The Internet Is Absolutely Losing It Over Janelle Monáe’s Oscars Opening Performance
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the future and the Oscars apparently does not have a host anymore. This is much less of a disaster than it initially seemed like it would be when it was first announced last year, but that’s probably because Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph saved the show by being hilarious goddesses. This year’s show kept up that same energy and kicked off with Janelle Monáe giving us the flawless performance we all truly needed.
Everyone was super thrilled to have Janelle open the show with some incredibly wholesome Mr. Rogers–inspired content. Kinda hoping this performance gets a spin-off in the form of a Netflix series, TBH.
Janelle Monáe is opening up the night singing Mister Rogers, and this already outpaces last year. LOVE IT.#Oscars
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 10, 2020
#Oscars opening with Janelle Monae paying homage to Mr. Rogers. pic.twitter.com/rLZhTJPlnd
— ♦♠♥♣LunarSkye♣♥♠♦ (@LunarSkye) February 10, 2020
JANELLE MONAE SINGING MR ROGERS IMMA CRY BITCH
— amaya sawayama (@qirlgaze) February 10, 2020
the oscars maybe did something by opening with a janelle monae concert wait a minute
— clemmie (@cIemmie) February 10, 2020
Janelle honestly just kept one-upping herself throughout the opening and followed her Mr. Rogers song with a performance that featured Billy Porter and gave a shout-out to some of the year’s best movies that were snubbed. Obviously, this put everyone right in their feels.
Janelle Monáe dressed in the Midsommar flowers singing about all the talented women the #Oscars snubbed is the exact intersection of all my interests
— tyler breitfeller (@tbreitfeller) February 10, 2020
"Midsommar" being repped by Janelle Monae but not getting any nominations in the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/A6y2cjCAOg
— nadia chaudhury (@nadiachaudhury) February 10, 2020
Oh, and she called out the Academy Awards for being so white.
"It's time to come alive because the #Oscars is so white!"
ICON @JanelleMonae pic.twitter.com/zwOWdEGtDO— Carlos Brandt (@CarlosBrandt) February 10, 2020
Janelle Monáe honoring all the horror movies that didn’t get nominated while singing about how the oscars are so white. Yes I’m here for this. pic.twitter.com/g3G6Egwwhh
— rachel (@dworntobewild) February 10, 2020
To sum up the entire performance, please enjoy Saoirse Ronan’s face while it went down:
SAOIRSE RONAN IS MESMERIZED WITH JANELLE MONAE’S PERFORMANCE I MEAN SAME #oscars pic.twitter.com/2dz01Colpt
— saoirse ronan archive (@archivesaoirse) February 10, 2020
Of course, Janelle left people hungry for more. Again, I don’t understand why we can’t have a host! The people want a host!
What if they had just, you know, said, "Janelle Monae is hosting the Oscars"?
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 10, 2020
"Why didn't they just have Janelle Monáe host the whole damn thing?"
-- literally everyone after that performance#Oscars— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 10, 2020
Someone start a petition to have these guys host the #Oscars next year, they’re killing it!!! #Oscar2020 @SteveMartinToGo @chrisrock pic.twitter.com/75zBGgp86x
— SuperRetroThrowback (@SuperRetroTBR) February 10, 2020
Steve Martin and Chris Rock, who took the stage immediately after Janelle, literally just OFFERED to do it! Is it really THAT hard to pick a funny person, throw ’em a mic, and send them on their way? (I say as I watch from my couch with one hand in a bag of Doritos.) What is the point of putting us through all this?! The world is a complete dumpster fire, and a little structure would probably do us all some good.
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