Tori Kelly On Going Viral For Singing "Defying Gravity," Her Love For Dance & Sabrina Carpenter | GRAMMYs 2025 - video Dailymotion

Tori Kelly caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly and Rania Aniftos on the 2025 GRAMMYs red carpet.

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00:00Hanging out with the beautiful and ever so talented Tori Kelly at the Grammys. How you feeling?

00:05I'm good. I'm not defying gravity right now, though. Hey, sorry had to do it had to do it girl to sing that song

00:12I mean

00:15Cynthia

00:17She is amazing. Like I am obsessed with her and I hope I get to see her tonight

00:23She's insane. But no that was it was lit it for context or who don't know

00:27That was um, it was on my friend's live stream and where they're really we're all big just musical

00:33They know like every musical theater song ever and so we just always end up singing

00:38Musical theater songs and so yeah a lot of the chat was requesting it

00:43Everybody can just jump on a song like that. Okay, I just feel like I guess I'll do it

00:47But I was like, you know, give me some more practice like I'll do it better next time

00:51But no, it was fun. We were having we were having fun with it

00:54And of course, you're so noticed for your vocals

00:56But also you went viral super viral when you started dancing and busting out the choreography

01:01So, how was it to see everybody like go crazy for that part of your talent? It was fun

01:06You know, I I grew up dancing when I was about seven

01:09I got into dance class and then singing kind of took over and then you know, I started playing guitar

01:15So I just never I just forgot about dance and then when I put together this latest album

01:20I just wanted music that would make me want to dance again

01:23And so I was like, I gotta I gotta bust it out now. Like I gotta do it

01:26So it's kind of for myself. I think to to like remind myself I could do whatever I set my mind to

01:31And it was just fun. It was fun. I like I like moving

01:35Yeah, and last time we spoke you had just released Tori and it's been a while since then and I can say you're still glowing

01:42Thank you that like shift into the artists that you want to be. How is that journey continued for you?

01:48How are you feeling in your creative space?

01:49I feel like the way you just put it is I don't think anyone's put it like that

01:55Perfectly because that really is how I feel. I felt like it was a shift

01:58I felt it was me kind of taking control over

02:01my career and just what I want and and even like experimenting a little bit playing with

02:06Different characters and stepping into you know, different sides of myself that people haven't seen

02:11So I think now just moving forward with all the next music that I want to put out

02:16It's a it's a I feel like it's set me up now to kind of like

02:20Continue on that path and validated your fans

02:24And we've been talking about how tonight's a big night for women in general with albums like torture poise department Beyonce Chapel Roan

02:30Charlie XCX who have you been listening to who what album spoke to you this you know

02:34What as far as like the girlies I've been I really do love the Sabrina

02:40Killing it

02:41It's so catchy so good. I'm really curious though

02:45like I'm just excited because there's so many talented people here and this happens to me every time where I just I just

02:51Forget about all the people I'm a fan of and then when I'm here, I'm like, oh my gosh

02:54Oh my gosh, I mean, yeah, literally like tonight I get to be a fan, which is which is fun

02:59Yeah, have so much fun out there. We can't wait to see you dancing in the crowd. Yeah, that will be happening