Music Don't miss out on the headlines from Music. Followed categories will be added to My News. Reclusive Australian singer Sia has made a surprise public appearance, singing her signature hit – from the middle of the audience in show by her friend, comedian Kathy Griffin.
Footage circulating online shows Sia, rising from the middle of the audience, belting out her 2014 smash hit Chandelier a cappella, as audience members crane their necks and record the apparently impromptu performance. It makes for one of the few times Adelaide-born Sia, 48, has performed in public without her trademark disguise in recent years. The singer started hiding her face during public appearances a decade ago, due to her discomfort at being famous – ironically, a move that coincided with her becoming more famous than ever, thanks to hits like Chandelier, Elastic Heart and Cheap Thrills .
Sia makes an appearance at Kathy Griffin’s show. Sia, seen here in November last year, usually hides her face at big public events. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP Sia’s 2014 album 1000 Forms of Fear was a multi-platinum, number one smash in her adopted home country of the US.
But it was a very different story for her latest album, Reasonable Woman , released in May this year: That record debuted at number 153 on the US charts. Sia back home in South Australia earlier this year. Sia mostly keeps a low profile nowadays, but last year made headlines when she announced at an awards show that she’d recently under.