Celebrity
Lizzo Twerks While Playing James Madison’s 220-Year-Old Crystal Flute And People Are Furious
Lizzo blew on the crystal flute like a pro, because she is one.
Twitter was going wild over the “controversy” of Lizzo after she teased her listeners at a live concert with the tune of a crystal flute that was gifted to James Madison that’s over 200 years old. Lizzo, obviously excited about it, handled it carefully before a tune rang across the room beautifully. She shared the moment on her social media.
NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE
— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) September 28, 2022
NOW YOU HAVE
IM THE FIRST & ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE— THANK YOU @librarycongress ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VgXjpC49sO
For some bizarre reason, James Madison received this French-designed crystal flute and stored it away. He never actually played it (or so history claims it!), which meant Lizzo was the first to do it.
But so many were against what she did on stage. The two tunes she played with the flute that James Madison himself never actually cared to play were controversial enough for people to say that she’s “degraded” the history of the country.
It’s wild.
This Lizzo-flute controversy is a perfect example of what I have termed Face Tattoo Phenomenon™: the phenomenon whereby someone does something deliberately controversial in an attempt to draw attention, and then acts offended when you notice.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 29, 2022
The Library of Congress really took out a 200-year old flute that belonged to James Madison just so Lizzo could twerk with it.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 28, 2022
They degrade our history and then call you racist if you actually value it. https://t.co/i5cHjl5RXX
Lizzo isn’t talented enough to play music on a $20 Yamaha Plastic Recorder off Amazon let alone a crystal flute once owned by James Madison.
The Biden Administration is making a mockery of the country. pic.twitter.com/YAri6RsjVG— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) September 28, 2022
This happened not long after the Library of Congress invited Lizzo publicly to look at their flute collection (!!!) and maybe play one of them at her concert.
The @librarycongress has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week. Like your song they are “Good as hell.”😉 pic.twitter.com/2FkUFZfIYh
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) September 23, 2022
You didn’t think @lizzo played that antique flute on stage without practicing first, did you? She visited the Library Monday & played several of the flutes in our collection, which is the largest in the world. #LizzoAtLOC
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) September 28, 2022
See & hear more from her visit: https://t.co/eZiAVrAGWZ pic.twitter.com/d6T0Iy9hVX
And if you’re not really familiar with Lizzo, here’s the kick: Lizzo is a professional, classically trained flutist and took a major specializing in this particular instrument.
She’s also a black woman with accomplishments, internationally acknowledged with no bad track record whatsoever. There couldn’t be a more perfect person to whip out the one and only crystal flute to bless our ears with.
It was evident to others who saw nothing wrong with her perfect play on a flute that would’ve otherwise sat collecting dust in the library that these people were angry about something unrelated to the flute.
Fabulous superstar singer Lizzo is living rent-free in the empty minds of racists today for masterfully playing a 200 year old crystal flute they never even knew existed until she played it. Must be exhausting to live with such hate day in and day out.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) September 29, 2022
Personally I think Lizzo should be in a movie where she’s a beautiful flute-playing mermaid who lures sailors to their watery doom
— Dr. Frankenstein if You’re Nasty (@ambernoelle) September 29, 2022
If you wouldn’t have a problem with Taylor Swift playing Ben Franklin’s piano, you shouldn’t have a problem with Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 29, 2022
If you do have a problem, stop and think about why that is.
James Madison was the author of the 3/5 compromise. He’s lucky @lizzo didn’t break that flute into five pieces and throw it off the stage. Stay mad.
— Tami Sawyer (@tamisawyer) September 29, 2022
Lizzo is such an interesting person for right wing content creators to moralize about because she’s so squeaky clean. She makes catchy songs about positivity and plays the flute. There’s no plausible deniability that they hate her for any other reason than being black and fat.
— le petit hoot 🥖🌹 (@hoot_little) September 30, 2022
