You probably already know this unique hip-hop star even if you think you don't.
She's the viral, twerking flautist who hit the music scene in 2013, and blew up in 2019.
A classically-trained and veteran performer, she's only just getting started.
This is the untold truth of Lizzo.
"We're talking about all my favorite things: Pride, drag queens and other cool s--- so
stick around."
According to The Cut, all kinds of labels about body love were slapped on Lizzo even
before she landed her record deal with Atlantic.
But while she's cool with it, Lizzo says she was never looking to be labeled.
She told the outlet,
"It's just my existence.
All these f---ing hashtags to convince people that the way you look is fine.
Isn't that f---ing crazy?
I say I love myself, and they're like, 'Oh my gosh, she's so brave.
She's so political.'
For what?
All I said is 'I love myself, b----!'"
"Okay, I look like this every day b----."
And she claims that she'll feel the same even after the trendy movement loses its buzz,
claiming,
"Even when body positivity is over, it's not like I'm going to be a thin white woman.
I'm going to be black and fat.
That's just hopping on a trend and expecting people to blindly love themselves.
That's fake love.
I'm trying to figure out how to actually live it."
"Um…one second."
Lizzo performed in a marching band from 8th grade through her time at the University of
Houston, where she majored in classical flute.
She told NPR,
"I was a piccolo player."
"You were piccolo?"
"I was the baddest piccolo in the land, 'cause I got big lungs."
But some still think Lizzo fakes her performances because she doesn't look like the stereotypical
band geek.
"Imma celebrate by putting my flute together and actually blowing notes out of it, so you
h--- can shut the f--- up."
She finally set the record straight with an Instagram video that just couldn't be denied.
"And now I'm gonna play my favorite note in the entire scale.
F…F--- y'all."
Summer of 2019 was officially the Summer of Lizzo.
While the infectious "Juice" off her 2019 album Cuz I Love You was tearing up the airwaves,
it was a song she released in 2017 that would be causing all the ruckus.
And she has the Netflix romantic comedy Something Great to thank.
According to Genius, actresses Gina Rodriguez and DeWanda Wise dancing along to "Truth Hurts"
early in the film made the song's popularity explode.
"I am deeply obsessed with us right now."
You'd think "social media" and "mental health" would be in the same sentence as a warning,
but in a 2019 interview with Vogue, Lizzo admitted that while working through her issues
on the 'Gram is quote, "backwards as f----," it proves to her that it's okay to reach out.
She said,
"It's important for my artistry — my emotional depth and honesty.
I'm living my truth in my music.
I'm living that truth onstage.
Why wouldn't I live that truth on social media?"
"When I'm depressed I'm like super fabulous about it 'cause I have like a lil martini
and like a negligee and a fur."
Lizzo also understands that the internet can be a pretty toxic place.
But even so, she's more concerned with her supportive community than she is with the
haters.
She added,
"I love showing that you can create at your rock bottom and [utilize] a personal growth
moment…It's a very therapeutic and loving relationship."
"Lemme go on stage and just transmute this energy and turn it from something negative
into something positive."
Lizzo told the crowd during her set at the 2019 Pride concert in New York City,
"Pride is not just a holiday, it's a lifestyle.
When I look outside and we see all the celebrations going on, I didn't see this when I was growing
up.
This is progress.
You should all be proud."
"This entire city is filled with love and now I wanna bring that love right back into
us."
Lizzo, who claims she leans toward a straight orientation, sat down with Variety and shared
a message for the LGBT community.
She explained,
"Everybody, more than ever, is wearing their hearts on their sleeves and wearing their
messages on their backs…It's time to represent and it's time to persist and keep going."
In 2019, Variety reported that Lizzo would join Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, and Constance
Wu in the "stripper-themed film," Hustlers.
"What if somebody calls the cops?"
"And says what?
'I spent $5000 at a strip club, send help'?"
Director Lorene Scafaria explained her decision to cast Lizzo and Cardi B instead of traditional
actors, telling IndieWire,
"I think musicians and singers, performers, they're just naturally very great at timing
and rhythm and they just kind of are natural-born actors…I wanted to write them characters
that showed off their personalities."
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