Soul superstar Lizzo brings her positive message to Adelaide FOMO Festival
Named Time Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year, the Truth Hurts, Juice and Good As Hell will be singing her positive message to the roof tops at Elder Park.
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If there was one standout star of 2019 it was US singer Lizzo, and today she brings her hip-hop infused soul and pop to Adelaide’s FOMO Festival.
Named Time Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year, the singer of huge hits like Truth Hurts, Juice and Good As Hell will be one of the headliners at the Elder Park concert.
Renowned for her body positive, life-affirming attitude, the American singer will appear alongside rappers Brockhampton Haitian-Canadian DJ Kaytranada and a host of other acts at the one-day, one-stage festival.
Lizzo recently told the Sunday Mail that she tried hard to fit music industry stereotypes before realising she was better off being herself.
“I think I’m an interesting pill to swallow,” she said.
“I’m just different. I tried to be not different for a while. I had to sit back and wonder, ‘Am I on this planet to make cool music and to be cool? Or am I on this planet to make people smile, to make people happy?’ I think once I made that decision, it became the thing I’m best at.”
Lizzo is the opposite of an overnight success, releasing music for years with very little response from the general public.
It wasn’t until her 2016 single Truth Hurts began gaining traction on the internet – mainly through social media app TikTok — that the world really began to take notice.
Now she rides at the top of the charts but at the end of the day it all comes back to the positivity.
“There’s been a whole lotta self-destructive trends in music and that’s scary,” she said.
“I mean, when the artist or the song glorifies self-harm, negative self-speak or drug abuse, it glorifies those things.
“I’m not saying that’s wrong, because that’s their truth.
“But I am saying my music is becoming more popular because it is the antithesis of that. And people need that balance.”
There are limited tickets to tomorrow’s FOMO festival available at the gate. General admission: $160, VIP: $210.