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Lizzo opens up about the real meaning behind her 'I quit' Insta post
The singer and rapper posted a video explaining that she's quitting "negative energy."
Lizzo may have said "I quit" on Instagram last week, but it turns out the "About Damn Time" singer didn't mean she was leaving music behind like fans assumed.
On Tuesday, the 35-year-old rapper set the record straight with a new video posted on her Instagram and TikTok accounts. "I wanted to make this video because I just need to clarify when I say, 'I quit,' I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention," Lizzo clarified.
"What I'm not gonna quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to people, because I know I'm not alone," she continued. "In no way, shape, or form am I the only person experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive."
Lizzo went on to explain that she hopes she "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."
She ended by saying, "With that being said, I'm gonna keep moving forward, I'm gonna keep being me. Once again I just want to say thank you. The love that I've received means more than you know."
This follows the Grammy winner's lengthy Instagram post on March 29, which led fans to believe she was leaving the music industry for good.
"I'm getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet," she wrote. "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."
She went on to talk about the ridicule she's faced and ended by writing, "I quit."
On April 1, the three backup dancers who are suing Lizzo for alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment expressed their frustration with the "Good as Hell" singer's "I quit" post through a statement from their attorney Ron Zambrano, Entertainment Weekly reports.
"Her latest post is just another outburst seeking attention and trying to deflect from her own failings as she continues to blame everyone else for the predicament she is in," Zambrano said. "Lizzo's legal and public relations strategy is a failure, so she is desperately trying to play the victim."
Then, Stefan Friedman, a spokesperson for Lizzo, responded by accusing Zambrano of "making wild personal attacks that have absolutely nothing to do with the clients who he is supposedly representing."
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Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
