"Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq performed "I Lied to You," a musical centerpiece of "Sinners." Caton plays a preacher's teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music. The duo was accompanied on stage by various artists "in an homage to the film's singular visual style," the academy said in a statement earlier this week."
"During the performance, similar to the famous scene in the movie, Black music artists across eras appear all around Sammie, which composer Ludwig Göransson said is a moment when "time and space disappears.""
"Buddy Guy, a blues guitarist who played an older version of Caton's character, took the stage alongside "Sinners" actors Jayme Lawson and Li Jun Li. A group of break dancers waltzed through the stage as rapper Shaboozey joined Caton in the vocals, who used a guitar similar of the one his character used in the movie."
The 98th Academy Awards transformed its stage into a juke joint for a performance of "I Lied to You" from the film "Sinners." Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq led the performance, accompanied by blues legend Buddy Guy, rapper Shaboozey, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, and numerous other musicians and actors from the film. The performance recreated the movie's visual style, featuring break dancers, guitarists, and actors who portrayed vampires in the film. The staging honored the movie's artistic vision by bringing together Black music artists across different eras, creating a moment where "time and space disappears" according to composer Ludwig Göransson. The performance was one of two live original song performances at the ceremony.
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