Lizzo spent the summer after dropping out of college with her family, where she suffered through an identity crisis and, unintentionally, retreated within herself for three months, communicating only in shrugs. Her silence put a strain on her relationship with her mother, though they've since reconciled. "My mom is still like — anytime I'm quiet she's like, 'Hey, Melissa! Don't go nowhere!'" she told Greenroom Magazine in 2015. "[I went] crazy . . . in a good way though, because I got inspired. That was a summer of metamorphosis." In that time, Lizzo realised what she really wanted to do with her life: become a singer.