Beyoncé deliberately omits Lizzo’s name from the lyrics in the remix of ‘Break My Soul’

Beyoncé, the famend Loopy In Love singer, has been performing a remixed model of her music Break My Soul (The Queens Remix) throughout her Renaissance tour.

On this model, she pays tribute to varied boundary-breaking Black feminine artists. Nonetheless, throughout her current efficiency in Boston, Massachusetts, Lizzo’s identify was conspicuously absent from the lyrics.

Within the unique lyrics, Beyoncé contains Lizzo’s identify alongside different artists like: ‘Betty Davis, Solange Knowles / [Erykah Badu], Lizzo, Kelly Rowl’ (You realize you are able to do it)’

Nonetheless, in live performance footage shared on Twitter, Beyoncé deliberately replaces Lizzo’s identify with 4 repetitions of ‘Badu’.

The omission got here shortly after information emerged that Lizzo, whose actual identify is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, is going through a lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers. The dancers allege that they skilled sexual harassment and a hostile work surroundings whereas working together with her.

The lawsuit claims that Lizzo made inappropriate feedback concerning the dancers’ weight and allegedly pressured one in all them to the touch a nude performer in a strip membership throughout their time in Amsterdam. The swimsuit additionally alleges that Lizzo inspired solid members to take part in uncomfortable actions, similar to catching dildos launched from performers’ vaginas and consuming bananas protruding from performers’ vaginas.

This authorized battle has introduced Lizzo’s popularity for selling physique positivity into query, presenting her in a unique mild than her public picture suggests.