Lizzo isn’t quitting music after all.
On Tuesday, the pop star said in a video post that she was not ending her musical career despite suggesting last week that she might “quit” and turn down the lights for good.
“When I say ‘I quit,’ I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” Lizzo said in a video Tuesday, dressed in an aqua swimsuit. “What I’m not gonna quit, is the joy of my life, which is making music which is connecting the people.”
The clarification was in response to a cryptic statement she posted to Instagram, where she wrote that she “quit” over negative comments and online criticism. It’s unclear what the singer’s statement was in response to, though she posted it one day after she performed at a fundraiser for President Biden in New York. Representatives for Lizzo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it,” she said in the post.
“But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it,” she said. “I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views … being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look … my character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name.
“I didn’t sign up for this s---,” she finished. “I QUIT.”
The statement immediately raised eyebrows from fans and social media users, who wondered whether Lizzo was going to stop making music. Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Seth Green and Loni Love shared their support for Lizzo in the comments section below the post.
