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"Juice" by Lizzo

We can agree that Adele is the artist we listen to when it’s a sad gloomy day -- with the possible option of rain. However, Lizzo is arguably the best hype up artist. Any song from hers is a full bop. Most of her songs are throwbacks to the glam-rock aura of 70’s jams. “Juice” is my go-to for wanting to feel confident and proud. I couldn’t help but get way too into it when it played on the radio. Go ahead and listen to it while you read the rest of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaCrQL_8eMY Lizzo starts off “Juice” with a reference to the Evil Queen from Snow White’s interaction with the mirror. However, the next line says how she doesn’t need to mirror to answer because she’s validating herself internally instead of needing outside sources to validate her. Sure, not everyone has Louis Vitton shoes, but Lizzo has to flex at some point. However, all her songs have the overarching theme of being body positive without putting others down to do so. You can see the theme show up