Is this what history sounds like? Lizzo plays James Madison’s 1813 flute at D.C. show

Musician Lizzo poses backstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with her Emmy Award for a competition program, “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls,” at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 12. Thank you @CapitolPolice for escorting it.” When Lizzo asked whether she could play the flute at the concert, the Library’s collection, preservation and security teams coordinated the outing. This is some elf s—⚔️🫡 Congrats” “Lizzo, a Black female superstar, collaborating with Carla Hayden, the first African American and first woman Librarian of Congress, to use a flute from James Madison, the Founding Father who originated the 3/5 Compromise and also the Library of Congress itself? Last Friday, Hayden saw that Lizzo’s Special tour would be heading to D.C. this week and decided to titillate her with the library’s “world’s largest flute collection.” Lizzo took the bait and replied the next day with: “IM COMING CARLA!