In just a few short years,Lizzohas catapulted to superstar status.
She has scored No.
She took homethree Grammys(of eight nominations) in 2019.
Lizzo dedicated her Emmy nomination to ‘Big Grrrls’ everywhere.James Clark/Amazon
She was one ofEW’s Entertainers of the Year.
Shehosted and was musical guest onSaturday Night Live.
She became the first woman to headline Bonnaroo (though, sadly it was canceled due to weather).
Amazon’s ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrrls’.James Clark/Amazon
She announced a headlining tour.
Now, she’s an Emmy nominee.
“This has been a dream that long in the making for me.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrlsgot six nominations.
I don’t know what you were wildest dreams hoping and expecting, but how does that match up?
LIZZO:Extremely unexpected.
And holy s—, it’s been recognized.”
That was kind of the order of operations with this one.
And so I was just completely flabbergasted, if I could use that word.
I really do this s— because I want to, and I love to do it.
And I think it is a blessing and an honor to be recognized for doing it.
You mentioned those Grammy nominations you’ve had some really amazing moments in your career so far.
Where does this show rank for you?
What does it mean in the overall list of Lizzo accomplishments?
And I said, “Can you twerk into split?”
And you know, the rest is history.
This has been a dream that long in the making for me.
I just think that this show has done so much for me as a human being.
I can’t even begin to list the ways.
I didn’t think it was going to be so fast.
[Laughs] It happened really quickly.
Because I needed to get my ass to Bonnaroo and I needed dancers ASAP.
So that was incredible to see what we were able to do in a month.
I mean, we got a six-time Emmy-nominated show in a month!
So you had to really go with the flow, be ready to adjust, be flexible.
you’re able to’t write that punch in of television.
And Jayla goes, “The what?”
you’re free to’t write it.
[Laughs] There were definitely some moments that were extremely unexpected.
That was the exact same day.
And so when I broke down and got emotional, that wasn’t scripted, it wasn’t planned.
I really can’t fake being happy when I wanted to get something off my chest.
There were a lot of things that happened.
I wouldn’t call them happy accidents, but those were unexpected twists and turns of the show.
Or do you just not even give them space in your mind?
But then they started getting clout from being trolls.
And I just stopped having any punch in of sympathy for them because those people are attention seekers.
You know what I mean?
They’re really just attention seekers.
She said, “It’s about damn time.”
And I was like, “Wait, oh, eh.”
Oh, she said that before the song was written.
[Laughs]
She did?
That’s what I was going to say.
Did you hear that and were like, “Hmmm… there’s something to that!”
No, that was one of those like wild synchronicities.
We filmed the show in August 2021.
And I wrote “About Damn Time” in February 2022.
I didn’t put two and two together.
[Laughs] I just think that there were a lot of cool synchronicities when I watch it now.
I’m like, “Oh, huh.
If I’m not mistaken, you are a big fan of reality as well?
That show, they’re doing it right.
There’s something that I learned from them that I wanted to apply here”?
When it comes to me personally, yeah.
Like, I am not a dancer.
I wasn’t trained to be a dancer as a kid.
I thought that that was so cool to show.
It’s the little things that you don’t think are significant.
