Page 90 - Marie Claire Australia (January 2020)

CULTURE
CUZ WE LOVE HER
Ahead of her Australian headline tour, we’ve
rounded up the top 11 reasons we
adore the supremely talented Lizzo
1 She is a beacon of self-
confidence and self-love.
Her album Cuz I Love You
has been called an anthem
for female empowerment.
Case in point, her lyrics:
“No, I’m not a snack at all.
Look, baby, I’m the whole
damn meal.” Yes you are
Lizzo, yes you are.
2 She’s a quadruple threat:
rapper, singer, flautist and
actress. Lizzo slays next
to J.Lo, Constance Wu
and Cardi B in the film
Hustlers. Should we add
pole dancer to that list?
3 Her laugh is the cutest
evil cackle we’ve ever
heard. Google it.
7 skills and used the video app
8 She’s honest about her mental
9 fuckboys. In ”Good As Hell”,
10 bold fashion statement or
11 she deserves. We Stan.
She wrote the best lyric of
4 the decade, “I just took a
DNA test, turns out I’m
100 per cent that bitch.”
Her crew is made up of
5 the best/baddest women
in the business, including
creative director Quinn
Wilson, DJ Sophia Eris and
dancers Grace Holden
and Courtney Hollinquest
(dubbed The Big Grrrls).
6 brought back the
She single-handedly
scrunchie-high-pigtails look.
DID YOU KNOW?
LIZZO’S REAL
NAME IS MELISSA
VIVIANNE JEFFERSON
She’s got serious social media
TikTok to transform ”Truth
Hurts” (a song she released in
2017) into one of 2019’s biggest
hits, breaking the record for
longest-running number one
by a female rapper.
health battles. In June 2019, she
took to Instagram to talk about
her struggles with depression
in an emotional video.
She doesn’t take crap from
she croons, ”If he don’t love you
any more, just walk your fine ass
out the door.” BRB while we get
that tattooed on our rib cage…
She is not afraid to make a
wear an outfit twice. She
re-wore her iconic Met Gala
look to the airport the next
day, because why the hell not?
She is proof that hustle and heart
pay off. Lizzo has been in the
game since 2005, and admitted
she nearly gave up on music
when her 2017 record ”Truth
Hurts” didn’t take off at the
time. Now she’s finally getting
the respect and admiration
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GETTY IMAGES. EDITED BY MAEVE GALEA. ADDITIONAL WORDS BY ALLEY PASCOE AND KATE FRASER.
Lizzo is headlining FOMO Festival
2020 as it tours across Australia in
January. Visit fomofestival.com.au