Oh happy day, Lizzo channels 'Sister Act 2' performing at MTV Awards
Oh happy day, indeed.
Singer and rapper Lizzo channelled the classic '90s Whoopi Goldberg sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, for her performance of "Juice" at the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards on Monday.
To begin with, Lizzo took the stage in the same kind of choir robes as Lauryn Hill's character, Rita Watson, during the film's final performance of "The Hymn of Joy" at the All-State Choir Championship.
She then included an iconic offstage moment straight from the film. "Your teacher says take off your robes," a stage manager tells the students waiting in the wings in the movie, as did one to Lizzo's backup singers at the MTV Awards. Then, it was time to party, with dance moves and scales straight out of the film.
According to MTV, it was Lizzo's first ever performance at an awards show, and she nailed it. Deloris van Cartier (or rather, Sister Mary Clarence) would be proud.
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As it's from one of the greatest films of the '90s (fight me), and one of the most recognisable final performance scenes of the time, fans lost their damn minds over the performance on Twitter.
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Joyful, joyful, Lizzo, we adore thee.
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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.
