Lizzo makes history by playing 200-year-old crystal flute onstage

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told Vanity Fair in its November cover story.“I am not making music for white people. I am a Black woman, I am making music from my Black experience, for me to heal myself [from] the experience we call life.”Although Lizzo’s music is rooted in R&B, hip-hop and even gospel, she has scored pop hits with life-affirming anthems such as “Juice,” “Good As Hell” and, most recently, “About Damn Time.” But while she may have amassed legions of white fans since her Grammy-winning breakthrough, 2019’s “Cuz I Luv You,” Lizzo says that she’s speaking to black women first and foremost.“We need self-love and self-love anthems more than anybody,” she said.

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Lizzo has been invited to perform at former U. S. President James Madison's estate after she played his crystal flute.

Zack Sharf Lizzo made history this week during the Washington D.C. stop of her “The Special Tour” when she performed with a 200-year-old flute once owned by Founding Father and U.S. president James Madison. The flute was gifted to Madison in 1813 and has been maintained by the Library of Congress. “Bitch, I just twerked and played James Madison’s crystal flute from the 1800s,” Lizzo told concertgoers. “We just made history tonight!” Lizzo is a classically trained flutist and only blew a few notes out of Madison’s crystal flute, which she was invited to play by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, and yet Republicans are up in arms over the brief performance. Several GOP members took to social media after videos of Lizzo playing the flute went viral to accuse her of “desecrating American history just for the sake of it,” as right-wing pundit Matt Walsh alleged on Twitter.

Special! Lizzo recently showed off her skills on a very unique instrument: former President James Madison’s 200-year-old crystal flute.

NOW YOU HAVEIM THE FIRST & ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE— THANK YOU @librarycongress ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VgXjpC49sOIt’s common knowledge that Lizzo is a singer as well as a flautist, and her short medley on Madison’s flute made the Grammy and Emmy winner the first person to play the instrument in concert, and her audience were among the first people to hear it. “It’s crystal, it’s like playing out of a wine glass bitch so be patient,” the Yitty shapewear founder added before playing a clear note followed by a vibrating note while she shook her body in her signature twerking style.According to the Library of Congress, the flute was made in 1813 and given to Madison by famed Parisian watchmaker and mechanic Claude Laurent.

Lizzo is making history with her flute-playing skills.

Lizzo had the rare privilege of playing a historic flute.

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Lizzo just played an instrument with a whole lot of history. During the 34-year-old singer's Tuesday concert at Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena, Lizzo played a crystal flute gifted to President James Madison by Claude Laurent in 1813, which currently resides at the Library of Congress.«I want everybody to make some noise for James Madison’s crystal flute, y'all,» Lizzo told the crowd as Library curator Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford brought the instrument out onstage.

Lizzo is an appreciator of history, even as she continues to make it. Tuesday night (September 27) at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., she played a two-century-old crystal flute gifted by French craftsman Claude Laurent to James Madison — the fourth president of the United States of America — in 1813 to honor his second inauguration.

The Special Tour and made sure to mark the occasion with a historic performance—quite literally.During her show, the singer and played a stunning crystal flute loaned to her by the Library of Congress that once belonged to former United States President James Madison. Madison was the fourth president of the United States and served from 1809 to 1817—in other words, a long time ago.To make sure everyone understood the gravity of the history-making moment, the decided to immortalize it on her Twitter for fans around the world to see.

James Madison’s crystal flute during a concert on Wednesday night in Washington, DC. Loaned to her by the Library of Congress, handlers appeared onstage during “The Special Tour” stop, gently lending the Grammy-winning artist the 200-year-old instrument. “Bitch, I’m scared,” the “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)” songstress declared into the microphone.

Lizzo has made history by becoming the first person in two centuries to play the Library of Congress’ 200-year-old crystal flute.The huge moment took place last night (September 27) at Lizzo’s Washington, DC show where she played the flute which was originally owned by the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.Sharing a clip of the performance on Twitter after the show, Lizzo wrote: “NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE […] NOW YOU HAVE.”“I’M THE FIRST AND ONLY PEROSN TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE – THANK YOU @librarycongress.”NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORENOW YOU HAVEIM 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, 2022During her set, Lizzo – who is a classically trained flautist – provided her fans with insight into the instrument’s history.“This is from the early 1800s,” she said. “This was a gift to James Madison from a French crystal-flute designer, to celebrate his second term.“There was a fire […] and the only two things that were saved were a portrait of George Washington and this crystal flute right here.