After the dance, we are going.ĪRMSTRONG: Another song is Marvin Gaye's "I Wanna Be Where You Are." My father is pretty much an old-school music connoisseur. MARVIN GAYE: (Singing) After the dance, we will do something instrumental. Video light gal ah tek off dem clothes mek me see. All ah fight true dem wah be di closest to me. To this day, if the song comes on I can't help but do the whole click dance.ĮRUP: (Singing) Say dem fall in love with me. Click me finger gal wanna roll with me yeah.ĪRMSTRONG. Girl from all over di world inna da West Indies yeah. (SOUNDBITE OF ERUP SONG, "CLICK MY FINGER")ĪRMSTRONG: I just love how the song comes on, with like, the first.ĮRUP: (Singing) Click me finger gal wanna roll with me yeah. It came out when I was in college, so it reminds me of all of my college days, and clubbing. He got my phone number and we're together now.Īnother song playing in my ear is "Click My Finger" by Erup.
Hold on - but you can't use my phone.ĪRMSTRONG: But obviously, he didn't think I was too crazy. It was hilarious, people thought that we were some old, angry couple.īADU: (Singing) You need to call Tyrone. He was the target of all of my, you know, "Call Tyrone" anger. Call him - and tell him come on.ĪRMSTRONG: In fact, it's the song I sang the night I met my boyfriend.
I'm not really a great singer, but I have amazing stage presence.īADU: (Singing) I heard you better call Tyrone. I love, love, love Erykah Badu, and "Call Tyrone" is actually my go-to karaoke song. You got to bring Jim, James, Paul and Tyrone.ĪRMSTRONG: "Call Tyrone" by Erykah Badu. And here's what's playing in my ear.ĮRYKAH BADU: (Singing) Every time you come around. I'm TELL ME MORE's self-appointed pop culture expert. And here's a little taste of what's on producer Bridget Armstrong - the diva in training - this is what's on her personal playlist.īRIDGET ARMSTRONG: Hi, I'm Bridget Armstrong.
So as we wind down production, we thought it would be nice to hear about the music that members of our staff are listening to as part of our regular series In Your Ear. As we mentioned, our last broadcast is scheduled for August 1. This was done in reference to a lyric from her Cardi B collaboration ‘Rumors’, which was released in August and features the line “No, I ain’t fuck Drake yet.And from one legendary entertainment diva, to a diva in training and why I say that will become clear in a moment. Lizzo followed by asking, “Maybe I should call Drake?” She turned to her guitarist, who nodded at this as the two exchanged a laugh. Watch: reworks lyrics to “Tyrone” to shout out and at her #AmexUnstaged concert in Miami /wf2qGBzHSa View footage of the performance captured by writer Tim Chan below. “Maybe Captain America could put another bun up in my oven.” “Maybe I should call Chris Evans,” she sings, with the crowd cheering in response. She also expressed interest in co-starring alongside him in the forthcoming remake of The Bodyguard. This was done in reference to her joking on TikTok earlier this year that she was pregnant with his child. Riffing on the song’s hook of “I think you’d better call Tyrone”, Lizzo added in a nod to actor Chris Evans. Performing as part of an American Express concert series entitled AmEx Unstaged on December 5, the singer covered Badu’s track ‘Tyrone’ – which Badu herself originally released in 1997 on her live album ‘Live’. Lizzo has covered an Erykah Badu classic during her set at Miami’s Art Basel over the weekend – while ad-libbing some new lyrics of her own.