Ahead of the release of her new album, which dropped last week, the four-time Grammy winner with a pair of No. 1 pop hits was starting to feel the strain of a high-stakes project rollout. Yet right now you won’t hear Lizzo complain about her workload. Being tired means you’ve been busy; being busy means you’re in demand. And demand has often seemed in short supply of late for the singer, rapper, flautist and shapewear magnate born Melissa Jefferson. Lizzo recently sat down with The Times' pop music critic Mikael Wood to discuss surviving a public takedown, embracing being "cringe" and why she's "laughing with you laughing at me all the way to the bank." Read the candid interview at the link in @latimes' bio. 📷 Ian Spanier / For The Times