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Lizzo won the coveted Record of the Year award at tonight’s Grammys for “About Damn Time,” and she dedicated part of her speech to Beyoncé, of course. The camera captured Beyoncé’s reaction to her words, and it was truly one of the most moving moments of the ceremony. You can watch below:
Lizzo told Beyoncé, who was also a nominee for Record of the Year: “Beyoncé, woo, in the fifth grade I skipped school to see you perform. My sister, she got me out of school, it was literature, I’m good. Where you at, Beyonce?? My eyes are wet. You changed my life. You sang that gospel medley and the way you made me feel, I was like I want to make people feel this way with my music. So thank you so much! You clearly are the artist of our lives. I love you. God bless y’all.”
At the start of her speech, Lizzo touched on why she chooses to make uplifting music.
“Let me tell you something,” she began. “Me and Adele were having a good time, just enjoying ourselves and rooting for our friends so this is an amazing night. This is so unexpected. Okay, now that I’m up here, and I’m calm, I want to dedicate this award to Prince.”
“When we lost Prince, I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music and out loud, if my positivity bothers you, what’s wrong with you?” she continued. “And this was at a time where positive music and feel good music wasn’t mainstream at that point, and I felt very misunderstood. I felt I was on the outside looking in, but I stayed true to myself because I wanted to make the world a better place so I had to be that change to make the world a better place.”
“And now I look around and there’s all these songs that are about loving our bodies and feeling comfortable in our skin and looking good, and I’m just so proud to be a part of it because in a world where there’s a lot of darkness, I’d like to believe that not only can people do good, but we just are good. We are good inherently,” she continued. “And anybody at home who feels misunderstood or on the outside looking in like I did, just stay true to yourself because I promise you, you will find people. You will attract people in your life who believe in you and support you. I wanna thank y’all for believing in me and supporting me.”
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Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.