minnesota Vikings football team. Best friend sat me down in the salon chair Shampoo press, get you out of my hair Fresh photos with the bomb lighting New man on the Minnesota Vikings Lizzo moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2011 and helped form the three-piece all-female rap/R&B group The Chalice there. The Vikings are her favorite team.

Lizzo kicks off the song with the question: Why are men great until they gotta be great? She tweeted the meaning of the lyric: "Men hold the highest seats of power on the planet. They're constantly appointed greatness and yet cannot seem to do any good with it."

The song was released on September 19, 2017 by Nice Life and Atlantic Records. Though it did not chart at the time of its release, it saw a sudden increase in popularity 18 months later after being featured during a prominent scene in the 2019 Netflix rom-com film Someone Great, where Gina Rodriguez sings along to it to help get over a breakup (interest in the tune was also boosted by the TikTok android application). The song hit #1 in the US on September 7, 2019, nearly two years after it was first released.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Truth Hurts.
EKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
158BPM

Album

The album Truth Hurts is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Truth Hurts.
Nice Life/Atlantic
© 2019 Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
℗ 2019 Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

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