made her Vancouver arena debut Monday (Nov. 7).
To echo the chorus of one hit song, it鈥檚 about damn time.
On a snowy school night, the Grammy Award winner brought for a night of empowering, party-starting pop, funk and hip-hop songs, including 鈥淕ood As Hell鈥� and 鈥淛uice.鈥�
The Detroit-born, Houston-raised singer/rapper (aka Melissa Viviane Jefferson) last performed in Vancouver at a Gastown-area nightclub in 2017, a year before her 鈥淐oconut Oil鈥� EP was released.
Since then, Lizzo鈥檚 become a mainstream icon known for her hit songs, body-positivity advocacy and a YITTY fashion line of shapewear.
Atlanta rapper Latto opened the sold-out show, where females outnumbered males 20-1, easy.
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The screaming intensified just after 9 p.m. when Lizzo took the stage in a yellow outfit, said hello to 鈥淰ancity鈥� and began hosting a two-hour party for 18,000 friends.
Bottom line: Lizzo鈥檚 songs sure make girls/women feel good, and on Monday she sang two dozen of them.
Mid-point in the show, she brought one happy birthday girl up for a rendition of 鈥淗appy Birthday鈥� (as she does every concert during 鈥淏irthday Girl鈥�), and later played flute better than Ron Burgundy.
Fronting a killer all-female band, Lizzo shook her rump, and shook it some more, and her moves were shadowed by a bevy of equally endowed backup dancers.
Near the end of the show, for a good chunk of time, Lizzo had the house lights turned up so she could see and say hello to fans who stood out, including two who brought giant juiceboxes, celebrating her juicy hit.
Pretty much everyone in the crowd 鈥� girlfriends, moms, daughters, lovers 鈥� danced and sang along, had a great time and forgot about life鈥檚 troubles for a couple of hours.
And for that, what鈥檚 not to love about Lizzo?
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