Ariana DeBose was seen enthusiastically rehearsing her now-legendary BAFTA rap in newly released behind-the-scenes footage this week.
The 32-year-old Oscar winner stunned viewers with her rap performance celebrating the female nominees on Sunday, with the line “Angela Bassett did what she did” and accompanying shoulder snap that became an international meme. and sparked a wave of backlash.
Now, Broadway music director Benjamin Rauhala has posted a video of DeBose practicing acting on BAFTA night on TikTok.
DeBose is seen putting on her makeup in the bathroom while singing the iconic Angela Bassett line, complete with dance moves.
The confident star is then seen practicing her dance moves as she adjusts her microphone and dress seconds before the performance, excitedly pointing at the camera to the delight of Benjamin, who proclaims, ‘Slaaaay.’
About to do the thing! Ariana DeBose was seen enthusiastically rehearsing her now-legendary BAFTA rap in newly released behind-the-scenes footage this week.
Viola Davis, my king woman! The 32-year-old Oscar winner stunned viewers with her rap performance celebrating the nominees on Sunday, with the line “Angela Bassett did what she did” and accompanying shoulder tapping becoming an international meme. .
Benjamin captioned the video: ‘Backstage with Ariana, getting ready to… do the thing. We had SO much fun celebrating the brilliant women nominated at the BAFTAs!
‘It was an honor to give love to all these iconic women and get the party started! We laugh at everyone who has our cheesy little number stuck in their heads,
‘Thank you for the love and funny memes. We had the BEST time putting this together for our friends at the BAFTAs. What a moment!
Fans were quick to comment on the hilarious clip, writing: Decisions were made and a legendary performance was born. A special shout out to BLANCHETT, CATE: YOU ARE A GENIUS
Another wrote: ‘This is camping and I LOVE it. Ariana Debose MY WIFE KING, YOU DID THE THING.
Another wrote: ‘The best laid plans. I knew this would be stuck in our heads,” while one fan wrote: “This is THE pop culture moment of 2023 so far. She really should be proud lol.
Ariana recently issued her first public statement about what quickly became arguably the most embarrassing opening performance in BAFTA’s 76-year rich and varied history.
The apparent outrage prompted DeBose, with good intentions, to deactivate his Twitter account, but the star came back online after spotting a meme account dedicated to his notorious performance on Instagram.
Lol: DeBose is seen doing her makeup in the bathroom while singing Angela Bassett’s iconic line, complete with dance moves.
Moments before: The confident star is seen practicing her dance moves as she adjusts her microphone and dress seconds before the performance, excitedly gesturing at the camera to the delight of Benjamin, who proclaims: ‘Slaaaay’
Using one of the memorable lyrics from the performance, one meme features a shot of former US President George W. Bush being told about the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade by former Chief of Staff Andy Card. Center.
The image, perhaps one of the defining moments of the 2001 tragedy, is superimposed with the words: ‘Sir, Angela Bassett did it.’
In response to Tuesday’s light-hearted post, DeBose wrote: “Honestly, I love this.”
The performance began with a song joined by dancers ripping her skirt off in stunning scenes, before moving on to name checking members of the star-studded audience.
Racing fans took to Twitter to call the performance “painful” and “awkward” with one asking: “Why did this happen?”
However, later in the show, Little Simz wowed the audience with his ‘electrifying’ performance when he took the stage with Joan Arma trading.
After Ariana’s performance, one viewer wrote: “I’m laughing my ass off at Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA song, why did this happen?”
With another addition: ‘Absolutely horrible that not a single [talent show] The voice’.
More writings agree: ‘It was horrible’ and ‘God-horrible’.
Another said: “I have a lot of time for celebrities who smiled charmingly and awkwardly during Ariana DeBose’s painful BAFTA rap.”
Jokes: Despite deactivating his Twitter account, DeBose was back online after spotting a meme account dedicated to his notorious performance on Instagram.
Not impressed: Viewers were stunned after Ariana’s opening performance at the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night
And: ‘Ariana DeBose doing a silly rap about women willing to do things. However, she is so professional (not more professional) that she hardly matters.
Little Simz then performed her single Heart On Fire before she was joined on guitar by music legend Joan Armatrading in a surprise appearance.
Fans raved about the duo writing: ‘Electrifying performance by Little Simz and Joan Armatrading’.
With another addition: ‘Little Simz and Joan Armatrading? I like it better that way! and ‘Joan Armatrading is a legend’.
With a fifth added: ‘Joan Armatrading playing the guitar and I’m immediately much more interested.