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Lizzo Convinced A Few 'SNL' Actors To Twerk To Beethoven & It's Pretty Incredible (VIDEO)

"Pop that booty for Beethoven." 🍑

Lizzo tossing her hair back. Right: Lizzo twerking while playing the flute.

Lizzo tossing her hair back. Right: Lizzo twerking while playing the flute.

Senior Writer

Lizzo did double duty last night on Saturday Night Live as both the guest host and musical guest, and she brought her twerk game with her.

On Saturday, April 16, the "Good as Hell" singer gave the cast and audience a taste of her talent during a sketch that highlighted her talents with the flute as well as her dancing abilities.

"The orchestra that twerks together makes beautiful music together," SNL tweeted about the segment.

As the group begins playing "Ode to Joy," Lizzo stands up and starts dancing on the bassoonist next to her as she plays her part, before the conductor makes them stop.

"This is a traditional symphony — you know, one where you sit down and play," he says about the situation.

"Oh so you want me to sit down on the twerk. Got it," she says before getting low on the bassoonist, who appears to be enjoying the whole thing.

After some back and forth, Lizzo reveals that she simply can't sit down to play.

"The truth is, the only way I can play the flute is if I'm twerking," she shares.

Apparently, her life changed when she heard the iconic jingle of an ice cream truck last summer.

"That beat had my body in ways that made me feel powerful, like I could do anything. Even play the flute," she says. "And the rest is history."

The conductor then says it would be "too distracting" if one person was twerking.

"Then what if we all are twerking?" says a character played by Aidy Bryant. "We make music together, and if that means I gotta pop this booty for Beethoven, then so be it."

She then starts playing her violin while twerking with the rest of the other musicians and conductor following suit.

Beethoven never sounded so good!

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

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