In Case You Missed It: Here’s Lizzo’s Tiny Desk Concert

Lizzo at Outside Lands music festival in August. Photo by RMV/REX/Shutterstock (9790351k)

Tiny Desk Concerts are a chance for musicians to perform in an intimate setting with a live band behind them. Lizzo usually performs with a backing track but this time, she was accompanied by her very own jazz band.

When she starts singing, it’s as if the earth starts to shake. She belts out her hit single “Cuz I Love You” and the audience goes wild. Watching, we get nervous that “this tiny-ass desk” can hold all of Lizzo’s power and magnificence.

“Crying cuz I love you but now I’m crying cuz you get on my f***ing nerves,” she quips, before launching into “Truth Hurts.” This version is more stripped back with gentle backing, but there’s nothing gentle about Lizzo’s performance. She always gives it 100% and her passion rips apart the room.

Lizzo concludes her set with “Juice”, which is full of surprises. She invites the crowd to become her backing singers and midway through, she pulls out her flute for an unexpected solo. As always, her performance concludes with an important message of self-love.

In case you missed it, you can watch her full set here: