With four Grammy Awards, an Emmy for Outstanding Competition Programme (check out For The Big Grrrls on Prime Video), a chart-topping album and a legion of devoted fans, Lizzo has solidified her place as one of the most influential voices in music today. But it's not just her incredible talent that's making headlines. The 'About Damn Time' singer is also making waves for taking on fat-phobic critics, redefining body politics and spreading an inspiring message of self-love through her music.
Constantly under scrutiny, Lizzo bites back and stuns the world, demanding equity and advocating for the underdog. Just recently the ESPN hockey analyst PK Subban came under fire for making a tasteless on-air joke, suggesting that the audience should have packed “a Lizzo-sized lunch". Well, you bet your boots she clapped back: “Officially in my 'They don't deserve me era'... I'm sorry that my perfect face and rocking body offend you. I can't help that I'm God's favourite!" she posted on Instagram.
THE WEIGHT OF IT ALL
No stranger to hate and bullying, the singer's journey to success has been a long and challenging one. "People have been calling me fat my entire life," she says. "If I lost weight, what would happen? Is my music and my weight so intrinsically connected?" In fact, she argues that it was music that allowed her to be herself.
Once a teen who struggled with self-acceptance while growing up in Minneapolis, Lizzo is now urging her countless followers to love and accept themselves for who they are. She's collaborated with Fabletics to create revolutionary new shapewear, designed for all body types, that doesn't idealise shapewear as a device to compress body fat or hide flaws. And today Yitty is praised for its inclusivity.
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