While much of the mainstream media seemed gleeful over “Lizzo” playing James Madison’s 200-year-old crystal flute at her Washington D.C. concert last Tuesday, political commentator Candace Owens was not thrilled with it.
Owens wasn’t excited about Lizzo playing the 200-year-old crystal flute, rather she was offended, and she explains:
“No, she’s not making history here, she’s defiling history. It’s like spraying graffiti on a historical building and going, ‘Oh, it’s art.’ No, it’s not art. We’re not gonna call it art. We’re not gonna call it making history.”
“But she doesn’t see that. She thinks that when these organizations reached out to her with these opportunities it’s because they love her. And in reality, the reason is because they hate and want to corrupt the people that follow her. That don’t want more people to make it out like Lizzo did.”
“I wish that she would understand that there are people with more nefarious goals… And they are using her to sell bad ideas to the rest of society because what they’re actually after is to enslave the rest of you.”
You can see her full thoughts on Lizzo in her tweet below:
.@RealCandaceO on @lizzo: “I wish that she would understand that there are people with more nefarious goals… And they are using her to sell bad ideas to the rest of society because what they’re actually after is to enslave the rest of you.” pic.twitter.com/N2jQDo1M1n
— Candace Owens Show (@thecandaceshow) September 29, 2022
This all started when Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden reached out to Lizzo on Twitter inviting her to come to play some flutes in the Library of Congress’s collection including Jame Madison’s crystal flute.
“The @librarycongress has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week. Like your song they are “Good as hell.”
The @librarycongress has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1,800. It incl Pres James Madison’s 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week. Like your song they are “Good as hell.”😉 pic.twitter.com/2FkUFZfIYh
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) September 23, 2022
Lizzo has played the flute since she was 10 years old and also played with New York Philharmonic orchestra during the pandemic, this is what seems to have spurred the invitation to come play the flutes.
Before her concert in Washington, D.C. Lizzo come down to the Library of Congress and was introduced to some of the flutes in their collection. She was given the chance to play some of them as well. This eventually led to her playing James Madison’s crystal flute on stage at her concert in D.C.
“Hearing @lizzo play some of the Library’s priceless antique instruments on Monday was such a gift, and we were honored and happy to help her share that gift with her concert audience Tuesday night. Here is some more behind-the-scenes footage of her Library tour.”
Hearing @lizzo play some of the Library’s priceless antique instruments on Monday was such a gift, and we were honored and happy to help her share that gift with her concert audience Tuesday night. Here is some more behind-the-scenes footage of her Library tour. #LizzoAtLOC pic.twitter.com/OQc4K3YXBg
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) September 28, 2022
This has enthralled some and offended others similarly to Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress to the Met Gala, luckily no damage came to the flute.
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