2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"
Pnau remix cover
Single by Lizzo
from the album Special
ReleasedJuly 18, 2022 (2022-07-18)
Genre
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Martin
  • Salmanzadeh
Lizzo singles chronology
"About Damn Time"
(2022)
"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"
(2022)
"Special"
(2023)
Music video
"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" on YouTube

"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" is a song by American singer and rapper Lizzo, from her fourth studio album Special (2022). It was released to Italian radio on July 18, 2022, as the album's second single, while in the United States, it impacted hot adult contemporary radio on August 1, 2022, as well as rhythmic contemporary radio and contemporary hit radio the following day. "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) is a "new wave-ish" pop song, inspired by 70's disco and 80's synth-pop, and has been compared to works by The Pointer Sisters and Hall & Oates.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 15, 2022). "Lizzo: Special review – pop gold forged by a supreme force of charisma". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Smyth, David (July 15, 2022). "Lizzo - Special review: This is her world, and we're lucky to live in it". Evening Standard.
  3. ^ Levine, Nick (July 15, 2022). "Lizzo – 'Special' review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bops". NME.
  4. ^ Shaffer, Claire (July 21, 2022). "Lizzo: Special Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 21, 2022.