Lizzo has never been afraid to speak her mind. On January 8, the "About Damn Time" singer decided to share a cancel culture idea she'd been thinking about, calling it "appropriation." Lizzo took to Twitter to express her concern that cancellations have become a trend or gimmick that is taken for granted, rather than a way to respond to genuine outrage about pressing issues.
"This may be a random time to say this, but it's my heart...cancel culture is appropriation," she wrote. "Real marginalized people do feel angry, but now it's become prevalent, abused and misguided. I hope we can phase this out and focus our anger on the real issues."
The singer also had her own experience with the cancel culture debate in June 2022, when she was criticized for using a word considered slanderous in the disabled community in her song "Grrls." Lizzo quickly responded to the backlash, not only taking responsibility for the mishap but immediately changing her lyrics on all streaming platforms. "As a fat black woman in America, I have experienced many hurtful words directed at me," she wrote in a note. "Let me make one thing clear: I never meant to promote derogatory language. It was a result of me listening and taking action."
Although Lizzo had good intentions, she also received some criticism for changing the lyrics. In a July interview on "The Breakfast Club ," host Charlamagne tha God said he was "angry" that she gave in to fan pressure to change the word, saying she was "appropriate" "In the context of" the word was used, which allowed her to defend her decision. “I want to be a leader in what we should be doing as a culture, making the world a better place,” she explains. "It would be great if they could do that for black people. It would be great if they could make quick changes for us when we raise the issue - which I did on Sunday night and fixed on Monday. When we They can do that for us when we call out injustice."
