PARIS — SZA brought out Lizzo to perform “IRL” in real life during the second Paris stop of her Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar on 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.
This is not the first time SZA has surprised audiences with a Lizzo appearance during this tour. At the first of three Los Angeles stops, she brought out her “best friend” for “energy and positivity” as they performed their remix of Lizzo’s “Special” from her 2022 Grammy-nominated album.
“IRL” was featured on Lizzo’s recent rap mixtape “MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING,” which she released on June 27 via Nice Life and Atlantic Records.
In an interview with Billboard about her latest project, Lizzo spoke about her close relationship with SZA, saying, “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?"” Lizzo added, “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 and also understands the world that you’re in. I think that’s what I cherish the most about her. She gets me.”