Beyoncé’s Shady Move: Did She Snub Lizzo? The Truth Behind the Missing Name in ‘Break My Soul’ Performance
3 min readDuring the Queens Remix performance of “Break My Soul” on the Renaissance World Tour, Beyonce seemed to skip past Lizzo’s name, instead repeating Erykah Badu’s name four times. Because Lizzo was recently in the headlines for various reasons, fans & the media have taken notice. Three of Lizzo’s former dancers accused her of sexual harassment and setting up a hostile work environment in a complaint filed on Tuesday. The absence of Lizzo’s name from the performance sparked rumors and arguments on social media about a possible relation to the pending case. Several fans responded to the incident on X. “Two birds with one stone omg,” one person said.
Beyoncé seemingly skips over Lizzo’s name during the Queens Remix performance of ‘Break My Soul’ tonight at the Renaissance World Tour.
— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 2, 2023
She instead repeats Erykah Badu’s name four times.
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Skipping over Lizzo amongst allegations (and this is one of her favourite, so you know it’s bad for her), followed by repeating Erykah Badu four times because she thought Beyonce copied her style, Honestly Beyoncé is a very unserious woman. “Beyonce wasted NO time,” one user tweeted. The singer, who is renowned for promoting body acceptance and embracing her own physique, is accused in the complaint of being abusive to her dancers. One dancer claimed Lizzo criticized and fired her after drawing attention to her weight gain and filming a meeting due to a medical issue. The case, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also names the commander of Lizzo’s dancing team.
Beyoncé appears to skip Lizzo’s name during her performance of “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” at the #RenaissanceWorldTour amid recent lawsuit. https://t.co/TvM2pR94lI
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 2, 2023
Beyonce Skipped Lizzo’s Name During Her Break My Soul Performance During Her Renaissance Tour Here’s why
Beyoncé is now on her Renaissance world tour, which has been a financial and public relations success. Aside from tickets flying off the shelves, a slew of celebs have been photographed attending and loving her concerts. While playing the remix version of her song Break My Soul at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the 41-year-old artist overlooked Lizzo’s name. Netizens began to notice that Lizzo’s name was skipped over during Beyonce’s performance of Break My Soul during her Foxborough tour stop. Videos from the concert have gone viral on social media as netizens started to notice that the singer-songwriter skipped over Lizzo’s name as well as instead repeated Erykah Badu’s name four times instead of cutting off the entire string of names after Lizzo’s name appears. The news that Lizzo was being sued by three of her former dancers broke on Tuesday, August 1, and shocked netizens all around the world.
The rapper was being sued for alleged sexual harassment and a toxic work environment. Religious and racial persecution, false detention, interference with economic advantage, and other claims are also mentioned in the lawsuit. Beyonce’s response to the news appears to be this since she refused to accept her name. Despite this, the singer remained kind because Lizzo’s name was not the only one she didn’t accept. The singer mentioned Badu’s name four times so as not to take her name, but she also did not mention the other women after Lizzo so as not to draw attention to her. Lizzo, a Beyonce fan who attended her Warsaw concert, has yet to respond to the charges. The lawsuit against Lizzo claims that, in addition to sexual harassment, the 35-year-old “called attention” to a dancer’s weight increase after a performance, which is shocking given her role as a body-positivity advocate for young people. Former members of her staff have spoken out in support of the victims, describing similar experiences.
And it starts. The beginning of the end for Lizzo. Deep down i still hope that these accusations are not true and she comes out of this
— IRUNNIA (@Irunnia_) August 2, 2023
Watching Lizzo get cancelled whilst realising she jacked cupcakke's entire swag, then cupcakke quit music. Beyonce removing Lizzo name is serious wowo
— Melisa Whiskey (@MelisaWhiskey) August 2, 2023
Oh lizzo you’re really done… pic.twitter.com/dVVk2cIqTL
— YOU FCKING BOZO 𝒫𝐹𝟤 IS COMING (@DrickiVengeanc3) August 2, 2023