SZA brought out Lizzo to perform “IRL” IRL during the second Paris stop of the former’s Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar Wednesday night (July 16).
“BAD B—H… in REAL LIFEEEE @sza !!!!! Thanks for letting me throw it byke on ur stage #stadiumstatus,” Lizzo captioned an Instagram clip of their performance.
It’s not the first time SZA surprised stadium audiences with a Lizzo appearance during this tour. On the first of three L.A. stops, she brought out her “best friend” “for energy and positivity” as the two performed their remix of Lizzo’s “Special” from her 2022 Grammy-nominated album of the same name.
“IRL” was featured on Lizzo’s recent rap mixtape MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING, which she dropped on June 27 via Nice Life and Atlantic Records.
During Lizzo’s interview with Billboard about her latest project, she gushed about how the “Nobody Gets Me” singer does get her. “She’s one of the only people that I can text at 3 in the morning when I’m crashing out. She’ll just get this one dark-ass text and she’s like, ‘Oh my gosh. Are you OK?’” said Lizzo. “But I really appreciate her, because she understands — and I think it’s really hard for you to have someone in your life who actually f–ks with you and who’s known you for a long time who also understand the world that you’re in. I think that’s what I cherish the most about her. She gets me.”
Watch a clip of Lizzo and SZA’s first live performance of “IRL” below.