Watch JanelleMonae's Oscars performance
Janelle Monáe performs onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9, 2020 in Hollywood, Calif. opened Sunday night's 92nd Academy Awards by giving the viewers at home and the glitterati in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles a bit of visual comfort food.
Walking into the audience, she sang the whimsical song directly to the A-listers in the front row, which included nominated actresses Cynthia Erivo, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie, as well asnominee Tom Hanks, who shared a warm smile with the singer. "Let's make the most of this beautiful day/ We're here at the Oscars/ So might as well stay," she sang, popping off her bowler hat and plunking it onto Hanks' head.
The singer, who hit the red carpet before the show in a sparkly silver gown with a matching hood, then lost the red sweater and explained that the night was slated to be a celebration of the art of storytelling. "The misfits, the outcasts, the misunderstood/ Those voices long deprived," she sang in an excitable voice over a jazzy accompaniment.
"Be loud, be seen, be lit, be heard/ Because tonight we come alive," she sang, dusting off the track "Come Alive " from her 2010 albumas a chorus of dancers dressed like characters from some of the year's most beloved movies enveloped her and earned shout-outs, including the's Billy Porter came out in a red jumpsuit, gold cape and stacked silver platforms to sing a bit of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing.
"And I'm proud to stand here as a black, queer artist telling stories, happy Black History Month," she said, forcing Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to sing some "la, la las," then lying down on the floor before shouting "everybody come alive" as confetti filled the air.
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