# Lizzo Has Taken X Lizzo Has Taken X, also known as Lizzo Has Acquired X, is a Twitter joke in which users imagine the pop singer absconding with some priceless historical or fictional object, started in late September 2022 to mock conservative outrage over her playing James Madison's crystal flute at a D.C. concert. By early October 2022, Photoshopped images of Lizzo clutching the Infinity Gauntlet and Frostmourne were earning tens of thousands of likes. ## Origin On September 27, 2022, the Library of Congress let Lizzo play James Madison's crystal flute during her Washington, D.C. tour stop[5]. Some conservatives online complained the moment, which included a brief twerk, degraded American history, though plenty of other users read that backlash as bad faith[3]. On September 29, 2022, Twitter user @IwriteOK mocked the backlash with the tweet "Lizzo has stolen Winston Churchill's Theremin," which earned over 600 retweets and 7,100 likes across its first three days[1]. That one line set the template every follow-up copied. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @IwriteOK - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview Each post slots a famous object into the X position, so the joke can swap in anything from a 19th-century flute to a fantasy weapon. Users typically pair the phrase with a Photoshopped image showing Lizzo mid-heist, running away with the artifact or holding it onstage[1]. The gag works by pretending to take the conservative outrage seriously and then escalating it into cartoon theft. Variants swing between history and pop culture. One strand focuses on real relics like Winston Churchill's theremin, while another leans fully fictional with items from Marvel films, Blizzard games or Tolkien's legendarium[2]. Posts stay short, since the phrase does the heavy lifting and the picture punches the joke home[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Lizzo Has Taken X? A Twitter catchphrase meme where users joke that Lizzo has swiped a famous historical or fictional artifact, usually paired with a Photoshopped image[3]. ### Where did Lizzo Has Taken X come from? It started on September 29, 2022, when Twitter user @IwriteOK joked that Lizzo had stolen Winston Churchill's theremin[1]. ### What does Lizzo Has Taken X mean? It parodies conservative backlash to Lizzo playing James Madison's crystal flute on September 27, 2022, by escalating the complaint into absurd grand theft[5]. ### How do you use Lizzo Has Taken X? Write "Lizzo has taken/stolen/acquired [item]" and attach a Photoshopped image of her holding something like Frostmourne or the Infinity Gauntlet[4]. ### Is Lizzo Has Taken X still popular? The format spiked for about a week in late September and early October 2022 and then faded as the news story aged out[2]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1575618177912143881]() 2. [https://twitter.com/joshcarlosjosh/status/1576040046850822147]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lizzo-has-taken-x-lizzo-has-acquired-x]() 4. [https://twitter.com/chrissyxchi/status/1576698558555693057]() 5. [https://x.com/i/status/1574951875790532608]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/lizzo-has-taken-x-lizzo-has-acquired-x Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library