{"id":39113,"date":"2025-07-09T16:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/singer-explains-why-shes-always-late\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:19:40","slug":"singer-explains-why-shes-always-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/singer-explains-why-shes-always-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Explains Why She’s Always Late"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tLauryn Hill<\/a> wants to set the record straight on her history of tardiness<\/a>. The musician\u2019s most recent late start was at Essence Festival,<\/a> where she took the stage to a significantly sparse crowd at 2:30 a.m. The festival organizers acknowledged that she arrived on time, and the delays were due to their own production issues. In a lengthy statement on Instagram, Hill commended Essence Fest for taking accountability instead of letting her take the fall \u2014 something she doesn\u2019t plan on allowing to happen again.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThank you Essence for clarifying that the delays were not my fault,\u201d Hill wrote. \u201cI\u2019m often quiet, knowing full well that God fights my battles. But this is not the first time production delays have delayed my performances. This IS however the first time a promoter has acknowledged the slip up on their end, and this will be the last time I\u2019ll allow production challenges to look like the fault is mine alone, when they aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tDespite what some may think, she said, she isn\u2019t pulling up to her performances<\/a> whenever she wants with no regard for the people who paid to be there and the crew helping to pull it together. \u201cThere seems to be a misconception out there though that I am somewhere on the Riviera with my feet up, drink in hand, showing up to concerts whenever because I\u2019m too important to care,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s nonsense.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHill emphasized her role in \u201cevery aspect of design, preparation and production of my shows\u201d while also showing up in her role as \u201ca parent, grandparent and steward to my immediate family and community.\u201d Having an increased involvement is the only way she knows how to protect \u201cthe integrity of my message and the quality of what I do.\u201d This includes rehearsing and arranging performances with her band, but also contributing \u201cto most if not every department and more.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHill noted that she doesn\u2019t mind putting the work in \u201cbecause it is truly & labor of love and great passion for me to be able to perform meaningful music for my audience,\u201d but acknowledges that it comes in addition to her role as \u201ca parent, grandparent and steward to my immediate family and community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tMany who feel they have been personally victimized by Hill showing up late to a concert they attended have counted her out by now. They\u2019ve started to take on the blame themselves for showing up on time in the first place. Hill isn\u2019t worried about \u201cthose of you who can no longer extend me grace,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m ok with that because it\u2019s not your grace that sustains me. It\u2019s God\u2019s grace that sustains me and the love of the fans who appreciate that my message came for them when they needed it most and KNOW that I was probably punished for being so honest in the midst of big business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Hill sees it, if she doesn\u2019t continue to show up and spread her message, no one will. \u201cThose of us who are still out here grinding to present an alternative to the divisive, to the shallow, to the controlled, and to the intentionally limiting narrative of our representation do what it takes to do so,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are here, pushing through the resistance. Ask yourself how and why I\u2019m still standing after years of public effort to defame me? Because someone has to do it!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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