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Lizzo, the Grammy Award-winning singer, clarified on Tuesday that she was not quitting the music trade, days after her social media submit saying “I QUIT” led some followers to invest that she was ending her music profession.
In a video posted on social media, Lizzo stated she was not leaving the music enterprise and as a substitute was quitting “giving any damaging vitality consideration.”
“What I’m not going to stop is the enjoyment of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to individuals, trigger I do know I’m not alone,” she stated within the video. “In no approach form or kind am I the one one that is experiencing that damaging voice that appears to be louder than the constructive.”
She continued: “If I can simply give one individual the inspiration or motivation to face up for themselves, and say they stop letting damaging individuals win, damaging feedback win, then I’ve achieved much more than I might’ve hoped for.”
Speculation that Lizzo was leaving the trade arose after she posted a message on Instagram on March 30 that ended with the phrases: “I QUIT.”
“I’m getting bored with placing up with being dragged by everybody in my life and on the web,” she wrote within the preliminary submit. “All I need is to make music and make individuals glad and assist the world be a little bit higher than how I discovered it. But I’m beginning to really feel just like the world doesn’t need me in it.”
Lizzo has gained 4 Grammy Awards and rose to fame with hits together with “Truth Hurts,” “About Damn Time” and different feel-good songs that promoted self-love. She constructed on her success by launching the shapewear line Yitty in 2022, and making a actuality tv present on Amazon Prime Video, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” which aired the identical 12 months. On the present, dancers competed to again her up onstage.
These ventures have been clouded by criticism, together with over a perceived contradiction between her promotion of physique positivity and sale of shapewear, whereas lawsuits have been filed final 12 months accusing her of making a hostile work setting on tour.
Three of her former dancers, together with two who competed on the tv present, filed a lawsuit in August 2023 accusing Lizzo of making a hostile work setting. Lizzo denied the allegations. In February, a judge dismissed among the claims, however allowed the case to maneuver to trial.
In September 2023, a former wardrobe designer who had labored briefly on Lizzo’s 2023 tour earlier than being dismissed filed a lawsuit asserting that the tour’s wardrobe manager had created a hostile work setting, which tour administration and Lizzo had failed to handle. A spokesman for Lizzo known as the swimsuit an “absurd publicity stunt,” and her legal professionals requested a judge to dismiss the lawsuit in December.
The response to Lizzo’s “I QUIT” assertion was not the primary time she has been the topic of hypothesis that she may go away the trade. In 2023, she made her Twitter account non-public a number of instances, and stated it was due to feedback individuals made about her weight.
