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RAYE Explains Why Covering Adele at the 2025 Oscars Was ‘Terrifying’

RAYE said that her Adele cover at the 2025 Oscars was "terrifying" to do. Here's why she was scared to perform "Skyfall" during the James Bond medley.

You wouldn’t have been able to tell from watching RAYE ‘s performance at the 2025 Oscars Sunday (March 2) — during which she absolutely nailed Adele ‘s “Skyfall” as part of the night’s James Bond tribute — but the British star was actually quite nervous. RAYE closed out the Bond medley by taking the stage shrouded in fog, showing off her powerful vocals on Adele’s original theme for the franchise’s 2012 film, Skyfall. Before RAYE took the stage, The Substance actress Margaret Qualley performed a slinky dance number with a troupe of tuxedoed men — about which the former told ET, “She ate that up … Multi-talented and fine as hell, Jack [Antonoff] is a very lucky man.”

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