Lupita Nyong'o dancing onstage with Janelle Monáe will make your whole day

What a moment.
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Shannon Connellan
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Lupita Nyong'o dancing onstage with Janelle Monáe will make your whole day
These two. Credit: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images

Having an average day? Try this delightful moment on for size.

Janelle Monáe royally slayed London’s SSE Wembley Arena on Monday, and somewhere amidst the singer's jaw-dropper of a show, she was joined onstage by Us actor Lupita Nyong'o.

Nyong'o threw down some moves with the Dirty Computer artist, who had pulled members of the crowd up to shake it to Monae's Pharrell Williams collab "I Got the Juice."

After two fans showed off their moves wearing homemade "Pynk" vagina pants, Nyong'o was waiting casually in the wings, ready to hit the stage for her own delightful dance moment with Monae.

Luckily, Mashable's associate producer Maria Dermentzi was down front, and managed to capture the moment that will make your whole damn day.

Myself? I was lurking up top in the stands, but still... what a moment.

Needless to say, fans lost their damn minds over the surprise cameo, posting their own freak outs on Twitter.

Monae's highly impressive show, delivered just days following her appearance at the colossal Glastonbury Festival, was full of surprises like this, including a politically charged monologue which ended with a firm, "impeach Donald Trump."

The Dirty Computer tour runs through Europe over the next few months with the one-and-only Lizzo, then hits the U.S. in August, starting with Lollapalooza in Chicago.

Who knows who'll show up?

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.

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