RAYE Says Masking Adele at 2025 Oscars Used to be ‘Terrifying’: Here is Why

You wouldn’t had been in a position to inform from staring at RAYE‘s efficiency on the 2025 Oscars Sunday (March 2) — right through which she completely nailed Adele‘s “Skyfall” as a part of the evening’s James Bond tribute — however the British megastar used to be in fact fairly frightened.

And right through a post-show interview with Leisure This night, RAYE defined why reminiscent of the “Rolling within the Deep” vocalist used to be specifically “terrifying.” “No person can sing Adele like Adele,” she mentioned. “It’s horrifying.”

The “Escapism” artist added, “It used to be terrifying, but in addition so improbable on the identical time.”

RAYE closed out the Bond medley by way of taking the level shrouded in fog, appearing off her robust vocals on Adele’s unique theme for the franchise’s 2012 movie, Skyfall. The monitor reached No. 8 at the Billboard Sizzling 100 and gained perfect unique music on the Oscars in 2013.

Ahead of RAYE took the level, The Substance actress Margaret Qualley carried out a slinky dance quantity with a troupe of tuxedoed males — about which the previous informed ET, “She ate that up … Multi-talented and effective as hell, Jack [Antonoff] is an excessively fortunate guy.”

After Qualley’s quantity, RAYE’s “Born Once more” collaborators LISA and Doja Cat every carried out solo renditions of 2 different well-known Bond topics, with the BLACKPINK megastar turning in each choreography and vocals on Wings’ “Are living and Let Die” sooner than the “Paint the The town Pink” rapper commanded the highlight making a song Shirley Bassey’s “Diamonds Are Eternally.” After RAYE closed out the 007 tribute, the trio got here in combination on level to obtain the applause in combination. 

“We’ve got this sort of gorgeous chemistry in combination,” RAYE mentioned of LISA and Doja. “I simply love the ones women, they’re so type and hardworking and provoking.”

The Academy Awards come a couple of weeks after the 2025 Grammys, the place the “Oscar Profitable Tears” vocalist carried out in a perfect new artist medley along fellow nominees Doechii, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Shaboozey; winner Chappell Roan carried out somewhere else within the night. She used to be additionally up for songwriter of the 12 months, which ended up going to Amy Allen. 

In the future previous to the Oscars, RAYE gained perfect R&B act on the 2025 BRIT Awards.