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]]>Beyoncé was the most-nominated artist at this year’s Grammys with nine nods, and she eventually walked away with four awards: best dance/electronic recording (“Break My Soul”), best dance/electronic album (Renaissance), best traditional R&B performance (“Plastic Off the Sofa”) and best R&B song (“Cuff It”).
Harry Styles had to beat tough competition, including Adele, Bad Bunny, and Lizzo, to win the album of the year with Harry’s House. Lizzo missed out on this award, but still had a reason to celebrate after winning record of the year with “About Damn Time”.
Bonnie Raitt delivered one of the night’s most shocking moments when she won song of the year with “Just Like That”. Another surprise came in the best new artist category, with the jazz singer Samara Joy defeating Måneskin, Anitta, and Latto to win this award.
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards were held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, with Trevor Noah hosting the festivities for the third time.
Album of the Year
Harry’s House
Harry Styles
Best New Artist
Samara Joy
Record of the Year
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Song of the Year
Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt
Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy On Me
Adele
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance
Beyoncé
Best Rap Album
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar
Best Música Urbana Album
Un Verano Sin Ti
Bad Bunny
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Unholy
Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best Country Song
‘Til You Can’t
Cody Johnson
Best Country Album
A Beautiful Time
Willie Nelson
Best R&B Song
Cuff It
Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry’s House
Harry Styles
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher
Michael Bublé
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Break My Soul
Beyoncé
Best Rock Performance
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile
Best Metal Performance
Degradation Rules
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi
Best Rock Song
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best Rock Album
Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne
Best Alternative Music Performance
Chaise Longue – Chaise Longue
Wet Leg
Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg
Wet Leg
Best R&B Performance
Hrs & Hrs
Muni Long
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Plastic Off the Sofa
Beyoncé
Best Progressive R&B Album
Gemini Rights
Steve Lacy
Best R&B Album
Black Radio III
Robert Glasper
Best Rap Performance
The Heart Part 5
Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance
WAIT FOR U
Future Featuring Drake & Tems
Best Rap Song
The Heart Part 5
Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
Live Forever
Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Never Wanted To Be That Girl
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror
White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Endangered Species
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Linger Awhile
Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango At The Wall In New York
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kingdom
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Fear Is Not My Future
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Breathe
Maverick City Music
Best Gospel Album
One Deluxe
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Urban Hymnal
Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best Latin Pop Album
Pasieros
Rubén Blades & Boca Livre
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
MOTOMAMI
Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México – El Musical
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy
Marc Anthony
Best Americana Performance
Made Up Mind
Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Performance
Stompin’ Ground
Aaron Neville With The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best American Roots Song
Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt
Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days
Brandi Carlile
Best Bluegrass Album
Crooked Tree
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Best Traditional Blues Album
Get On Board
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Brother Johnny
Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album
Revealer
Madison Cunningham
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
The Kalling
Kabaka Pyramid
Best Global Music Performance
Bayethe
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode
Best Global Music Album
Sakura
Masa Takumi
Best Children’s Music Album
The Movement
Alphabet Rockers
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Finding Me
Viola Davis
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Poet Who Sat By The Door
J. Ivy
Best Comedy Album
The Closer
Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album
Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Encanto
(Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Encanto
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok
Best Song Written For Visual Media
We Don’t Talk About Bruno [From Encanto]
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Empire Central
Snarky Puppy
Best Instrumental Composition
Refuge
Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Scrapple From The Apple
John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Songbird (Orchestral Version)
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning
Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83
Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best Album Notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Best Historical Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry’s House
Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Divine Tides
Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making Of The Orchestra
Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman
Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Born
Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese; The Crossing)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen
Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Letters For The Future
Time For Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice Of Nature – The Anthropocene
Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story
Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: Contact
Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Music Video
All Too Well: The Short Film
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer
Best Music Film
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
(Various Artists)
Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart & Ryan Suffern, video producers
Best Song for Social Change
Baraye
Shervin Hajipour
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]]>The duo sang their hit “Dancing With A Stranger” and it’s clear that these two were dancing, but they definitely weren’t strangers; they looked so comfortable with each other on stage. The pair came in matching outfits, Smith wore a light pink top and chinos and Normani looked so glam in a pink silky sparkly dress. Prior to Normani singer her part in the song, Smith was having a grand time dancing with the back-up dancers who wore bright red outfits, perfect for the holiday time.
Someone had to dress the part of Mrs. Claus and Lizzo didn’t let us down. She sang “Good As Hell” while wearing a red and white Christmas cape and jean cut-offs with a sparkly black top. She managed to look every bit Lizzo while also paying homage to Santa in her outfit.
Perry always makes us laugh and her opening joke was no different, “You love my nutcrackers and my balls?” She performed her new holiday song “Cozy Little Christmas” and she came dressed as a hot pink snowflake. Her band wore Nutcracker outfits and her back-up singers were dressed as Christmas presents. The stage was every bit a Christmas wonderland with a Christmas tree, tinsel, and ornaments.
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]]>The post Lizzo Climbs to the Top of the Charts with Sleeper Hit “Truth Hurts” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>We just took a look at the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it turns out Lizzo is 100% that b-ch! After steadily climbing the chart for months, she finally made it to the top, and she’s sharing this amazing moment with all of us.
“We’re number 1. This is a w for all of us. Anybody who ever felt like they voice wasn’t heard. Anybody who felt like they weren’t good enough. You are. We are. Champions. I love yall 3 much. Lizzbians unite,” wrote the singer on Twitter.
“Truth Hurts” first came out on September 19th, 2017 and Lizzo’s latest album Cuz I Love You renewed interest in this song. Becoming a meme also didn’t hurt, especially after the song was featured in one of the most memorable scenes in Netflix rom-com Someone Great.
The song’s popularity was also boosted by Lizzo’s amazing live performances at numerous festivals and award shows over the course of the last few months.
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]]>The post Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You”: Wow Doesn’t Quite Cover It appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>That’s how Lizzo introduces her fierce new album and her passionate cry is followed by all the drama of a big band. Her powerful roar boasts the tenacity of soul legends, only Lizzo likes to rap too. Moments after going full-on Aretha, she cusses and makes reference to her more promiscuous days, making a grandiose declaration of love in the most millennial way possible.
“Like A Girl” is an empowering feminist ballad. We’ve all heard the expression “like a girl” only it is usually used to insult and is prefaced by words like “you fight” or “you cry”. Lizzo has reclaimed the expression and celebrates doing what you want “like a girl.” Her lyrics list all the things she can do on her own and in the rap verse she spouts what is quite possibly our new favorite lyric of all time: “The only exes that I care about are in my f***ing chromosomes.” There have been plenty of feminist anthems this year but Lizzo just took female strength to the next level.
Our only worry at this point is that the album may have peaked to early but each track just gets better and better. Lizzo retains all that old soul history and charm only she keeps the music surprisingly fresh. There is no pretense here, just an enormously talented woman embracing all parts of her identity and sharing powerful music that makes us proud to take up the space we do.
“Jerome” has a special kind of soul that is perhaps reminiscent of Amy Winehouse. “Tempo”, on the other hand, is the complete other end of the spectrum and is the Missy Elliot collaboration we didn’t know we needed. Lizzo sings: “Slow songs, they for skinny hoes… I’m a thick bitch, I need tempo.” It’s a real banger.
The album closer “Lingerie” is a whole new kind of sexy. Lizzo’s voice is suddenly softer and more vulnerable while taking full ownership of her sexuality. It’s subtle, stripped back kind of arousing and it’s the stark opposite of the hollering banger that opened the album.
The sheer vocal and stylistic range on the album already raises Cuz I Love You up with the best albums of the year. The way that she so powerfully embraces all aspects of her identity and champions femininity in a wide scope of ways raises the album to something even more special.
5/5
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]]>The post 2023 Grammy Awards: Harry Styles & Lizzo Win Album and Record of the Year, While Beyoncé Makes History appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>Beyoncé was the most-nominated artist at this year’s Grammys with nine nods, and she eventually walked away with four awards: best dance/electronic recording (“Break My Soul”), best dance/electronic album (Renaissance), best traditional R&B performance (“Plastic Off the Sofa”) and best R&B song (“Cuff It”).
Harry Styles had to beat tough competition, including Adele, Bad Bunny, and Lizzo, to win the album of the year with Harry’s House. Lizzo missed out on this award, but still had a reason to celebrate after winning record of the year with “About Damn Time”.
Bonnie Raitt delivered one of the night’s most shocking moments when she won song of the year with “Just Like That”. Another surprise came in the best new artist category, with the jazz singer Samara Joy defeating Måneskin, Anitta, and Latto to win this award.
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards were held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, with Trevor Noah hosting the festivities for the third time.
Album of the Year
Harry’s House
Harry Styles
Best New Artist
Samara Joy
Record of the Year
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Song of the Year
Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt
Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy On Me
Adele
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance
Beyoncé
Best Rap Album
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar
Best Música Urbana Album
Un Verano Sin Ti
Bad Bunny
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Unholy
Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best Country Song
‘Til You Can’t
Cody Johnson
Best Country Album
A Beautiful Time
Willie Nelson
Best R&B Song
Cuff It
Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry’s House
Harry Styles
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher
Michael Bublé
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Break My Soul
Beyoncé
Best Rock Performance
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile
Best Metal Performance
Degradation Rules
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi
Best Rock Song
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best Rock Album
Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne
Best Alternative Music Performance
Chaise Longue – Chaise Longue
Wet Leg
Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg
Wet Leg
Best R&B Performance
Hrs & Hrs
Muni Long
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Plastic Off the Sofa
Beyoncé
Best Progressive R&B Album
Gemini Rights
Steve Lacy
Best R&B Album
Black Radio III
Robert Glasper
Best Rap Performance
The Heart Part 5
Kendrick Lamar
Best Melodic Rap Performance
WAIT FOR U
Future Featuring Drake & Tems
Best Rap Song
The Heart Part 5
Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
Live Forever
Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Never Wanted To Be That Girl
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror
White Sun
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Endangered Species
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Linger Awhile
Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango At The Wall In New York
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kingdom
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Fear Is Not My Future
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Breathe
Maverick City Music
Best Gospel Album
One Deluxe
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Urban Hymnal
Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best Latin Pop Album
Pasieros
Rubén Blades & Boca Livre
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
MOTOMAMI
Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México – El Musical
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy
Marc Anthony
Best Americana Performance
Made Up Mind
Bonnie Raitt
Best American Roots Performance
Stompin’ Ground
Aaron Neville With The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best American Roots Song
Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt
Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days
Brandi Carlile
Best Bluegrass Album
Crooked Tree
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Best Traditional Blues Album
Get On Board
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Brother Johnny
Edgar Winter
Best Folk Album
Revealer
Madison Cunningham
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
The Kalling
Kabaka Pyramid
Best Global Music Performance
Bayethe
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode
Best Global Music Album
Sakura
Masa Takumi
Best Children’s Music Album
The Movement
Alphabet Rockers
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Finding Me
Viola Davis
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Poet Who Sat By The Door
J. Ivy
Best Comedy Album
The Closer
Dave Chappelle
Best Musical Theater Album
Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Encanto
(Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Encanto
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok
Best Song Written For Visual Media
We Don’t Talk About Bruno [From Encanto]
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Empire Central
Snarky Puppy
Best Instrumental Composition
Refuge
Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Scrapple From The Apple
John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Songbird (Orchestral Version)
Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)
Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning
Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83
Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best Album Notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Best Historical Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry’s House
Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff
Best Remixed Recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Divine Tides
Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making Of The Orchestra
Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance
Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman
Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
Born
Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese; The Crossing)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen
Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Letters For The Future
Time For Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice Of Nature – The Anthropocene
Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story
Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: Contact
Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Music Video
All Too Well: The Short Film
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer
Best Music Film
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
(Various Artists)
Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart & Ryan Suffern, video producers
Best Song for Social Change
Baraye
Shervin Hajipour
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]]>The post The Best Performances From the IheartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The duo sang their hit “Dancing With A Stranger” and it’s clear that these two were dancing, but they definitely weren’t strangers; they looked so comfortable with each other on stage. The pair came in matching outfits, Smith wore a light pink top and chinos and Normani looked so glam in a pink silky sparkly dress. Prior to Normani singer her part in the song, Smith was having a grand time dancing with the back-up dancers who wore bright red outfits, perfect for the holiday time.
Someone had to dress the part of Mrs. Claus and Lizzo didn’t let us down. She sang “Good As Hell” while wearing a red and white Christmas cape and jean cut-offs with a sparkly black top. She managed to look every bit Lizzo while also paying homage to Santa in her outfit.
Perry always makes us laugh and her opening joke was no different, “You love my nutcrackers and my balls?” She performed her new holiday song “Cozy Little Christmas” and she came dressed as a hot pink snowflake. Her band wore Nutcracker outfits and her back-up singers were dressed as Christmas presents. The stage was every bit a Christmas wonderland with a Christmas tree, tinsel, and ornaments.
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]]>The post Lizzo Climbs to the Top of the Charts with Sleeper Hit “Truth Hurts” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>We just took a look at the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it turns out Lizzo is 100% that b-ch! After steadily climbing the chart for months, she finally made it to the top, and she’s sharing this amazing moment with all of us.
“We’re number 1. This is a w for all of us. Anybody who ever felt like they voice wasn’t heard. Anybody who felt like they weren’t good enough. You are. We are. Champions. I love yall 3 much. Lizzbians unite,” wrote the singer on Twitter.
“Truth Hurts” first came out on September 19th, 2017 and Lizzo’s latest album Cuz I Love You renewed interest in this song. Becoming a meme also didn’t hurt, especially after the song was featured in one of the most memorable scenes in Netflix rom-com Someone Great.
The song’s popularity was also boosted by Lizzo’s amazing live performances at numerous festivals and award shows over the course of the last few months.
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]]>The post Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You”: Wow Doesn’t Quite Cover It appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>That’s how Lizzo introduces her fierce new album and her passionate cry is followed by all the drama of a big band. Her powerful roar boasts the tenacity of soul legends, only Lizzo likes to rap too. Moments after going full-on Aretha, she cusses and makes reference to her more promiscuous days, making a grandiose declaration of love in the most millennial way possible.
“Like A Girl” is an empowering feminist ballad. We’ve all heard the expression “like a girl” only it is usually used to insult and is prefaced by words like “you fight” or “you cry”. Lizzo has reclaimed the expression and celebrates doing what you want “like a girl.” Her lyrics list all the things she can do on her own and in the rap verse she spouts what is quite possibly our new favorite lyric of all time: “The only exes that I care about are in my f***ing chromosomes.” There have been plenty of feminist anthems this year but Lizzo just took female strength to the next level.
Our only worry at this point is that the album may have peaked to early but each track just gets better and better. Lizzo retains all that old soul history and charm only she keeps the music surprisingly fresh. There is no pretense here, just an enormously talented woman embracing all parts of her identity and sharing powerful music that makes us proud to take up the space we do.
“Jerome” has a special kind of soul that is perhaps reminiscent of Amy Winehouse. “Tempo”, on the other hand, is the complete other end of the spectrum and is the Missy Elliot collaboration we didn’t know we needed. Lizzo sings: “Slow songs, they for skinny hoes… I’m a thick bitch, I need tempo.” It’s a real banger.
The album closer “Lingerie” is a whole new kind of sexy. Lizzo’s voice is suddenly softer and more vulnerable while taking full ownership of her sexuality. It’s subtle, stripped back kind of arousing and it’s the stark opposite of the hollering banger that opened the album.
The sheer vocal and stylistic range on the album already raises Cuz I Love You up with the best albums of the year. The way that she so powerfully embraces all aspects of her identity and champions femininity in a wide scope of ways raises the album to something even more special.
5/5
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