Lizzo is damn good at playing the recorder — and she plays it everywhere.
The musician took her skills all the way to Middle-earth as she shared videos with Lord of the Rings-inspired set on Thursday.
“Lizzolas in their natural habitat…” the 35-year-old captioned one video on Instagram, standing against a backdrop reminiscent of The Shire. She looked straight into the camera as she played the theme song of the beloved movie franchise.
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In another clip, the “About Damn Time” singer walked down a dirt road and stopped to take in her surroundings of nearby Hobbit-burrows.
“Wow,” she mouthed in the video, as she wrote, “House hunting.”
Lizzo via Instagram on July 27, 2023.
Lizzo/Instagram
The Grammy winner went one step further. For the role, Lizzo wore a lime green jumpsuit, matching turquoise pendant necklace, silicone hobbit ears and a long platinum blonde wig. Orlando Bloom famously wore similar hair to Legolas in the film adaptations of JRR Tolkien’s novels — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
Lizzo’s photo collage also included one photo showing her hot pink nail polish and another picture of her posing with her boyfriend, Myke Wright. While Lizzo got into character, Wright dressed more simply in khakis and a navy hoodie.
The Lord of the Rings the films were directed by Peter Jackson and also starred Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Billy Boyd, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis and Sir Ian McKellen.
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The Lord of the Rings the film trilogy won 17 Oscars, with Return of the King earned 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score for Howard Shore. Fellowship of the Ring it also took home a Grammy for Best Music Album in 2001.
Lizzo, meanwhile, has been playing the recorder for years, showing off her skills in a Twitter video in July. “Lizzo is stunning in the new video,” she said she wrote a snippet of herself plays another Oscar-winning song — Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” — from 1997. Titanic sound recording.
Last year, the “Truth Hurts” singer also went viral when she played a historic 220-year-old crystal flute owned by President Madison. The instrument was loaned to her by the Library of Congress when she performed at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC.
“Bitch, I just twerked and played James Madison’s crystal flute from the 1800s. We just made history tonight!” she said during her set. “Thanks to the Library of Congress for preserving our history and making history freaking cool! History is freaking cool, people!”
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Lizzo via Instagram on July 27, 2023.
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“The first and only person to play this presidential crystal flute,” she tweeted afterward. “It’s crystal, like you’re dancing out of a wine glass, bitch, so be patient.”
She added: “YOL.. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LET ME PLAY THEIR HISTORIC 200 YEAR OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE ON STAGE TONIGHT. NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD HOW IT SOUNDS…NOW SOUND. @librarycongress. “IT’S LITERALLY A HERITAGE. LIKE… AS A FLUTIST THIS IS A CULT AND I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT 🎶”
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