"Keep in mind once you're voting on your favourite artists, vote to vary a few of these legal guidelines which might be oppressing us," mentioned the "About Rattling Time" singer.
Lizzo took house the Video for Good award on the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, and used her time on stage to share a message to younger voters within the viewers.
The singer-songwriter earned the prize for the music video for her single “About Rattling Time,” besting fellow nominees Kendrick Lamar, Latto, Rina Sawayama and Stromae.
Introduced Bebe Rexha launched the class by saying that music “has at all times been the soundtrack to vary. … The nominees push us to be higher to ourselves and nicer to one another.”
“I don’t know what ‘music movies for good means,'” mentioned Lizzo upon accepting the award. “However I do know what your vote means, and that’s a fucking lot. Your vote means the whole lot to me.”
Lizzo shortly modified the path of her speech to subtly ship a voting rights message. “[Your vote] means the whole lot to make a change on this nation,” she added. “So, keep in mind once you’re voting on your favourite artists, vote to vary a few of these legal guidelines which might be oppressing us.”
She additionally carried out “About Rattling Time” and “2 Be Beloved” earlier within the present.