Our Spring Fashion shoot with Lizzo won the ASME for “Best Fashion and Beauty Photograph.” Revisit the 2019 profile by allisonpdavis, photographed by paridukovic
Crystal halter and skirt by Kelsey Randall at kelseyrandall.com. Earrings by Lynn Ban at lynnban.com. Ring by Fred Leighton at fredleighton.com. Ring by Tiffany & Co. at tiffany.com. Photo: Pari Dukovic Under no circumstances will Lizzo play “Flight of the Bumblebee” tonight. Don’t get her wrong. She’s a classically trained flautist, in addition to a singer and rapper, and could twerk circles while playing it .
The junior-high punks might have called her corny, but like most hobbies people mock you for in adolescence, it’s now one of her greatest assets. The flute is earning her Shade Room–blessed viral fame, especially after one particularly notable moment from a performance at the University of Iowa’s homecoming. As she tells it, that video was born out of a direct challenge to her ability to play the flute — or to perform at all.
Sunglasses by Givenchy, similar styles at 747 Madison Ave. Fishnet bodysuit by Dreamgirl at trashy.com. Bodysuit by Christian Siriano. Photo: Pari Dukovic Bodysuit by LemonGirl at amazon.com. Rings : Pearl ring by Mikimoto at 730 Fifth Ave. Ring by Tiffany & Co. at tiffany.com. Ring by Kwiat at kwiat.com. Ring by Bulgari at bulgari.com. Photo: Pari Dukovic In January, Lizzo released “Juice,” an energetic funk affirmation that should have Bruno Mars watching his throne.
In 2010, the band retired, and her father passed away. She communicates with him now, through a psychic medium she frequently visits in L.A., but at the time, it sank her into a depression. She finally answered her mother’s pleas and joined her in Denver. Ten months later, restless, she moved to Edina, a suburb of Minneapolis, at the behest of a friend who thought she’d like the music scene there. She did. Aaron Mader, a.k.a.
Coat and floral necktie by Marc Jacobs at marcjacobs.com. Photo: Pari Dukovic An hour before showtime, with Sasha Flute safely in the care of a stagehand, her nerves begin to quiet. She turns to me and apologizes for her earlier mood. “I don’t always feel like a bad bitch,” she says, just as a bottle of Casamigos tequila, her favorite fake-a-bad-bitch-till-you-are-a-bad-bitch liquor, is delivered. Someone pours Lizzo a drink , and suddenly the clutch is released on the energy in the room.
Lizzo takes another sip and emits a sigh, like she’s sliding into a hot tub. “My brain just relaxed in the most amazing way. I just felt the tequila encircle my brain and hug it a little bit. They say it’s the brain dehydrating,” she jokes. She and Swain feel loose enough to make one of their freestyle videos for Instagram. Swain starts pounding out a beat, and Lizzo starts spitting: “Bitch I feel amazing. Tequila blazing. Bitch I’m in a blazer … Ilana Glazer.
Bodysuit by Lemongirl at amazon.com. Earrings by De Beers at 716 Madison Ave. Pearl Ring by Mikimoto at 730 Fifth Ave. Ring by Kwiat at kwiat.com. Photo: Pari Dukovic Necklace by Gucci at gucci.com. Photo: Pari Dukovic Lizzo’s happy place is anywhere she is — and the energy extends to BK9, a Caribbean restaurant in Brooklyn.
Cass comes over with our bill, and making a surprise cameo is her dad — the dad — via FaceTime. Everyone passes the phone around and says, “Thanks for the food,” but Dad only has eyes for Lizzo. “Give me back to the thick one,” he says. “She cute.” If imagining Beyoncé saying her name is any indication of her faith in Cuz I Love You, Lizzo is pretty sure she’s got a collection of bullets. “Missiles,” she says, explaining the sound as “if Aretha Franklin made a ratchet-ass rap album in 2019.” “So I’m going to become iconic musically,” she declares. “I don’t mean in the way all the kids are using it now for everything like, ‘Oh, I took a nap. How iconic.’ Even though it’s valid; naps are iconic. I mean iconic like an icon.
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