Ariana DeBose Sings Adele, Elton John, and Rihanna in a Game of Song Association | ELLE

#ArianaDeBose has showcased her artistry from Broadway to the big screen, and finally, here, on a game of #SongAssociation. The triple threat recently scored an Oscar nomination for her work on #WestSideStory, and today she has her sight's set on another prize. Tune in as she talks filming West Side Story, her love for Olivia Rodrigo, and her dream collaboration. Singing Rihanna, ABBA, and "Easy On Me" by Adele - will Ariana be able to beat the clock?
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[@lindawhosleepsalot1528]

The fact that she sings a ton of musical instead of just pop is so freshening to me;)

[@jordanvargas5342]

And im here for it! 💕

[@pfftxoxo1502]

Well she is a Broadway performer

[@stardust-scavenger1748]

Yesssssssss

[@margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486]

Well she has been on Broadway-

[@abbyclarke1717]

@@margaritapeggyschuylervanr2486 and even stage performers tend to lean towards pop and non theatre songs

[@katelynsuniverse]

Glad she's getting the recognition she deserves

[@YTantirungrotechai]

congratulations for her oscar!

[@seanluzdeluna8153]

@@YTantirungrotechai ikr!🤩😍She's literally iconic!🙌🏼👍🏼✨🌟🎇

[@belarivas6983]

She has such a simultaneous calm and effervescent presence, it’s so engaging

Ok, there's yet one more original cast of Hamilton's actor I get to adore. She's amazing!

[@KyuzoCool]

I love that she randomly goes into an accent. Hightly relatable

[@jadesmyspiritanimal886]

So amazed by her just natural and seemingly effortless charm. She has one of the forceful voices I heard in a while. I'd love to see her in other movie musicals, if they ever make "Ragtime" into a movie she'd be an AWESOME Sarah. I hoped for her to be in the Wicked movie as Elphaba but Cynthia Erivo took that role instead and will be great, I'm sure.

[@bexyPTX]

She's the absolute coolest and deserves the world. Her (maybe unintentional) musical impressions here are great and I think that if she really focused on it she'd be amazing at that.

[@heather23renae]

She speaks and sings in like 45 different accents in the span of two minutes. I had to Google where she was born because I did not know what was happening.

[@hadassahBespokejamison]

same lol

[@emmaacollinsxo]

She always stood out to me in hamilton and I’m so glad to see her in bigger roles rather than just ensemble!

[@duckymomo6675]

She was incredible in West Side Story!

[@lll.24601]

The fact she didn’t sing “Who lives who dies who tells your story” and “I just wanna dance with you” is-

[@joehardy7118]

Telling

[@weronikasiwek9872]

I love her so much, she radiates so much energy, it's incredible

[@MariSongBeat]

We have with Ariana so much in common. Abba, Whitney, Adele, Donna Summer - she's really fan of legends. I also love her is Schmigadoom. Now I wanna watch not only West Side, but also Broadway musicals with her

[@isabelaalves8106]

and she just won an Oscar 😭💛

[@maliser8]

West Side Story was amazing, probably my favourite movie of 2021, saw it twice in theaters! Would highly recommend seeing it in theaters if you can.

[@HarrisonMartin]

West Side Story was so great and Ariana nailed it. She was my favorite character

[@supernerd1643]

I love how the people with the top scores are all musical theater actors 😂😂

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

There's other people who have gotten 15/15 as well that aren't, but they purposely listed them as a comparison.

[@stargazerlillie7]

Thank you for spotlighting this delightful talent! I didn't know who she was and now I'm smitten. She has such range in taste of music and she sounds like the people who sing the song! Love this!!

[@zhenia2511]

She's more well-spoken than most Elle's guests.

[@CassieJazz96]

Such a theater kid at heart and I love it 😍

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Ariana Debose did so well here. She and Rita Moreno are the first two women to win Oscars for playing the same role, and deservedly so!

[@emmatichnor]

The way she sings reminds me a little of Liz Gillies. They both have such warm golden tones

[@missnewvillage]

Queen Ariana! Her singing MacArthur Park gave me flashbacks to her in Summer: the Donna Summer musical. She was so phenomenal in that musical. I’m so glad she’s getting the recognition she deserves.

[@quadbox]

She's fun...and really talented!

[@Jorbo23]

Big fan of future Oscar winner Ariana (praying hands emoji)!

[@Kevin-ql3wv]

She deserves more recognition!!

[@Afrobeatevida]

this is called love therapy, perfect voice, traveling melody, who loved this song play it here 

[@mikaylaeager7942]

Broadway is straight up dominating that leaderboard!!!

[@vinscott88]

She’s stunning and I hope to see her in so much more!

[@heidisong55]

Love her! Talented, funny, witty, charming!

[@nope8290]

She can sing!!! Literally chills everytime she sang a song! I love this! Natural talent 🎶 💖

[@hierophantpurple5163]

She's so talented!

[@vannahedits]

love how she's getting the recognition she deserves!!

[@m011ynice03]

Her voice is so soft and chill🥰 ARI WE LOVE YOU

[@letsowflames4125]

She looks like she's having fun.

[@ninergrl6]

I love Ari. I first saw/met her during the Bring It On tour about 6 months before it transferred to Broadway. It’s been fun following her career for the past 10+ years. So proud of her success!

[@brittanyparker8971]

YOU ARE NOT AN IDIOT! You were absolutely adorable and so talented!

[@belugonzalez7223]

I'm so obsessed with this woman, she is SO ICONIC ❤️❤️

[@TheLoserface45]

SHE DESERVES EVERYTHING

[@sofianavarrete3268]

BEAUTIFUL VOICE

[@loveforlemons]

I know she shouts out Jessica Vosk for Nobody's Side, but that impression was pure Idina! iconic

[@kimmychuang5564]

Her voice is so effervescent and special

[@TSWIFTheart]

What a star! I'm very excited to see her make history next Sunday

[@ziyezhang1800]

So bloody talented

[@TheMarlonChannel]

LOVE HER!

[@guardthegoat5925]

Her smile 😩😍

[@tristonalexis2164]

Congratulations on winning your first Oscar I'm very blessed and very proud of you with your accomplishments

[@cannoligrimes6067]

I love her so much.

[@SAMUELBELA]

She has such a beautiful voice

[@ELLE]

Her talent is unreal🖤

[@ninreck5121]

ariana debose is strongly rising as my main celebrity crush

[@cryptidstew7051]

her voice is just so pretty!!!! :)

[@kate8336]

YES WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@jst4572]

The same abba song popped into my head as soon as I saw chance.

[@sebastiangade]

I love how she didn't know the lyrics to 90% of the songs she sang lol

[@jayt4835]

I knew every song so no learning there but MY GOSH!!!! Her talent!!!!

[@kylerobin372]

OMG yea, and so many of the "b" songs on the adele cds are amazing.... love that you love them!

[@anikamarias5641]

She is so charming I love her

[@lucyames6157]

I'm lucky enough to have met and gotten to know Ariana and she truly is as delightful and authentic as she seems! She deserves every bit of success coming her way! This has been a long time coming :))

[@notyouruser.]

Wow your so lucky, how did you meet her? And yes shes so talented! She won and oscar the other day and I'm so proud!!

[@Ko_Walla]

Love her!!! 💕💕💕

[@giannistheoggod]

Her voice is beautiful. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@OfficialMarygraceBuckner]

Can we get her in Mamma Mia 3 now!?!

[@janecloos3285]

I love this!

[@luigijaurigue1936]

Ugh so talented

[@rayd.103]

She is absoloutely flawless, she deserves the Oscar nomination and deserves to take that home...Ariana I love you, DALE!

[@adelaferreira4575]

Ariana is so talented,the opening for the Tonys was unforgettable ,thank you , this was fun !

[@JUSTGOWITHTHEOREO]

ok i’m obsessed w her

[@laurenkramp3886]

I love that she sang Your Song in the Moulin Rouge style :)

[@raulpardo5401]

If she don't get the Oscar for West side story i may have to throw hands

[@tracibillington8025]

I see my younger self, if I allowed myself to pursue performing, in her. Such joy & light & TALENT & beauty.

[@Mattluvsgracieabrams]

I love her so much. She is finally getting the recognition she deserves. She's amazing (:

[@lawdeedaw0803]

How amazingly talented, gorgeous, smart and funny!!!! And what a great and deep appreciation she has for terrific music!!

[@hannahw9493]

Oh, she’s adorable and amazing! She reminds me a bit of Emeli Sande! 🥰

[@younggarde4797]

Girl of many talents indeed.

[@aleta5873]

Luv her !

[@chrisg2282]

I love her. Reach for the stars Ariana 💯❤️

[@glamwithmima8693]

She's so beautiful ❤️

[@cczwhite]

I suddenly now have the unending desire to be this amazing woman's friend!😅😊A lot of the songs I sang were the ones she did too:). She also sang "Fast Car" which is one of my absolute favourite songs (particularly the Jonas Blue remix) - and for that she gets my love haha

[@robynehrlich9065]

I......... love her

[@mihaelamars]

Ari brings me so much joy.

[@amypeckham]

Yay Ariana... loved you in Summer my son was the musical director for Summer!

[@beautybyrooneytunes8993]

When the word story came up I thought of the story of tonight from Hamilton. I’m surprised she didn’t sing that.

[@Elizabeth-vc5tz]

ok, perfect score!!!!

[@elsaruiz27]

the opening 🙌

[@williamchen6105]

Just finished our season of Bring it on and we started singing cross the line at the same time HAHAHA

[@boredstranger7522]

QUEEN

[@maddietillem6778]

Ariana mentioning jessica vosk makes my theater kid self so happy

[@Fandomonium456]

A star 😭

[@alexanderhamiltonnnnn4750]

Omg she's an ABBA fan❤🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@sha8photo]

I could listen to her all day long. Singing, talking

[@jacquelinejoyce8066]

Ariana DeBose is a true rising star! She is making a lot of movies now. I wonder what movie musical she will appear in next.

[@noweasytiger]

8:58 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Noise_floorxx]

Barbra Streisand is one of the greatest singers of all time. So give her for props for that

[@Watermelon_sugar_]

I watched West side story 3 times in the theater

[@nedababic8865]

Wow she's ab ABBA fan respect!

[@abigailmorgan6526]

I know it's ridiculous but I'm planning on rooting for her Oscar night. I'm making rituals to Berstein and Sondheim! We love you Ariana!

[@NellieKAdaba]

👍🏿

[@brunagardel4047]

omg I didn't know she was in sytycd!! what season was that

[@nicoleglinka854]

2:10 desmayadaaaaa

[@ttcondo1]

Love me some Ariana DeBose !

[@wolf_biter]

She is a marquee star. Name in lights star.

[@NoOne-tk3ww]

the F.R.I.E.N.D.S reference at the end tho🤣