LIZZO Wins Record Of The Year For 'About Damn Time' 2023 GRAMMYs

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LIZZO's acceptance speech for Record Of The Year for "About Damn Time" at the 2023 GRAMMYs, released via Recording Academy.

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00:00 Okay, I don't know how you pick one of them, but the Grammy goes to Lizzo for About Them Pals.

00:08 [MUSIC]

00:18 [APPLAUSE]

00:46 Let me tell you something, me and Adele having a good time just enjoying ourselves,

00:50 just rooting for our friends.

00:51 So this is an amazing night.

00:53 This is so unexpected.

00:55 Okay, now that I'm up here and I'm calm,

00:59 I want to dedicate this award to Prince.

01:02 My niece is sick.

01:03 >> [APPLAUSE]

01:07 >> When we lost Prince,

01:08 I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music.

01:12 And I was like, I don't care if my positivity bother you, what's wrong with you?

01:17 >> [APPLAUSE]

01:20 >> And this was at a time when positive

01:22 music and feel good music wasn't mainstream at that point.

01:25 And I felt very misunderstood.

01:28 I felt on the outside looking in.

01:31 But I stayed true to myself because I wanted to make the world a better place,

01:38 so I had to be that change to make the world a better place.

01:41 >> [APPLAUSE]

01:44 >> And now I look around and

01:46 there's all these songs that are about loving our bodies and

01:50 feeling comfortable in our skin and feeling fucking good.

01:54 >> [APPLAUSE]

01:57 >> And I'm just so proud to be a part of it,

02:00 because in a world where there's a lot of darkness and a lot of scary shit.

02:05 I'd like to believe that not only can people do good, but we just are good.

02:11 We are good inherently.

02:13 And anybody at home who feels misunderstood or

02:17 on the outside looking in like I did, just stay true to yourself.

02:21 Because I promise you, you will find people,

02:25 you will attract people in your life who believe in you and support you.

02:29 I wanna thank y'all for believing in me and supporting me.

02:33 Blake and Ricky Reed, producers of this record.

02:36 >> [APPLAUSE]

02:37 >> Nice Life, Atlantic, Julie Craig,

02:40 Full Stop, Kevin Alana, Team Lizzo, my team, my rock.

02:44 >> [APPLAUSE]

02:45 >> My family, my mama, my sister,

02:47 my brother, my daddy.

02:49 >> [APPLAUSE]

02:50 >> My man who holds me down.

02:53 >> [APPLAUSE]

02:54 >> And lastly,

02:55 cuz I feel like there's so many goated artists since my last time up here.

02:59 Beyonce, whoo.

03:00 >> [APPLAUSE]

03:05 >> In the fifth grade,

03:06 I skipped school to see you perform.

03:08 >> [LAUGH]

03:09 >> My sister, she got me out of school.

03:11 It was literature, I'm good.

03:13 And where you at, Beyonce?

03:15 My eyes are wet.

03:16 [SOUND]

03:17 You changed my life.

03:19 You sang that gospel medley, and the way you made me feel,

03:22 I was like I wanna make people feel this way with my music.

03:26 So thank you so much.

03:28 You clearly are the artists of our lives.

03:32 I love you, God bless y'all.

03:34 We got a fucking Grammy!

03:36 >> [APPLAUSE]

03:41 [MUSIC]

03:51 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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