People are loving footage of Ariana DeBose rehearsing her BAFTAs rap backstage

She did the thing… in rehearsals, too.

Feb 27, 2023 - 19:01
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People are loving footage of Ariana DeBose rehearsing her BAFTAs rap backstage

Ariana DeBose prepares for her BAFTAS performance
Ariana DeBose prepares for her BAFTAS performance (Photo: TikTok)

Ariana DeBose has been trending all week after her show opening routine at the BAFTA film awards in London on Sunday night.

West Side Story star DeBose performed renditions of “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” and ​​”We Are Family”. It included an original rap penned by her and her team honoring the many female nominees of the night.

DeBose was a little breathless in places and the rap bemused many viewers at home with a few clunky lines (“Angela Bassett did the thing, Viola Davis, my woman king”). Within minutes, it was trending all over Twitter.

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In fact, DeBose soon deactivated her own Twitter account in the aftermath.

As the week has progressed, the routine has evolved to be seen as a camp classic. DeBose has even indicated she can see the funny side. Under an Instagram collection of memes of her posted by Evan Ross Katz, DeBose commented, “Honestly, I love this.”

Here’s hoping she won’t mind someone posting footage of her rehearsing the rap shortly before she went on.

@brauhala Backstage with #ArianaDebose, getting ready to do the thing at the BAFTAs. ????#bafta #baftas #angelabassett ♬ original sound – Benjamin Rauhala

Posted on TikTok, it has amassed over 600k views.

“So she planned to say Angela basset like that,” was one well-liked comment.

“She sat down with the President of Camp and said she wanted to make history. And that’s what this is,” suggested another.

The footage has also gone viral on Twitter.

Should you have missed the original performance, here’s that rap again.

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