Lizzo Opens Up About Changing ‘Grrrls’ Lyrics: 'I Wanted To Be A Leader In What We Should Be Doing As A Culture'
justjared.comLizzo sizzles on stage in a chained blue jumpsuit while performing on Today at Rockefeller Plaza on Friday morning (July 15) in New York City.
The 34-year-old rapper switched up her look into a bright pink number for her Lizzoverse album Playback Performance at Cipriani 25 Broadway later that afternoon. Lizzo also spoke about changing a lyric in her new song, “Grrrls”, which included what fans thought to be a derogatory term. Click inside to see what Lizzo said about the change… While “The Breakfast Club” host Charlamagne tha God told Lizzo he was “mad” at her for changing the lyrics to suit fans’ demands, she defended her choice to do so. “It’s a nuanced conversation,” Lizzo she shared. “For me, everybody is talking about it now, there are think pieces everywhere.
I thought, what’s the best thing I can do? I can say my opinion on it and just add to everyone’s opinion or I can do something about it.” Continuing on, she added “really, I wanted to be a leader in what we should be doing as a culture, making this world a better place.
If they could do that for Black people, that would be amazing. When we call things out out, if they could make changes that quickly for us — if I could do it that quickly, I did it on a Sunday night and it was fixed by Monday.
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