She is a genius.
She is all of us.
Nothing but respect for our woman king.
Ariana DeBose performs on stage during the 2023 BAFTAs.Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images
“Backstage with Ariana getting ready to… do the thing,” the text in the video reads.
We are giggling at everyone who has our campy little number stuck in their head!
Thank you for the love and the hilarious memes.
We had the BEST time putting this together for our friends at the BAFTAs."
The line about Bassett in particular quickly went viral and has since been memed extensively.
“I think it’s incredibly unfair, to be frank,” Bullen toldVariety.
“I absolutely loved it.
Everybody I’ve spoken to who was in the room absolutely loved it.
She’s a huge star, she was amazing.
And here is a woman of color who is at the absolute top of her game.
And she’s opening the BAFTAs with a song that said so much on so many levels.”
She did the thing.
