Lizzo Opens Up About Body Image & Fighting For Marginalized People

Lizzo is on the cover of V Magazine‘s annual Music Issue, out on May 2.

Sam Smith interviewed the 31-year-old “Juice” singer. Here’s what she had to say…

On finding success: “I felt this [frustration] with how I was being perceived for much of my life. Until I was like, f–k it. I just need to be undeniable. It’s not about me being big. It’s about me being me. Y’all are going to get this bad bitch. You are going to get these bops and get this show. And you are going to get your life by receiving it.”

On fighting for people: “I have felt excluded my entire life…from [my] blackness because I wasn’t [culturally] well-read on certain things…so my movement is for everyone. It’s about inclusion. And if I am going to fight what I have been marginalized for, I am going to fight for all marginalized people. Also, I honestly feel like there is no such thing as straight [laughs]. Because f–k boxes; I am too big to be put in one anyway. I am a fat bitch.

On body image: “I love my body. No matter what angle you shoot it at…my body is just so fucking beautiful all the time. I may talk s–t about it sometimes, but f–k. She’s still a bad bitch. My second favorite thing about myself is my blackness. I am really just so honored to be graced with this identity. No shade to any other shade on the planet—I just can’t relate. I just love being a black woman, even in a world where [we] are statistically the least desirable. I am still here, and I still rise.”

FYI: Lizzo is wearing a Laurence & Chico dress and Alain Mikli sunglasses on the cover.

For more from Lizzo, head to VMagazine.com.