Lizzo

“‘Cause I’m my own soulmate, I know how to love me
I know that I’m always gonna hold me down
Yeah, I’m my own soulmate, No I’m never lonely
I know I’m a queen but I don’t need no crown” – Lizzo, Soulmate Lyrics

Having a 12 year old daughter brought Lizzo into my life and I think she is absolutely fabulous! She is totally what young girls (and more mature girls like moi) needed to look up to. She is inspiration personified as far as I’m concerned and something girls have missed in the music scene with the likes of Brittany Spears and Ariana Grande. I mean Gaga is great but Lizzo really lifts the bar!

Melissa Viviane Jefferson aka Lizzo is big, black and beautiful with a ballsy, sassy attitude, she’s not afraid to put it all out there and say what she wants. A classically trained flautist, rapper, singer and songwriter – this bitch has got it all going on! When I was growing up the curviest girl I had to aspire to was Elle McPherson! The feeling of never being good enough, skinny enough or pretty enough (reminds me of that other awesome song “Not Pretty Enough” by Kasey Chambers) was constantly being reinforced through the media & fashion houses. Any wonder I had such an unhealthy relationship with food and alcohol, becoming anorexic in my early twenties. Remember this was the age of Kate Moss and heroin chic. Stick figure models ruled the runway and were literally clothes hangers for the designers!

When I look back now I think I understand why I wanted to draw beautiful strong women because they were everything I wasn’t but wanted to be. Damn I wish I’d had a role model like Lizzo back then! But thank the Gods & Goddesses we have her now. Lizzo has used her live performances to remind her fans of their self-worth between songs. “I want you to look in the mirror and say, ‘I love you, you are beautiful, and you can do anything,” she said on stage in Glastonbury.

Nominated for 8 Grammy Awards this year and taking out 3, Lizzo by her own declaration, has been at the forefront of the positive movement. Which positive movement? All of them. She’s sex positive, body positive (hers and yours), vocally practices self-love and self-care. “I am a pioneer in creating modern self-love, body-positive music,” she explains.

If I’m shinin’, everybody gonna shine (yeah, I’m goals)
I was born like this, don’t even gotta try (now you know)
I’m like chardonnay, get better over time (so you know)
Heard you say I’m not the baddest, bitch, you lied. It ain’t my fault that I’m out here gettin’ loose
Gotta blame it on the Goose
Gotta blame it on my juice, baby
It ain’t my fault that I’m out here makin’ news
I’m the pudding in the proof
Gotta blame it on my juice – Lizzo Juice lyrics

I’m with Lizzo all the way. We need more beautiful, talented people like this in our world! The feel good, happy, positive people that let you know you are good enough & pretty enough – we all got it! So these are the beauties I want to be painting, that I will be painting because gorgeous isn’t a size or a look, gorgeous is the light and love that shines from within!

Come now, come dry your eyes
You know you a star, you can touch the sky
I know that it’s hard but you have to try
If you need advice, let me simplifyIf he don’t love you anymore
Just walk your fine ass out the doorI do my hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin’? (Feelin’ good as hell)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin’? (Feelin’ good as hell)
(Feeling good as hell)
Baby, how you feelin’? (Feelin’ good as hell) – Lizzo, Good as Hell lyrics