Music

Lonely Island and Tegan and Sara's performance was our favourite Oscars moment

by Mark Teo

The Oscars’ musical moments can, at best, be hit or miss. But thankfully, last night, the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony was largely a hit thanks to two performances: First, Lady Gaga completely destroyed the internet with her incredible take on the Sound of Music. Secondly, the Lonely Island and Tegan and Sara performed the Lego Movie‘s “Everything is Awesome,” and living up to the track’s name, it was flat-out awesome.

Calling on Questlove, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Will Arnett, the set was perfect: Both groups played in front of crude-drawn Oscars, but were backed by construction-jacket toting dancers—a nod to the Lego Movie itself. Add in Arnett playing the guitar in a Lego Batman outfit, and you have a piece of mind-blowing awesome.

Indeed, “Everything is Awesome” might’ve been our second-favourite Oscars moment, right after Patricia Arquette’s wage equality-promoting speech after she won an award for her performance in Boyhood. Watch the performance below.