14 DAY TRIAL // After she became internationally famous, Australian singer Sia Furler, known best as Sia, became increasingly shy in the spotlight. These days, she comes up with the most ingenious methods of not putting herself in the spotlight even when she’s up there on stage, by diverting the attention to something else, something that could be perceived as more interesting.
Last night at the Grammy Awards 2015, that was SNL star Kristen Wiig, who joined dancing prodigy Maddie Ziegler for a beautiful choreography inspired by the original music video for “Chandelier.”
As you probably know, the video also starred Maddie, as also did Sia’s most recent release, for the single “Elastic Heart.” That video featured another famous actor: Shia LaBeouf, former star of the “Transformers” franchise.
So it was no coincidence that LaBeouf introduced Sia on stage, as you can see in the video below. What you can’t see in the video is that the actor took a moment to dedicate a poem he’d written especially for the singer.
It was pretty much a declaration of love and explained how Sia had taught Shia to be fearless by learning to tap into his emotions.
“I feel like this may be strange to say this here. I love you so. Punch me if I stop crying. I raise the white flag for you, defeated finally. If strength were made of broken pieces, you and I would always win. It is, though, and buildings and statues wink at us. I could squeeze you to zero. I’ll never know another ‘What am I going to do?’ Punch me if I stop crying and I’ll do the same,” he said.
Then Kristen and Maddie did their routine (you can see Sia up on stage as well, she’s standing with her face to the wall and her back to the audience), and it was as if nothing else mattered - and Twitter exploded with joy and praise for the comedienne.
