Lizzo Play President Madison’s Never Before Played Crystal Flute In Concert: Watch

Lizzo is already a fable successful the eyes of the euphony world. But the 34-year-old Detroit autochthonal made her mode into past books connected Tuesday nighttime erstwhile she became the precise archetypal idiosyncratic to play a one-of-a-kind crystal flute, owned by President James Madison and loaned to her by the Library of Congress.

The singer, rapper, and trained flutist — calved Melissa Viviane Jefferson — shared the history-making infinitesimal connected her Twitter connected Sep. 28, posting a video of her show astatine Washington D.C’s Capital One Arena and tweeting, “NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE. NOW YOU HAVE.”

NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE

NOW YOU HAVE

IM THE FIRST & ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE— THANK YOU @librarycongress ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VgXjpC49sO

— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) September 28, 2022

She looked irresistible portion connected signifier successful a glittering skin-toned leotard and agelong curls down her back. Walking to the broadside of the stage, the “Good arsenic Hell” songstress cautiously took the flute from idiosyncratic from the Library Of Congress.

Lizzo was intelligibly successful awe of the instrument, which was made successful 1813 successful grant of Madison’s 2nd inauguration. Taking a infinitesimal to find her fingering, she told the crowd, “It’s crystal. It’s similar playing retired of a vino glass. Be patient.”

Lizzo plays flute astatine the 2019 BET Awards successful LA. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)

Then, she had the flute singing, eyes wide arsenic made the instrumentality trill. Triumphant, Lizzo wiggled her backside earlier raising the crystal-covered opus instrumentality into the air. She made definite to support the flute harmless arsenic she walked it backmost to its handler. Exploding with excitement, the prima got backmost to the mic and said, “B****, I conscionable twerked and played James Madison’s flute from the 1800s.

The improbable pairing came unneurotic aft Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden tagged Lizzo successful a tweet astir the library’s flute collection, which includes implicit 1800 instruments. Carla invited the songstress “to travel see” the collection’s crown jewel “and adjacent play a mates erstwhile you are successful D.C. adjacent week.” The Librarian-in-Chief added, “Like your opus they are ‘Good arsenic hell,'” with a winking emoji. Lizzo was all-in, tweeting back, “IM COMING CARLA! AND IM PLAYIN THAT CRYSTAL FLUTE!!!!!”

IM COMING CARLA! AND IM PLAYIN THAT CRYSTAL FLUTE!!!!! https://t.co/aPcIthlqeo

— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) September 24, 2022

Lizzo is nary amateur erstwhile it comes to the flute. She began playing successful 5th oregon 6th people and even dreamed of being a performance flutist astatine 1 point. “I truly saw myself sitting successful a symphony,” the prima told CBS successful a 2019 interrogation wherever she proudly declared herself a “band geek.”