DeBose’s much-memed performance was many things. For some it was a hot mess, a lesson in the importance of breath work, a ruched fuchsia jumpsuit. For me it was a fascinating spectacle, a tale of human resilience in the stony face of adversity, a sage reminder to us all of the brutalities of show business.
I’ve been trying to split the converging threads of the moment – Ariana herself; Ariana’s lyrics; the people the lyrics are about – but they are so aggressively welded together that each attempted rewatch is like playing every key on a piano at once. It’s clear that Ariana is working her arse off. But her stylish asymmetrical haircut mirrors the discord between a performer giving it her all and a theatre full of uptight Brits. The notoriously black-tie BAFTA attendees weren’t quite ready for an Americanised hype-girl she-rap. There is a notable disconnect between, an excruciating tonal chasm between the starlet and the stars.
The rap itself is the next brain tickler, and any lyrical forensic analysis raises more questions than answers. What does “Jamie Lee, you are all of us” even mean? Are we all? It’s also hard to think of a less incisive insight than “Charlotte Wells, we love”. Overall, it felt like a Billy Crystal Oscar serenade with the speed turned up and the funny turned down – which sounds harsh but also gave us the greatest lyric of all time.
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