It’s dangerous bitch o’clock: the trailer for HBO’s “Love, Lizzo” has dropped. The doc affords perception into the life, profession, and work ethic of the inimitable singer-rapper as by no means seen earlier than. “It took so much hard work to get to where I am today,” the “Truth Hurts” singer, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, displays. “But I found my voice. Now when people see me on stage, they see themselves.”
“Love, Lizzo,” incorporates three yr’s value of footage collected in the course of the Cuz I Love You world tour in addition to the recording of her fourth studio album “Special,” launched this July. “This intimate documentary allows the multi-platinum artist to get candid about body positivity, self-love, and recognizing Black women for their contributions,” the movie’s synopsis particulars. “Every once in a while, an artist changes not only music, but culture as well. Lizzo has done both. This is the journey of a trailblazing superstar who has become the movement the world desperately needed just by being herself.”
With archival dwelling movies in addition to behind the scenes footage, the doc chronicles Lizzo’s journey from her beginnings as a classically educated flutist from Houston to a chart-topping international star.
The trailer sees Lizzo recounting the discrimination she confronted as a nascent artist making an attempt to interrupt into the business. “Nobody was trying to sign a fat, Black girl that rapped, sang, and played the flute,” she explains. Despite these hindrances, it was her craft – and Lizzo’s timeless devotion to it – that at all times acted as her lodestar. “No matter what part of my story you come in at, I’m always chasing the music,” she emphasizes. “Y’all have no idea how close I was to this not being a thing.”
Among different awards, Lizzo has three Grammys to her identify: Best Urban Contemporary Album for “Cuz I Love You,” Best Solo Pop Performance for “Truth Hurts,” and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Jermone.” As an actress, Lizzo has additionally appeared in “Hustlers,” Lorene Scafaria’s 2019 crime drama about strippers who con their Wall Street clientele.
“Love, Lizzo” will probably be accessible on HBO Max November 24.