'AS A FLUTE PLAYER THIS IS ICONIC AND I WILL NEVER BE OVER IT🎶,' Lizzo wrote in part.
, Lizzo shared a video of herself playing two notes on the flute and said that she was the"first and only person" to play the instrument.In the video, a representative from the Library of Congress came onstage to hand Lizzo the historic flute.After Lizzo asked the audience to be patient with her because it's like"playing out of a wine glass," she then brought the flute up to her lips to play its first-ever sound.
The"About Damn Time" singer stuck out her tongue in excitement and then played another note while twerking on stage."History is freaking cool," Lizzo added.A few days before Lizzo was set to perform on stage, she was invited to the Library of Congress to tour its"largest flute collection in the world," including 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," wrote Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress on Twitter."Like your song they are “Good as hell.”Once she arrived, a library patron took a picture of Lizzo and said that she"personally asked if it was OK" to break the Library's quiet rule to play the flute.
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