Lizzo responds to criticism of her white music writing – Billboard

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Lizzo wants to end the narrative that her music is not designed for an inclusive audience of listeners. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the “About Damn Time” singer sat down for an interview on The Howard Stern Show, in which he asked her how it felt when people said her brand of pop music is written with “blanks.” In spirit, something she revealed is one of her most common criticisms in her recently released documentary, Love, Lizzo.

The Grammy winner explained that the comment is “very hurtful, just because I’m a black woman.” She further explained that the assumption “challenges my identity and who I am and diminishes that, which I think is really hurtful. And then on the other end, I make funky, soulful, feel-good music, which sounds so much like a lot of music that was made for black people in the 70s and 80s. And on top of that, my message is literally for everyone and anyone.

She added, “I don’t try to keep my message to people, so those three things to me, I’m like you don’t even understand me at all. And I feel like a lot of people don’t. really don’t understand that’s why I wanted to do this documentary because I was like, I feel like you don’t understand me, you don’t know where I came from and now I don’t want to respond to any question about this shit. I want to show the world who I am.

Love, Lizzo was released via HBO Max on November 24. According to the documentary’s official synopsis, the film tackles “the inspiring story behind [Lizzo’s] from humble beginnings to his meteoric rise with an intimate look at the moments that shaped his hard-earned rise to fame, success, love and international stardom.

Watch Lizzo discuss her music on Howard Stern in the video above.

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