We dare you not to let Lizzo’s ‘About Damn Time’ put you in the mood for summer

According to Lizzo, it’s bad-bitch o’clock. (And thick-thirty.) But it’s also nearly summertime, maybe even in the 1970s.

The three-time Grammy winner unleashed her newest song, “About Damn Time,� on Thursday, and, well, it’s about damn time.

“Have you been feeling stressed? Have you also been feeling sexy? Well I got the remedy for you… I put my whole Lizussy in this one!… ABOUT DAMN TIME IS OUT NOW!� the “Juice� and “Truth Hurts� singer wrote Thursday on Instagram.

The track — with its affirmative, instantly uplifting disco beat — hails from Lizzo’s just-announced fourth album, “Special,� which is slated for July 15. The new song throws back to 1975 and Van McCoy’s “The Hustle� flute solo.

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The accompanying music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, also dropped late Thursday. It opens with a sweatsuit-clad Lizzo reluctantly attending a “Stressed and Sexy� support group meeting that she completely turns on its head by manifesting her inner disco diva.

And that brings the technicolor dazzle to a nondescript office building she basically takes over. (We dare you not to bop along.)

Sporting a bouffant and clad in sequins, the 33-year-old singer does the Carlton dance, splits, twerks and moon walks, then plays the flute on top of a swimming pool while surrounded by synchronized swimmers.

“Turn up the music / Turn down the lights / I’ve got a feeling / I’m gon’ be all right / OK, all right, it’s about damn time,� she sings along to bouncy choreography.

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The flautist, who recently launched the size-inclusive shapewear line Yitty, told Apple Music host Zane Lowe that her positive new song “can lead into so many conversations.�

“It’s about damn time I feel better, it’s about damn time we get out this pandemic. It’s about damn time we to get the first Black female Supreme Court justice,� she said. “There’s so many things. It’s about damn time we popped the champagne. It’s about damn time the tequila got here.�

Her fans seemed to agree, with several on Twitter dubbing “About Damn Time� the new song of the summer and a long-awaited track from “a feel good queen.�

The singer also told Lowe that she’s writing songs “about love from every direction� and hopes to “turn a little bit of the fear that’s been running rampant in this world, energetically into love.�

“I had a lot of fear, and I had to do the work on myself, and this music is some of that work in turning that fear into love. I hope that when people listen to this album, it makes their day just a little bit better, a little bit more filled with love,� she said.

The “Good as Hell� and “Rumors� singer will likely be performing the new song when she appears on “Saturday Night Live� this weekend. She’ll be doubling as the NBC show’s host and musical guest. She last appeared on “SNL� as a musical guest in 2019, alongside host Eddie Murphy.