In a poignant interview for The Con's tenth anniversary in 2017, Sara expressed regret she hadn't found a mentor earlier in her career. Even after graduating to shows backed by a band, the duo's us-against-the-world mentality didn't fully disappear, partly because their songwriting approach never quite fit into a neat pigeonhole.Īs their career gained momentum, the pair also had to navigate the fraught gender and sexuality expectations they faced as queer women musicians without much modern precedent.
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The Quins - identical twin sisters born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - started out as iconoclastic lone wolves who traveled by themselves to early shows, hockey bag full of merch in tow. That Tegan and Sara were in the thick of this absurdity, singing about the joy of being part of something greater than themselves, also represented a victory of sorts. Although "Everything Is AWESOME!!!" didn't win the Oscar, the performance was a playful triumph.
They later popped up throughout the performance to bop along with the dancers and earnestly sing various lines, their all-black outfits in striking contrast to the bright color palette. As the song started, rainbows pulsated behind the duo while they belted out the relentlessly optimistic hook. Within this multi-hued mayhem were the song's featured vocalists, Tegan and Sara Quin, cool as cucumbers despite the gleeful chaos around them. Questlove pounded away on the drums beneath primitive drawings of Lego people-and the song's co-producer, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, tickled a keyboard while a red energy dome perched precariously on his head. The three members of The Lonely Island, who co-wrote the song, bounced around the stage while sporting powder blue prom tuxes.
Breakdancing construction workers in bright orange vests mingled with cheerful cowboys, who doled out canary-yellow Lego award statuettes to audience members. In 2015, the usually staid Academy Awards ceremony was colorbombed by a giddy performance of The LEGO Movie's "Everything is AWESOME!!!," an EDM-pop trifle nominated that year for Best Original Song.
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