Attendees of the 2024 Met Gala weren’t simply handled to a uncommon Ariana Grande live performance Monday evening (Could 6), but additionally an unique sneak peek at how the singer and Cynthia Erivo‘s voices will sound collectively as Glinda and Elphaba within the upcoming Depraved movies.
The 30-year-old pop star was charged with delivering an ethereal efficiency to match this 12 months’s occasion theme, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Style,” and she or he greater than delivered. First, a “sleeping” Grande was carried into the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork occasion house after the pink carpet by a troupe of fairy-like dancers as a stunning orchestral association performed, as captured in a video the Grammy winner later posted on Instagram and TikTok.
After making her entrance, Grande “wakened” and commenced singing “As soon as Upon a Dream” from Disney’s Sleeping Magnificence because the viewers applauded. Swathed in a teal chiffon robe, she went on to carry out her Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 hits “Sure, And?” and “We Can’t Be Mates” from her new album Everlasting Sunshine, in addition to a few of her older smashes, “7 Rings” and “Into You.”
One of many largest highlights from her whimsical showcase was when Erivo — with whom Grande had walked the pink carpet on the Met steps earlier that night — joined her on stage. The pair synced their voices for a duet of “When You Imagine” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, joined by a gaggle of backup gospel singers.
“@cynthiaerivo i like you,” the R.E.M. Magnificence founder wrote on Instagram Tales, sharing a clip of the show-stopping duet.
She additionally gushed in regards to the efficiency on TikTok. “had the distinction and most particular time acting at @metmuseum in @maisonmargiela by the one and solely, most good angel of all @jgalliano (how i wept in our becoming !!!!)… engaged on this efficiency was an expertise i’ll cherish ceaselessly,” she captioned one video. Her observe included thanks messages to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Baz Luhrmann and others. Final however not least, she gave a shout-out to Erivo. “thanks to the divine and magical @cynthiaerivo for becoming a member of me in the long run and for lighting up the museum brighter than any star within the sky ever might. it was my honor to have you ever and to sing with you as all the time. i like you !”
Grande and Erivo weren’t the one Depraved stars to point out out on the Met Gala. The 2 ladies have been additionally joined by Jeff Goldblum, who will play the Wizard of Oz in Jon M. Chu’s two-part duology — the primary installment of which hits theaters this Thanksgiving — in addition to Jonathan Bailey, who will play Fiyero.
Her first Met since 2018, Grande attended the occasion – which was co-chaired by Zendaya, Dangerous Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and and Chris Hemsworth — in a customized white robe designed by Loewe artistic director Jonathan Anderson, accented by a sculpted bodice made totally of mom of pearl. “I cherished the tie-in of the opalescence and little hues of pink and inexperienced for Glinda’s bubble and for Depraved,” she informed Vogue of the gown on the pink carpet. “Pearls are simply made in probably the most sudden of the way. You by no means know what lovely issues you will see that in sudden locations.”
See clips from Grande’s Met Gala efficiency under.