Melissa Viviane Jefferson, higher often called the rap artist Lizzo, performed a 200-year-old crystal flute as soon as owned by Founding Father James Madison throughout a live performance in DC this Tuesday whereas sporting a skimpy bodysuit and “twerking.”
The media celebrated it as if it was a historic accomplishment.
Ever the gifted orator, Lizzo, who’s a classically educated flutist, performed a number of notes and exclaimed, “Bitch, I simply twerked and performed James Madison’s flute from the 1800s.”
Carla Hayden, the librarian on the Library of Congress, tweeted final week that she hoped to see Lizzo play the flute, a present given to Madison in 1813 by the French flute maker Claude Laurent in honor of his second inauguration.
The @librarycongress has the most important flute assortment on the planet with greater than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we’d love so that you can come see it and even play a pair when you’re in DC subsequent week. Like your music they’re “Good as hell.”😉 pic.twitter.com/2FkUFZfIYh
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) September 23, 2022
The Library of Congress made it occur, utilizing a number of Capitol Cops to assist escort the flute to the live performance at Capitol One Area in Washington on Tuesday.
We’re glad that they had time to take action all whereas preventing off threats to democracy and insurrections.
The music star, who’s heralded as a “physique positivity” pioneer, was seen in video on the live performance taking part in away whereas sporting an fascinating stage outfit.
NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE
NOW YOU HAVE
IM THE FIRST & ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE— THANK YOU @librarycongress ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VgXjpC49sO
— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) September 28, 2022
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Lizzo and James Madison’s Flute
Talking at a first-grade studying stage, Lizzo continued to share simply how cool it was to play James Madison’s crystal flute.
“Thanks to the Library of Congress for preserving our historical past and making historical past cool. Historical past is freaking cool, you guys!”
See Lizzo play the flute. Lizzo performs nice. Go, Lizzo, go!
Naturally, the media swooned in the mean time.
Sierra Fox, a reporter for Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., mentioned the incident was “tremendous wonderful to witness.”
“HISTORY IS FREAKIN’ COOL” –@lizzo! After all – it’s the nation’s capital so @SecretService & @CapitolPolice joined her on stage. Why? As a result of she is the FIRST ever to play President James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute courtesy of @librarycongress. Tremendous wonderful to witness! pic.twitter.com/aQRSsVhrv0
— Sierra Fox (@thesierrafox) September 28, 2022
The New York Occasions celebrated Lizzo taking part in James Madison’s flute as “a symbolic second.”
CNN’s write-up was positively hilarious: “She blew a number of extra fluttery notes on it, cautiously twerking as she performed, as is her signature. After a number of seconds, she held the flute excessive within the air, victorious, and thoroughly returned it to the employees ready a number of toes away.”
Victorious. A symbolic second.
James Madison is a Founding Father, writer of the Federalist Papers and the preliminary drafts of the Invoice of Rights, leading to his being known as the “Father of the Structure,” and the fourth President of america.
He’s thought to be one of many biggest statesmen ever to stroll on this Earth.
Lizzo… effectively, she twerks quite a bit in ill-fitting garments and doesn’t care what folks give it some thought. So yea, actually historic and on par with different nice moments on this nation’s historical past.
The Library of Congress actually took out a 200-year outdated flute that belonged to James Madison simply so Lizzo may twerk with it.
They degrade our historical past after which name you racist in the event you truly worth it. https://t.co/i5cHjl5RXX
— Greg Value (@greg_price11) September 28, 2022
She Was ‘Oppressed’
Only one month previous to taking part in James Madison’s flute on stage, Lizzo accepted a “Video for Good” award at MTV’s “Video Music Awards” and promptly declared that she is ‘oppressed.’
“So I don’t know what music ‘video for good’ means, however I do know what your vote means,” she advised the group. “And that’s your vote means every part. To me.”
“It means every part to creating a change on this nation,” expressed Lizzo. “So bear in mind once you’re voting to your favourite artists vote to vary a few of these legal guidelines which are oppressing us.”
Lizzo whereas accepting the Video for Good award on the #VMAs:
“Your vote means every part to me, it means every part to creating a change on this nation … Once you’re voting to your favourite artist, vote to vary a few of these legal guidelines which are oppressing us.” pic.twitter.com/19UpJv3rkD
— The Recount (@therecount) August 29, 2022
From being an ‘oppressed’ superstar to taking part in the crystal flute of a Founding Father.
All whereas making hundreds of thousands by being unable to string collectively two full sentences utilizing the English language and being heralded as a task mannequin for sporting little greater than a band-aid always and never giving a rip what she appears to be like like.
Man, what a rustic.
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