About Damn Time Lyrics - Lizzo

Song Facts:

• Genre: Pop, Funk


• Lyricist: Lizzo


• Composers: Lizzo


• Soundtrack: Featured in the soundtrack for "How to Date Billy Walsh"

Artist Info:

Lizzo is a huge pop music name. She makes encouraging, lively pop music with notes of funk and soul, and has really set herself to be a huge figure of body positivity and self-love, using her influential platform to the fullest. Lizzo's music can be outlined with the full-energy beat, powerful vocals, and memorable hooks. And most often, she writes lyrics about her own character in which other people found themselves; and it's actually the fact that makes her music appeal to such a big part of the audience. Besides being musically talented, Lizzo presents a very enigmatic stage personality and a gift to communicate with fans through her music on issues that most people can relate to.

Annotations and Meaning:

"About Damn Time" by Lizzo is one of those celebratory songs in relation to the celebration of self-assuredness and coming back to. The song emits an infectious energy that encourages listeners to catch on with its prevalent theme: embracing joy, releasing stress. This is epitomized by the chorus "Turn up the music, turn down the lights, I got a feeling I'm gon' be alright." In this line, he calls for this very celebration and individually affirms that hard times have been overcome.
Lizzo narrates her journey through challenges with language that is both playful and poignant, signaling her triumphant return to the best of herself. Lines like "It's bad bitch o'clock, yeah, it's thick-thirty" or "I'm way too fine to be this stressed" read as comedy in the context of her bigger self-love and anthems of empowerment. This phrase is repeated over and over through the song, underlining how many times have passed for such a victory to be won—thus setting an atmosphere of long-awaited personal triumph.

The song also features themes of recovery and healing with lines like, "Is everybody back up in the building? It's been a minute, tell me how you're healing." In this case, Lizzo talks to the collective, acknowledging the struggles and even inviting the audience to take part in the moment.