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In an exclusive interrogation with E! News' Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, Sofia Carson shared her sentiments astir performing the Oscar nominated song, "Applause," astatine this year's upcoming ceremony.
Sofia Carson Honored to Perform With Diane Warren astatine 2023 Oscars
Sofia Carson is inactive connected unreality 9 aft the 2023 Academy Award nominations were announced—and she won't beryllium descending anytime soon.
For the American-Italian anthology film, Tell It Like a Woman, the Descendants prima sang the accompanying single, "Applause," which earned a information for Best Original Song astatine the 2023 Oscars. In fact, the opus earned Diane Warren—who was awarded with an honorary statute successful November—her 14th wide nomination. And arsenic for however Sofia feels belting retired her vocals for a present Oscar-nominated hit?
"It's truthful surreal," she exclusively told E! News' Adrienne Bailon-Houghton. "It's the top grant of my beingness that Diane chose maine to beryllium the dependable of this anthem and I'm truthful grateful and thrilled and conscionable honored, deeply, deeply, profoundly honored. I pinch myself each day."
For the grant ceremonial acceptable to aerial March 12, Sofia, on with this year's contenders for Best Original Song including Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Lady Gaga (Top Gun), Stephanie Hsu, Son Lux and David Byrne (Everything Everywhere All astatine Once) and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava (RRR) are slated to execute their hits.
But adjacent the roadworthy up to gracing the stage, arsenic the 29-year-old noted, feels similar a dream.
"I truly americium taking successful each azygous infinitesimal of this unthinkable journey," she added. "And different nominees are Rihanna and Lady Gaga, artists that we respect truthful much, truthful it's amazing. It's really, truly amazing."
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And for Sofia, her imagination volition beryllium made each the much implicit with having those she treasures the astir by her side.
"My full household is flying out, my mom, grandma," she shared, referring to the large night. "My sister volition beryllium with maine and it's the top acquisition successful the world, due to the fact that they saw their 3-year-old Sofia dreaming of thing similar this and it's really, truly special."
But you don't person to hold until the 2023 Oscars to perceive each of the magic included successful Sofia's song. "Applause" is retired now.
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