The press tour for has been quite a doozy, with stars and with viral moments. Recently, the duo alongside a journalist have become the subjects of a new meme following a bizarre interaction they had . The reporter has since responded to her new-found fame.
With every brilliant press tour comes great meme moments and with an abundance of . Here’s why everyone is talking about “holding space”, Erivo, Grande holding fingers and “Defying Gravity”. from — an American LGBTQIA+ media outlet — went viral after she shared how ‘s “Defying Gravity” resonates with the queer community with Erivo and Grande.
“I’ve seen this week people are taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity’ and really holding space with that and feeling power in that,” Gilchrist shared. Erivo was visibly emotional over the statement and responded by saying, “I didn’t know that was happening..
. That’s really powerful..
. That’s what I wanted.” As Erivo expressed her surprise, Grande rapped her hand over a single finger in an attempt to comfort her co-star.
Gilchrist then responded to Erivo’s surprised reaction saying, “I don’t know how widespread [it is] but you know, I’m in queer media.” Peep the full interaction below. In the following days, Gilchrist’s junket broke the internet, with some folks being left confused with the whole interaction to Grande’s finger hold.
I couldn’t help but wonder...
if Big could hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity, why couldn.