Sir Elton John’s response to Challengers composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross successful a Golden Globe has gone viral.
The legendary singer-songwriter attended the 2025 Golden Globes ceremony final evening (January 5) in LA, and introduced the award for Greatest Authentic Rating alongside fellow musician Brandi Carlile.
John mentioned the traditional line “And the Golden Globe goes to…”, with Carlile opening the envelope. Earlier than she might end saying Reznor and Ross’ names, John erupted in delight, screaming “YAAAY” and holding up his fists in triumph, a lot to the amusement of Carlile.
Video footage of the response – from an evening filled with humorous, fascinating and heartfelt moments – has since gone viral on-line.
Elton John’s response to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross successful Greatest Authentic Rating on the #GoldenGlobes
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One X person replied to the viral put up, saying: “I can solely hope to have a fifth of that vitality and enthusiasm once I’m his age.”
One other mentioned: “Elton John giving the legends their flowers – class act all the best way. Reznor and Ross actually deserve it.”
Reznor and Ross, who additionally make up the rock band 9 Inch Nails, gained the award for his or her work on the rating for Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s drama a few trio of tennis gamers experiencing a decades-long love triangle, starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
Challengers scored a four-star evaluation from NME, with Matthew Turner writing: “The performances are distinctive, with off-the-scale chemistry between all three leads. Zendaya, particularly, is a pressure of nature, and you are feeling her offended frustration at her personal profession path (which was lower brief by damage) in each scene. O’Connor and Faist are equally good, and if the movie has a flaw, it’s solely that it doesn’t explicitly dig deeper into their emotions for one another, leaving it as an underlying suggestion as a substitute.
“The icing on an already scrumptious cake is the very good, pulse-pounding synth rating from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which Guadagnino deploys in fascinating methods – not simply within the tennis match sequences, but additionally incessantly having it begin up in the midst of a dialogue scene to additional underscore the stress. Briefly, that is sport, set and match Guadagnino. Nicely performed.”
Elsewhere on the Globes, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo recreated their viral ‘holding area’ meme, Sofia Vergara jokingly heckled Jodie Foster as she gained an award for her efficiency in True Detective: Evening Nation, and comic Nikki Glaser mocked Timothée Chalemet’s moustache in her opening monologue. Demi Moore made an inspirational speech, successful for her flip in physique horror comedy The Substance, and samurai drama Shōgun was the most important winner within the TV classes.
