Cynthia Erivo Reveals Beyoncé's Stunned Reaction to Her 2025 Grammys Performance

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The 'Wicked' prima told nan 'Los Angeles Times' astir moving into Queen Bey astatine nan awards show

Published connected June 4, 2025 01:26PM EDT

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Cynthia Erivo discussed her 2025 Grammys capacity successful a caller question and reply pinch nan Los Angeles Times
The Wicked prima shared nan astonishing point Beyoncé told her arsenic she near nan shape and entered nan audience.
Erivo is releasing her 2nd solo album, I Forgive You, on Friday

Cynthia Erivo is an alien superstar — according to Beyoncé!

In a Wednesday, June 4 interview pinch the LA Times, nan Wicked star opened up astir her 2025 Grammys capacity and Queen Bey's unexpected reaction.

During nan February 2 grant show, Erivo — joined by Herbie Hancock connected soft — performed “Fly Me to nan Moon” arsenic portion of a tribute to nan precocious Quincy Jones, who arranged nan 1964 type of nan opus made celebrated by Frank Sinatra.

Cynthia Erivo and Herbie Hancock execute onstage during nan 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

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“They asked if I could do it, and I was like, ‘I can, but I’m not Frank,’” she told nan outlet. "Frank did ‘Fly Me to nan Moon’ really it was expected to beryllium done for him, truthful I had to find retired really to do it for me."

Ervio's type was a mesmerizing departure from nan original that still managed to grant what Jones created. Celebrities successful nan audience, for illustration Queen Latifah and John Legend, were notably successful awe while nan 38-year-old vocalist was connected stage.

“When I went retired into nan assemblage afterward, I bumped into Beyoncé,” the Color Purple star told nan outlet. “She was like, ‘You’re an alien, and I emotion it.’”

Cynthia Erivo performs onstage during nan 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

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The Grammys wasn't nan only grant show wherever Erivo took nan stage. The Tony Award-winner and co-star Ariana Grande opened nan 97th Academy Awards pinch a highly anticipated Wicked medley, months aft nan philharmonic movie and property circuit took nan world by storm.

The movie's sequel, Wicked: For Good, hits theaters connected Nov. 21, and Erivo is staying engaged until past pinch nan upcoming merchandise of her 2nd solo album, I Forgive You.

Recorded during breaks from filming Wicked, Erivo described nan medium to nan Associated Press arsenic "a postulation of stories and songs that are some individual for things that are happening now, things that person happened successful nan past, and I deliberation immoderate of which I person had to forgive group for."

"And honestly, immoderate of which I’ve had to forgive myself for," she added.

I Forgive You comes retired Friday, June 6.