During her attempted career as a conventional top-40 type, Sky Ferreira never made it as far as a late-night TV performance. Instead, she had to reinvent herself as a dead-eyed stoner-pop queen and link up with Dev Hynes, a makeover that resulted in the great single “Everything Is Embarrassing.” And last night, she made that late-night debut, singing the song on Fallon while the Roots backed her up and clouds of dry ice wafted up from the floor. It’s easy to be cynical about something like that, but Ferreira has some serious presence, and she cut an imposing and fierce figure on the stage last night. This is one of those Fallon performances that you should definitely watch, and it’s below.
Ferreira’s Ghost EP is out now on Capitol.
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regrettably pitchy performance IMO :(
I watched and thought she she looked and sounded amazing.,So maybe we weren’t watching same show>>>>>
No, it’s embarrassingly bad. She has a weak voice and sings like an amateur. Maybe she can do better, but this is just painful to listen to.
She’s easy on the eyes, but pretty girls on TV are a dime a dozen.
She was a little pitchy in the beginning but she got better as it went on. Still enjoyed it!
chances are if youre both on this page you watched the same show!!
I liked it. She’s on the right track.
Such a damned good song.
I like the song but she looks a little…furious?
considering she was like 14 when she started as a top40 style pop artist, i think we can give her the benefit of the doubt about her evolution in taste and style without the bitchy snark.
That is not a good performance are you crazy?! She was in pitch 15% this could be due to bad monitoring though. Still the good singers would do it anyway. The roots look like they are being held hostage at her sweet sixteen party. Daddy I want the Roots to back me!!! I WANT THEM I WANT THEM I WANT THEM. O.k anything for my little princess.
starting in the 2nd verse that lil offbeat kickdrum questlove was doing was driving me crazy
This, heh.
It was.. alright. Great track, but defs 4 defs missing some theatricality. I mean, papa dondon isn’t one to judge b/c he would probs (defs) do this:
Pics from her Dec Mercury Lounge show-she was surprisingly good/musical
http://nypics.smugmug.com/Music/SkySelects/26819560_htTgB6#!i=2246340851&k=RkWDhbZ
she sounded GREAT @ the mercury lounge show in december.
I agree! I was pleasantly surprised by her live performance. Very passionate-as my pictures I think show!
Selena Gomez went blonde? Go girl!
She looks like a Mogwai from the movie Gremlins.
I think she did good. There were certain parts that were a little pitchy but it was her first live tv performance. I think we can all agree that she didn’t do a Lana Del Rey
She was really intense and giving it everything, shame the band had nothing creative to propose, such a great song, but once again, rather see her in the real world, I bet this song rocks.