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%%* LingerieScene: "Lingerie" is this trope in musical form.
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* AlternativeHipHop: Before signing with Atlantic, she did quite a bit of this.
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* AlternativeHipHop: Before signing with Atlantic, she did quite was a bit prominent member of this. Minneapolis' alternative hip-hop scene, making genre-bending hip-hop infused with punk, electronica, and soul.
* BaitAndSwitch: "En Love" starts out with soulful vocals and flowery, affectionate lyrics, leading the listener to assume it's a SillyLoveSong before a passionately vocalized "I think I'm in loooooove..." finishes off with a smirking "with ''myself''", revealing the song's true nature: a danceable, upbeat SelfEmpowermentAnthem.
* BaitAndSwitch: "En Love" starts out with soulful vocals and flowery, affectionate lyrics, leading the listener to assume it's a SillyLoveSong before a passionately vocalized "I think I'm in loooooove..." finishes off with a smirking "with ''myself''", revealing the song's true nature: a danceable, upbeat SelfEmpowermentAnthem.
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* BigFun: Lizzo's fans see her as this due to her larger than life personality and her talent.
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* BigFun: Lizzo's fans see her as this due to her larger than life larger-than-life personality and the pride she takes in her talent.larger figure.
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** On streaming services, "Hot Dish" features a lyric that goes "Lower than scum? What's lower than scum, what's-" before cutting itself off abruptly. Physical copies of ''Lizzobangers'' reveal said lyric was originally "What's lower than scum, what's slower than dumb?". The second clause was presumably removed due to "slow" being a pejorative term for neurodivergent people.
** Similarly, "Grrrls" originally featured the lyric "Do you see this shit? Imma spaz". This lyric was widely criticized for its casual usage of the word "spaz", which is [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage considered an ableist slur in the UK despite being a fairly innocuous slang term in the US]]. The song was later re-released with the original lyric changed to "Do you see this shit? Hold me back".
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** On streaming services, "Hot Dish" features a lyric that goes "Lower than scum? What's lower than scum, what's-" before cutting itself off abruptly. Physical copies of ''Lizzobangers'' reveal said lyric was originally "What's lower than scum, what's slower than dumb?". The second clause was presumably removed due to "slow" being a pejorative term for neurodivergent people.
** Similarly, "Grrrls" originally featured the lyric "Do you see this shit? Imma spaz". This lyric was widely criticized for its casual usage of the word "spaz", which is [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage considered an ableist slur in the UK despite being a fairly innocuous slang term in the US]]. The song was later re-released with the original lyric changed to "Do you see this shit? Hold me back".
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** "Truth Hurts" is celebrating the end of a relationship with a guy only wanted the narrator to be his side piece, because ''screw that''.
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** "Truth Hurts" is celebrating the end of a relationship with a guy who only wanted the narrator to be his side piece, because ''screw that''.
* CelebrityIsOverrated: In "Go", Lizzo discusses how the stress of her local (at the time - keep in mind this was 2014) fame makes it hard for her to form and maintain romantic relationships.
-->''Will you miss me, baby, when I'm touring''
-->''Or will you find someone that's less important''
-->''But worth exploring, I'm torn in pieces''
-->''So much to do, hold on, gotta write these features''
-->''I'm listening, but not really, you know us artist types''
-->''Will you miss me, baby, when I'm touring''
-->''Or will you find someone that's less important''
-->''But worth exploring, I'm torn in pieces''
-->''So much to do, hold on, gotta write these features''
-->''I'm listening, but not really, you know us artist types''
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* CoverVersion: For the soundtrack to ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U,'' she did a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkgob3_Z1qY "Stayin' Alive"]] by Music/TheBeegees, which is pretty fitting for a horror-comedy.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]."
* IllBeInMyBunk: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
* ICallItVera: Her flute, named Sasha Flute. She has her own Instagram page!
* LingerieScene: "Lingerie" is this trope in musical form.
* ListSong: "Boys" is a textbook example.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]."
* IllBeInMyBunk: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
* ICallItVera: Her flute, named Sasha Flute. She has her own Instagram page!
* LingerieScene: "Lingerie" is this trope in musical form.
* ListSong: "Boys" is a textbook example.
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* CoverVersion: For the soundtrack to ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U,'' she did a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkgob3_Z1qY "Stayin' Alive"]] by Music/TheBeegees, Music/TheBeeGees, which is pretty fitting for a horror-comedy.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]."
" was an early entry into the now-rich history of Lizzo making and contributing to mainstream music.
* GirlsVsBoysPlot: In "Pants vs. Dress", she narrates a rap battle between herself and a male adversary presented as a battle-of-the-sexes of sorts, hence the title. Naturally, she wins handily.
* IllBeInMyBunk: "ScuseMe" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
Me", where she lauds her own beauty and prowess before recommending that the listener excuse her while she "feels herself".
* ICallItVera: Herflute, flute is named Sasha Flute."Sasha Flute". She has her own Instagram page!
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form.
* ListSong: "Boys" is a textbookexample.example - the second verse is nothing but a list of all the types of boys that Lizzo enjoys.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=].
* GirlsVsBoysPlot: In "Pants vs. Dress", she narrates a rap battle between herself and a male adversary presented as a battle-of-the-sexes of sorts, hence the title. Naturally, she wins handily.
* IllBeInMyBunk: "Scuse
* ICallItVera: Her
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Coconut Oil'' is where Lizzo unabashedly embraced pop.
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Coconut Oil'' is where Lizzo unabashedly embraced pop.pop after mostly trafficking in hip-hop and its adjacent genres.
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** Particularly "My Skin" and "Tempo" which bring it for the big girls.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well, boys.
** "Good as Hell" for the recently-dumped.
* ShoutOut: From "Good As Hell": [[VideoGame/SPYFox "In there, swimwear."]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well, boys.
** "Good as Hell" for the recently-dumped.
* ShoutOut: From "Good As Hell": [[VideoGame/SPYFox "In there, swimwear."]]
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** Particularly "My Skin" and "Tempo" is a celebration of Lizzo's Blackness in which bring it for the big girls.she recognizes her "brown skin" as an essential part of herself and thus a point of pride.
** "Tempo" celebrates the dance skills and beauty of big girls.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well,boys.
boys - its lyrics openly celebrate boys of all sizes, creeds, and types, recognizing even the often-overlooked types of boys as attractive and lovable.
** "Good as Hell" assures a recent break-up victim that they have worth of their own and deserve to flaunt it instead of being bogged down by their ex-partner's rejection.
** "En Love" is a subversion of a standard love song - rather than her love for someone else, Lizzo spends therecently-dumped.
song raving about her love for ''herself''.
*ShoutOut: SequelSong: "W.E.R.K. Pt. II", aptly, to "W.E.R.K." Where the first was a straightforward rap banger with a chorus espousing the virtues of "looking like a girl, acting like a lady, thinking like a man, and working like a boss", its sequel goes into more depth on that philosophy while firing back at those who would criticize it.
-->''Lookin' like a girl, 'cause I'm keeping it youthful''
-->''Such a freakin' lady, classy and beautiful''
-->''Thinking like a man, for those who don't understand''
-->''Is having two grips to gain the upper hand''
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** From "Good As Hell": [[VideoGame/SPYFox "In there, swimwear."]]
** "Tempo" celebrates the dance skills and beauty of big girls.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well,
** "Good as Hell" assures a recent break-up victim that they have worth of their own and deserve to flaunt it instead of being bogged down by their ex-partner's rejection.
** "En Love" is a subversion of a standard love song - rather than her love for someone else, Lizzo spends the
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-->''Lookin' like a girl, 'cause I'm keeping it youthful''
-->''Such a freakin' lady, classy and beautiful''
-->''Thinking like a man, for those who don't understand''
-->''Is having two grips to gain the upper hand''
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** From "Good As Hell": [[VideoGame/SPYFox "In there, swimwear."]]
** "Ain't I" ends with [[UsefulNotes/SojournerTruth "And ain't I a woman?"]]
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: ''Lizzobangers'' is largely populated by abrasive, [[BoastfulRap braggadocious]] alt-rap bangers, with the exception of "Go", a slow and somber song about the trappings of fame.
* TitleOnlyChorus: The chorus of "Batches and Cookies" is literally just "I got my batches and cookies" repeated sixteen times, occasionally interrupted with "I got my what?".
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* TitleOnlyChorus: The chorus of "Batches and Cookies" is literally just "I got my batches and cookies" repeated sixteen times, occasionally interrupted with "I got my what?".
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** Her stage name is meant to be a play on "Izzo" by Music/JayZ.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Her dancing would be impressive for a girl half her size.
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* ChildProdigy: She got into music playing the flute, and was good enough to earn a scholarship to study Classical Flute at the University of Houston.
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* ICallItVera: Her flute, named Sasha Flute. She has her own Instagram page!
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* ''Special'' (2022)
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Lizzo (real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson born April 27, 1988) is a singer, rapper, actress, flautist, and general force of personality.
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Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a "fairytale," and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates "do whatever we wanted."
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Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, bandmates and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a "fairytale," "fairy tale", and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates "do whatever we wanted."
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In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single "Truth Hurts" was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem "Tempo" featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards]], including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem ("Tempo") and Song Of The Summer ("Truth Hurts").
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In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' You'', her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single "Truth Hurts" was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem "Tempo" featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards]], including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem ("Tempo") and Song Of The Summer ("Truth Hurts").
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Lizzo signed a deal with Creator/AmazonStudios to develop projects. The first one, an unscripted reality competition show, ''Series/LizzosWatchOutForTheBigGrrrls'', premiered on March 24, 2022, featuring dancers competing for the chance to become part of the Big Grrrls group.
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[[DescribeTopicHere Describe Lizzo here. Well, according to the results of this DNA test, Lizzo is definitely 100%]] ''[[BadassBoast that bitch.]]''
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Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired "Good As Hell," slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
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Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired "Good As Hell," slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season and fourteenth seasons of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
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** Ironically, the line "New man on the Minnesota Vikings" refers to a team infamous for breaking its own pedestal repeatedly through four Super Bowl losses in the 1960s-1970s and not getting past the NFC Championship Game to the Super Bowl in 45 years.
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In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single "Truth Hurts" was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem "Tempo" featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem ("Tempo") and Song Of The Summer ("Truth Hurts").
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In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single "Truth Hurts" was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem "Tempo" featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards, Awards]], including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem ("Tempo") and Song Of The Summer ("Truth Hurts").
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Lizzo is a huge advocate for Black Lives Matter, for body positivity, and [[BeYourself for you, the person reading this, to love yourself as you are.]]
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Lizzo is a huge advocate for Black UsefulNotes/{{Black Lives Matter, Matter|Movement}}, for body positivity, and [[BeYourself for you, the person reading this, to love yourself as you are.]]
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* TwelveBarBlues: Used in "Better in Color".
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* BreakUpSong: "Jerome", in which she admits the guy is very attractive, but also immature, and needs to grow up before she'll consider keeping him around.
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* BreakUpSong: BreakUpSong:
** "Jerome", in which she admits the guy is very attractive, but also immature, and needs to grow up before she'll consider keeping himaround.around.
** "Good as Hell" is a unique example, as it's told from the point of view of someone who isn't in the relationship, but rather the woman's friend, telling her she's better off without him.
** "Truth Hurts" is celebrating the end of a relationship with a guy only wanted the narrator to be his side piece, because ''screw that''.
** "Jerome", in which she admits the guy is very attractive, but also immature, and needs to grow up before she'll consider keeping him
** "Good as Hell" is a unique example, as it's told from the point of view of someone who isn't in the relationship, but rather the woman's friend, telling her she's better off without him.
** "Truth Hurts" is celebrating the end of a relationship with a guy only wanted the narrator to be his side piece, because ''screw that''.
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* ListSong: "Boys" is a textbook example.
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* BigFun: Lizzo's fans see her as this due to her larger than life personality and her talent.
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* StudioChatter: Right at the end of "Like a Girl":
--> "Shit, fuck, I didn't know it was ending right there!"
--> "Shit, fuck, I didn't know it was ending right there!"
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Born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, Lizzo is a singer, rapper, actress, flautist, and general force of personality.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
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* IllBeInMyBunk: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
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# ''Lizzobangers'' (2013)
# ''Big Grrrl Small World'' (2015)
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Aside from being plus size and gorgeous, she extends that trip to her musical performances and the songs. Even played a stripper.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Aside from being plus size and gorgeous, she extends that trip to her musical performances and the songs. Even played a stripper.Matter of fact, she even poses naked for the cover art of ''Cuz I Love You''.
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* ShoutOut: From "Good As Hell": [[VideoGames/SpyVox "In there, swimwear."]]
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* CoverVersion: For the soundtrack to ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U,'' she did a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkgob3_Z1qY "Stayin' Alive"]] by Music/TheBeegees, which is pretty fitting for a horror-comedy.
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Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a “fairytale,” and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates “do whatever we wanted.”
The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q “My Skin,”]] an early example of one of Lizzo's many {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which Lizzo called “the thesis statement of the album.” A review of the album, from Andrea Swensson of The Current, summed up Lizzo's whole vibe by saying that “There's an old feminist adage that says that the personal is political, and Lizzo seems to understand this concept intrinsically.”
Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired “Good As Hell,” slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single “Truth Hurts” was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem “Tempo” featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem (“Tempo”) and Song Of The Summer (“Truth Hurts”).
The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q “My Skin,”]] an early example of one of Lizzo's many {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which Lizzo called “the thesis statement of the album.” A review of the album, from Andrea Swensson of The Current, summed up Lizzo's whole vibe by saying that “There's an old feminist adage that says that the personal is political, and Lizzo seems to understand this concept intrinsically.”
Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired “Good As Hell,” slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single “Truth Hurts” was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem “Tempo” featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem (“Tempo”) and Song Of The Summer (“Truth Hurts”).
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Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a “fairytale,” "fairytale," and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates “do "do whatever we wanted.”
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The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q“My Skin,”]] "My Skin,"]] an early example of one of Lizzo's many {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which Lizzo called “the "the thesis statement of the album.” " A review of the album, from Andrea Swensson of The Current, summed up Lizzo's whole vibe by saying that “There's "There's an old feminist adage that says that the personal is political, and Lizzo seems to understand this concept intrinsically.”
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Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired“Good "Good As Hell,” Hell," slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single“Truth Hurts” "Truth Hurts" was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem “Tempo” "Tempo" featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem (“Tempo”) ("Tempo") and Song Of The Summer (“Truth Hurts”).
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The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q
Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single
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->''"I do my hair toss,''\\
''Check my nails,''\\
''Baby, how you feeling?''\\
''(FEELING GOOD AS HELL!)"''
-->-- "'''Good As Hell''", ‘'Coconut Oil EP'', 2016
[[Film/TheRoom I got the results of the test back.]] [[DescribeTopicHere Lizzo is definitely 100%]] ''[[BadassBoast that bitch.]]''
Born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, Lizzo is a singer, rapper, actress, flautist, and general force of personality.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, but moved to Houston, Texas as a child. When her father died when she was 21, she devoted herself to making it in the music business, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota after living out of her car for a year. There, she was briefly in an all-female group called The Chalice, but she had more success with her alternative hip-hop solo debut, ''Lizzobangers,'' released on Totally Gross National Product in 2013, and re-released through Virgin Records in 2014. The album was produced by Lazerbeak. To promote the album, Lizzo toured the US and UK opening for Har Mar Superstar. She made an appearance on ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' during this period.
Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a “fairytale,” and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates “do whatever we wanted.”
The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q “My Skin,”]] an early example of one of Lizzo's many {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which Lizzo called “the thesis statement of the album.” A review of the album, from Andrea Swensson of The Current, summed up Lizzo's whole vibe by saying that “There's an old feminist adage that says that the personal is political, and Lizzo seems to understand this concept intrinsically.”
Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired “Good As Hell,” slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single “Truth Hurts” was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem “Tempo” featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem (“Tempo”) and Song Of The Summer (“Truth Hurts”).
Lizzo is a huge advocate for Black Lives Matter, for body positivity, and [[BeYourself for you, the person reading this, to love yourself as you are.]]
Discography:
# Lizzobangers (2013)
# Big Grrrl Small World (2015)
# Coconut Oil EP (2017)
# Cuz I Love You (2019)
!!Tropes ("I've been WAITIN' for THIS one!"):
* AlternativeHipHop: Before signing with Atlantic, she did quite a bit of this.
* BrokenPedestal: The famous line from “Truth Hurts”; you know the line: “Why men great till they gotta ''be'' great?”
* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]."
* LingerieScene: "Lingerie" is this trope in musical form.
* MelismaticVocals: She was known as a rapper first, but she is no slouch whatsoever when it comes to singing. She started singing when she made the song "Worship" for ''Coconut Oil,'' and could already do some of this, but "Cuz I Love You" also has some.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Coconut Oil'' is
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: Lizzo's raison d'être.
** Particularly "My Skin" and "Tempo" which bring it for the big girls.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well, boys.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Patiently, quietly, faithfully, worship me."'']]
->''"I do my hair toss,''\\
''Check my nails,''\\
''Baby, how you feeling?''\\
''(FEELING GOOD AS HELL!)"''
-->-- "'''Good As Hell''", ‘'Coconut Oil EP'', 2016
[[Film/TheRoom I got the results of the test back.]] [[DescribeTopicHere Lizzo is definitely 100%]] ''[[BadassBoast that bitch.]]''
Born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, Lizzo is a singer, rapper, actress, flautist, and general force of personality.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, but moved to Houston, Texas as a child. When her father died when she was 21, she devoted herself to making it in the music business, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota after living out of her car for a year. There, she was briefly in an all-female group called The Chalice, but she had more success with her alternative hip-hop solo debut, ''Lizzobangers,'' released on Totally Gross National Product in 2013, and re-released through Virgin Records in 2014. The album was produced by Lazerbeak. To promote the album, Lizzo toured the US and UK opening for Har Mar Superstar. She made an appearance on ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' during this period.
Lizzo got the chance to work with one of her biggest influences when she made an EarlyBirdCameo with her Chalice bandmates, and got featured on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]" (from his album ''[=PLECTRUMELECTRUM=]''). Lizzo called this experience a “fairytale,” and appreciated that Prince let her and her bandmates “do whatever we wanted.”
The tail end of 2015 saw her second album get released on her own label, [=BGSW=], entitled ''Big Grrrl Small World.'' This was recorded in Wisconsin at [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon's]] April Base Studios. It features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q “My Skin,”]] an early example of one of Lizzo's many {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s, which Lizzo called “the thesis statement of the album.” A review of the album, from Andrea Swensson of The Current, summed up Lizzo's whole vibe by saying that “There's an old feminist adage that says that the personal is political, and Lizzo seems to understand this concept intrinsically.”
Then, things took a turn in 2016 when Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records. Her first release for them was the ''Coconut Oil EP,'' which switched her sound up and adopted more of a pop-rap approach with sounds of classic {{Soul}} and R&B. The first single, the Motown-inspired “Good As Hell,” slowly gained traction just as her career did, and she toured with a group of dancers she dubbed the Big Grrrls, all plus-sized dancers. In the tenth season of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace,'' she appeared as a guest judge.
In April of 2019, ''Cuz I Love You,'' her full-length debut for Atlantic, was released. 2017 single “Truth Hurts” was added to the deluxe edition after it gradually rose in popularity. The album also features booty anthem “Tempo” featuring another of Lizzo's biggest influences, Music/MissyElliott. The album became her mainstream breakthrough, and it pushed her to several nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist (a fan-voted award where she came in second to Music/BillieEilish), Push Artist of the Year, Best Power Anthem (“Tempo”) and Song Of The Summer (“Truth Hurts”).
Lizzo is a huge advocate for Black Lives Matter, for body positivity, and [[BeYourself for you, the person reading this, to love yourself as you are.]]
Discography:
# Lizzobangers (2013)
# Big Grrrl Small World (2015)
# Coconut Oil EP (2017)
# Cuz I Love You (2019)
!!Tropes ("I've been WAITIN' for THIS one!"):
* AlternativeHipHop: Before signing with Atlantic, she did quite a bit of this.
* BrokenPedestal: The famous line from “Truth Hurts”; you know the line: “Why men great till they gotta ''be'' great?”
* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Scuse Me" isn't shy about this at ''all.''
* EarlyBirdCameo: The aforementioned one on Music/{{Prince}}'s song "[=BOYTROUBLE=]."
* LingerieScene: "Lingerie" is this trope in musical form.
* MelismaticVocals: She was known as a rapper first, but she is no slouch whatsoever when it comes to singing. She started singing when she made the song "Worship" for ''Coconut Oil,'' and could already do some of this, but "Cuz I Love You" also has some.
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Coconut Oil'' is
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: Lizzo's raison d'être.
** Particularly "My Skin" and "Tempo" which bring it for the big girls.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQliEKPg1Qk "Boys"]] is the rare one for, well, boys.
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