Reneé Rapp skilled a heartwarming full-circle second when she carried out on stage together with her musical hero Kesha in New York on Nov. 2. Throughout the latest leg of Rapp’s Snow Laborious Emotions Tour, the 23-year-old actor and singer welcomed Kesha on stage to carry out her 2010 hit “Your Love Is My Drug.” As the gang went wild with pleasure, Rapp’s face lit up, slowly reaching a contagious stage of pleasure.
“You might be all the pieces to me.”
“I f*cking love you,” Kesha advised Rapp in between lyrics. Giddy with pleasure and disbelief, Rapp returned Kesha’s “I really like you” and bowed to her musical idol. Shortly after the efficiency, Rapp additionally up to date her web site to learn “I f*cking love you” because the tagline. As soon as the track got here to a detailed, the duo shared an enthusiastic hug, exchanging phrases of reward as they pulled again from the embrace. Although the duet solely lasted a couple of minutes, Rapp, who has admired Kesha since she was a toddler, rightfully wanted a second to get better.
“the primary time I heard kesha was within the again seat of my cousins automobile after I was 9,” Rapp recalled on Instagram, citing Kesha’s refreshing electropop sound as a degree of awakening in her younger life. “I keep in mind listening to tiktok for the primary time and considering holy sh*t what am I listening to. i can nonetheless see myself within the automobile freaking out and listening to my cousin say ‘that is kesha.. she is so f*cking cool.’ context; my cousin who’s 10 years older than me is the one different homosexual lady in our household. all the pieces she’s ever advised me is cool is f*cking cool. i appeared as much as my cousin rather a lot for apparent causes, so instantly kesha turned my hero.”
For Rapp, Kesha turned an on the spot function mannequin. “having a lady in music to admire who was so daring and thrilling made me really feel like I may say what the f*ck I needed to say after I needed to say it,” mentioned Rapp, who launched her debut studio album, “Snow Angel,” in August. “that meant all the pieces to a 9 12 months outdated lady dwelling within the south who would finally be advised numerous instances that she was too loud, too harsh, a hoe and never girl like. she modified the sport for me. kesha I really like you and final evening was the best evening of my life. I’ll by no means recover from seeing you for the primary time without work stage proper listening to tummy hurts. you might be all the pieces to me. what a f*cking honor.”
Within the feedback part, Kesha praised Rapp’s musical expertise and success. “I am so pleased with you bby. Your voice, model, your YOUness,” she mentioned. “I want I caught that second on digital camera. it is in my head forevss.” As Kesha stepped off stage instantly following their efficiency, Rapp shouted extra “I really like yous” and took a second to compose herself. “I’d cry,” she advised the viewers.
On Oct. 31, days earlier than her momentous Kesha duet, Rapp fed additional into the 2000s nostalgia by dressing up as “Child”-era Justin Bieber. In the course of the present, Rapp — sporting Bieber’s matching hoodie and baseball cap combo — serenaded “The Summer time I Turned Fairly” star Lola Tung with a canopy of “One Much less Lonely Lady.”
Because of followers on TikTok who captured her candy encounter with Kesha, you possibly can relive the pivotal second when Rapp met her childhood hero right here. Forward, see Rapp and Kesha tear up the stage on the Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, NY.