Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor carry out ‘Homicide on the Dancefloor’ on the BAFTAs
Sophie Ellis-Bextor took to the stage on the BAFTA Movie Awards tonight to carry out her resurgent hit ‘Homicide on the Dancefloor’ – watch the footage beneath.
The tune options memorably over the now notorious last scene of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, and because the movie’s launch on the finish of 2023, it has turned a viral hit on TikTok and even entered the Billboard Sizzling 100 – her first-ever tune to chart within the US. It additionally climbed the UK single charts, peaking at Quantity Two final month.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor not too long ago spoke with NME concerning the return of ‘Homicide on the Dancefloor’, and the monitor solely now receiving its flowers within the US regardless of having launched twenty years in the past.
“That’s what’s been fairly extraordinary. To them it’s a brand new tune, and that’s bonkers,” she stated. “It didn’t do something there the primary time round, and I’m effective with that. If I’ve realized something alongside the way in which it’s that you just’ve acquired to go the place the momentum is.”
She continued: “The glamour of being massive in America would have meant a variety of time away, and I’d slightly go the place there are already issues occurring. I had an absolute ball with the primary report in Latin America, South East Asia and all these locations – but when this finally ends up being one thing that takes me there now then let’s see what occurs.”
In a four-star evaluation of Saltburn, NME wrote: ‘Emerald Fennell’s wealthy tapestry progressively unravels, and we lurch, bow tie askew, half-empty bottle of Dom Pérignon clutched in a single hand, in the direction of a gripping finale. Saltburn isn’t essentially the most talked-about get together of the 12 months, however you shouldn’t miss all of it the identical.”