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MusicsensationLizzo talksaboutfameand believinginyourself
She’s been releasing music since 2013, but it’s only been in the last year that singing sensation Lizzo has shot to superstardom.
“This year has been incredible,” she s tells Woman’sDay. “Ever since “Juice” dropped in January, it’s just been juicy as f***!” tells the t 31-year-old.
Indeed, 2019 has been good to Lizzo, awakening a groundswell of devout fans (she calls them “Lizzbians”) who worship her sharp lyrics as much as her empowering attitude. Now she’s taking her chart-topping album on tour, including to New Zealand’s FOMO 2020 festival, and she’s also made her movie debut in Jennifer Lopez’s new film Hustlers. The “Truth Hurts” singer serves Woman’s Day some of her deliciously juicy candour ...
What has the past year been like for you?
Everything has been producing fruit and I’m just so honoured. I’m really living in the moment and celebrating one toast at a time.
You post gorgeous, almostnude pictures on Ins tag ram. Have you always been this confident An D outs pok En about body positivity?
It definitely comes with time. I wasn’t really given the opportunity or the privileges to feel like a sex symbol when I was growing up. I was a fat black girl in Houston and I didn’t see myself in magazines.
When did that change?
I was like, You know what b****? I want to be a sex symbol! I said that to myself when I was 22 or 23, and I really started to embrace the sexiness about me, not just the cuteness or the beauty. I started to work on it more and more, and I realised the vulnerability that I show when I’m naked is my greatest strength.
Do you have advice for young people who are struggling to ACHIEVEFULL-BODYCONFIDENCE?
It’s hard because self-love and self-confidence is a personal journey. You’re never gonna believe it until you believe in yourself. But luckily, now we have so many people you can see
yourself in. You can go on the internet or look on TV and see people who were really marginalised and under-represented in the past. That’s the most important thing – you have to see yourself, find yourself somewhere out there. You’ve got to go on that journey – and I believe in you.
Do rude comments online ever get under your skin or are you able to laugh off the trolls?
I have the best comebacks for trolls – I can put them in their place! But if I do it, I’m feeding the troll and giving it attention. Back in the day, I used to give trolls all the time, but now that I’ve got over 5 million followers – man, I’m not gonna give somebody a check and 15 minutes of fame!
I do love being petty though!