Upon being presented with this year’s Icon award at Billboard Women in Music 2025 by next-gen R&B star Summer Walker, Erykah Badu didn’t waste any time drilling down to the heart of the occasion.

It’s a night to celebrate the womb of the world… The womb of life,” Erykah Badu said, as she accepted the Icon award at Billboard’s Women in Music event on Saturday. “The wombiverse of all things. The smartest creature on planet earth.

Erykah Badu received the icon award at the Billboard Women in Music ceremony amid work on her first full album in 15 years.