Don't Make Me Love U

"Don't Make Me Love U"
A side view of Lizzo with a short blonde hairstyle, wearing a laced up dress under a corset with matching sleeves over her forearms, sitting at a table which has a plate with a lettuce-filled sandwich on it. She is resting her left elbow on the table and holding a cigarette in that hand, while tears are projecting out from her eyes. The scene is set on a black background.
Single by Lizzo
from the album Bitch
ReleasedMarch 20, 2026 (2026-03-20)
Length3:25
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Lizzo singles chronology
"Still Bad"
(2025)		 "Don't Make Me Love U"
(2026)		 "Bitch"
(2026)
Music video
"Don't Make Me Love U" on YouTube

"Don't Make Me Love U" is a song by American singer and rapper Lizzo. It was released on March 20, 2026, through Nice Life and Atlantic Records, as the lead single from Lizzo's fifth studio album, Bitch (2026). Lizzo wrote the song with her long-time collaborator Eric Frederic, as well as Desmond Child and Cheche Alara, among others. The song's production was handled by Lizzo, Frederic, and Alara.

Background and release

Lizzo announced the release of "Don't Make Me Love U" on her social media on March 18, 2026, with a clip that sees the singer twerking on her doppelgänger while the track plays in the background.[1] Lizzo had previously performed the song on Saturday Night Live in April 2025,[2] and sang an a-capella version of the track during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers in February 2026.[1] The track follows Lizzo's previously released singles "Still Bad" and "Love in Real Life", which were intended to be singles from her fifth studio album Bitch, before Lizzo pivoted away from the album's previous concept and instead released the stand-alone mixtape My Face Hurts from Smiling (2025).[1]

Critical reception

Upon the song's release, Brittany Spanos of The Guardian noted that the song and Lizzo's recent releases were being overshadowed by her 2023 misconduct lawsuit filed by three of her former backup dancers, and the harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed against the singer by fashion designer Asha Daniels. Spanos clarified that the lawsuit "unraveled the entire foundation of Lizzo’s brand" of the "radical and empowering" image she intended to promote, while claiming that the public don't know who Lizzo is anymore - hence the underperformance of her 2025 singles "Love in Real Life" and "Still Bad". Spanos described the music video for "Dont Make Me Love U" as being more "attention grabbing" than her other recent output, but that "it doesn’t seem like anyone is interested in what Lizzo has to say" as the video achieved less than half a million views in its first two weeks of release. Spanos concluded that Lizzo’s "main goal" right now is to "maintain" what she already lost, but "the climb back to the top may be further than she realizes".[3]

Music video

The music video for "Don't Make Me Love U" was released alongside the song on March 20, 2026, and was directed by Tanner K. Williams and shot by Bentley Rawle.[4][5] According to Rachel DeSantis of People magazine, it sees Lizzo "giving her past self some love, featuring the singer and her alter ego Lizzy. One is her in the present day... and the other is her past self. They sit together at a dinner table and stand face to face before she eventually hugs her past self in a recreation of the cover art for her 2019 album Cuz I Love You."[4]

Live performances

On April 13, 2025, Lizzo performed "Don't Make Me Love U" for the first time on Saturday Night Live.[2] On March 22, 2026, she performed the song on CBS Mornings.[6] Following the release of the song's parent album Bitch, Lizzo performed the track on the Today Show on June 5.[7]

Charts

Weekly chart performance
Chart (2026) Peak
position
Croatia International Airplay (Top lista)[8] 70
Italy Airplay (EarOne)[9] 50
Latvia Airplay (TopHit)[10] 37
San Marino Airplay (SMRTV Top 50)[11] 45

Release history

Release dates
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various March 20, 2026 [12]
Italy Radio airplay Warner Music Group [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dailey, Hannah (March 19, 2026). "Lizzo Twerks on Her Clone in Trippy Video to Announce New Single 'Don't Make Me Love U'". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Damara Kelly, Tyler (April 14, 2025). "Lizzo debuts new song "Don't Make Me Love You" on SNL". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  3. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (April 3, 2026). "Lizzo's Reinvention Faces Its Greatest Test Yet". The Guardian. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  4. 1 2 DeSantis, Rachel (March 20, 2026). "Lizzo Strips Down as She Meets Her Past Self in 'Surreal' Music Video for New Single 'Don't Make Me Love U'". People. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  5. ↑ Rand, Elaine (March 20, 2026). "Lizzo Returns with New Single 'Don't Make Me Love U'". Hot Press. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  6. ↑ Sam (March 22, 2026). "Lizzo Performs New Single 'Don't Make Me Love U' on CBS Mornings". That Grape Juice. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  7. ↑ "See Lizzo Perform 'Don't Make Me Love You' on Today". Today. June 5, 2026. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Airplay Radio Chart Top100 – 6. travnja 2026" (in Croatian). Top lista. Archived from the original on June 5, 2026. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Don't Make Me Love U - Lizzo". EarOne. Archived from the original on June 5, 2026. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Top Radio Hits Latvia Weekly Chart - Apr 30, 2026". TopHit. Archived from the original on June 5, 2026. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Top 50 La classifica di Radio San Marino" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. Archived from the original on April 15, 2026. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Don't Make Me Love U - Single by Lizzo". Apple Music. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
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