Lizzo has launched a new Big Grrrls casting call — and it’s all in celebration of the extension of her Amazon Studios deal.
According to Variety, the “Good as Hell” multihyphenate has opened up a new casting call for women of all sizes and styles to join her onstage at future concerts.
The applications are due by April 9.
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And though Amazon hasn’t officially greenlit a second season of Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Lizzo said that she’d extended her Amazon Studios deal (which she initially signed in 2020), suggesting that this latest casting call may be part of the second season of the show.
“I’m thrilled to continue this partnership with the Amazon team after an incredible experience on Season 1 of ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,’” she said to Variety. “I’ve witnessed lives change through this show and I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue making space for even more Big Grrrls around the world to shine and break down barriers across this industry.”
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Lizzo has built her career on uplifting those who are otherwise ignored, shunned, or marginalized by society — and she’s not afraid to call out “complicit silence” over transphobia, racism, and fatphobia when she sees it.
In a series of tweets the pop star shared on March 8, she didn’t hold back when it came time to speak out against forms of bigotry like transphobia, racism, and fat phobia and how they permeate throughout society.
Lizzo’s comments follow that of other musicians like Cyndi Lauper and Paramore’s Hailey Williams, who have denounced the growing number of GOP lawmakers’ push for anti-trans legislation.
“Transphobia is lookin real rooted in racism right about now…” the 34-year-old singer wrote. “I’ve never heard a person say why they’re racist… Or fatphobic. I’ve never heard a reason why someone is transphobic. I think if we knew ‘why’ these people felt this way there would [be] way less support for these ideals. Because the ‘why’ is more insidious than we realize.”
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The Grammy award-winning singer expanded on her thoughts, noting there would be a lot less “apathetic participation” in bigotry if people knew more about it.
“Don’t get it twisted—I don’t care why people are bigoted. That’s a waste of my imagination,” she continued. “I feel like there’s a lot of complicit silence and apathetic participation going on that wouldn’t fly if people knew more.”
