{"id":29909,"date":"2019-10-30T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=29909"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T22:56:14","slug":"review-lizzo-cuz-i-love-you-too-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/review-lizzo-cuz-i-love-you-too-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Lizzo Speaks Her Truth at Final Stop of Cuz I Love You Too Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lizzo press photo by Luke Gilford, courtesy of Atlantic Records.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Midway through the final show of the Cuz I Love You Too<\/i> tour, Lizzo let the crowd know where she stands on the drama surrounding the iconic line on \u201cTruth Hurts.\u201d From her purple pulpit with golden robes a-flowing, our patron saint of self-love was not mincing words. \u201cRecently I\u2019ve been getting a<\/i> lot<\/i> of letters…from past fuckboys.\u201d She then offered any future fools a warning: \u201cThou shalt not fuck with Lizzo because thou shalt come back two years later, bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTruth Hurts\u201d is a resounding hit and has been a huge part of the massive momentum behind Lizzo’s rising star \u2013 enough to sell out the first leg of the tour supporting her most recent LP, Cuz I Love You<\/a>,<\/em> and extend it two more months, wrapping up at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Sunday. But with this success comes some dispute. Everyone wants their cut of “Truth Hurts,” whether they deserve it or not<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like a game of telephone, the tale of the traveling lyrics \u2013 \u201cI just did a DNA test \/ Turns out I\u2019m 100% that bitch\u201d \u2013 crosses international waters, through singers and producers, reminding us once again that women, especially black women, have to fight hardest for what is rightfully theirs. Lizzo recently gave a writing credit and rightful compensation to British songwriter Mina Lioness, who initially tweeted<\/a> the line in 2017 (in response to an embarrassing tweet from Demi Lovato<\/a> claiming her 1% African DNA) and Lioness says<\/a> that she and Lizzo are on good terms.<\/p>\n

Litigation continues between Lizzo and three white male producers \u2013 whose names I really don\u2019t feel like giving any more attention to, but OF COURSE two of them are named Justin \u2013 and they are demanding 20% of the song\u2019s profits. They claim that the demo Lizzo recorded in their studio, “Healthy” which includes the DNA line, is something they created together, and they deserve writing\/producing credit. There’s no doubt that intellectual property and artists\u2019 creative rights matter and are legally, rightfully protected. Today’s collabs though, continue to blur these boundaries. When sharing, sampling, curating is everywhere, where is the line? Well, the line here is money, and the Justins want some.<\/p>\n

Lyrics are important and fundamental to the songs we love and remember. 100%. But you know what else is important? Delivery. Ask anyone who\u2019s ever been to karaoke night or watched The Voice<\/em>. The Justins of the world can keep trying to steal her shine, but right now on this planet, there is no human being delivering more starpower and talent than one Melissa Vivianne Jefferson. All 8,500 of us at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium felt that love on the tour’s final stop. Even for San Francisco, the crowd was noticeably diverse. Humans of all kinds came to worship at the church of Lizzo and we were not disappointed.<\/p>\n