Lizzo, the Grammy Award-winning singer, clarified on Tuesday that she was not quitting the music business, 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 an alternative was quitting “giving any negative energy attention.”
“What I’m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to people, cause I know I’m not alone,” she stated within the video. “In no way shape or form am I the only person who is experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive.”
She continued: “If I can just give one person the inspiration or motivation to stand up for themselves, and say they quit letting negative people win, negative comments win, then I’ve done even more than I could’ve hoped for.”
Speculation that Lizzo was leaving the business arose after she posted a message on Instagram on March 30 that ended with the phrases: “I QUIT.”
“I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet,” she wrote within the preliminary submit. “All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want 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 decide dismissed a few of 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 supervisor had created a hostile work setting, which tour administration and Lizzo had failed to handle. A spokesman for Lizzo referred to as the go well with an “absurd publicity stunt,” and her legal professionals requested a decide 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 would possibly depart the business. In 2023, she made her Twitter account personal a number of instances, and stated it was due to feedback folks made about her weight.
