An oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performance

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An oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performance



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I didn’t know this, but apparently the modern world can be divided into two distinct eras: before Tom Holland performed "Umbrella" on "Lip Sync Battle," and after.

The year was 2017. The Oscars had mixed up their winners. Kendall Jenner had made a problematic Pepsi ad. The Fyre Festival had crashed and burned, sad cheese sandwiches and all.And then came Tom Holland's "Lip Sync Battle" mashup of Gene Kelly and Rihanna, or what is essentially two minutes and 10 seconds of perfection in every sense of the word. Ditching his initial top hat and suit to grind on a literal umbrella and perform a sensual routine in a pleather leotard, red lipstick, and chin-length wig, the British actor, then 20, obliterated gender constructs and defied the expectations of how a newly minted action star should market himself.




https://youtu.be/1i5DEipIWh4


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https://www.insider.com/tom-holland-zendaya-lip-sync-battle-umbrella-oral-history-2021-5