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Dont blame Chloe Flower.
I would never play piano over peoples speeches!!
Every time I do an award show, I go viral, she states factually.
How did you get involved with the Globes?
I thought I was just gonna play one Best Original Song or something.
I was like, Lets do it.
That sounds so fun.
We all put in our own ideas and then waited to see what would clear.
We recorded many different options and then picked and chose where everything went.
Even up until the day before and day of, we were still moving things around and making changes.
It was a really intense process, but it worked out great.
Except everyone thought I was playing the play-off music.
So you were not playing the play-off music.No.
That was never my job.
I basically was only playing when you saw me on-camera coming in from commercial break back into the show.
Thats the only time I was playing.
I was never playing at any other point.
Everything else was prerecorded.
So I think there was a little bit of confusion there.
That definitely was never me at any point.
I think that was the turning point at which it sounded like it was me playing.
But I dont think that they were talking to me.
I dont think that it was directed toward me.
People really wanted to say that Michelle Yeoh wants to beat me up.
I think that she doesnt want to beat me up.
I dont think she wants to beat anybody up.
I didnt speak to anybody else, but they were so nice.
She was so lovely.
Its also hard to defend yourself mid-show while you still have two hours left to perform.
I didnt have my phone the entire night; its too distracting.
My boyfriend brought my phone over and he was like, Maybe you should say something on Twitter.
I was like, Oh, is it a thing online?
He was like, Yeah, its a thing.
I didnt read a single tweet the entire time I was performing.
All I did was post what I posted, saying, Its not me during the playoffs.
The only time Im playing is when you see me on-camera.
I never looked at my phone again until after the awards.
It was already distracting enough knowing that the people in the room thought I was playing, right?
I didnt want to know what everybody on the internet was saying.
There was also that moment when Jerrod Carmichael was like, Its not her, guys.
What was that like?I just wanted to inspire people and honor these amazing composers and songs.
Jerrod was so gracious and so lovely.
I am so lucky to have him.
I was so lucky to have Cardi.
Both were so gracious it makes me cry.
I had no idea he was going to go on live television and make that statement for me.
Ive never seen an awards show react to Twitter in real time.
It was important to them to protect me.
I feel so grateful that they protected me in that way.
I tweeted that tweet, but I have like 30,000 followers.
Who saw that, right?
I couldnt believe he did it.
And I was like, Oh my God, whats happening?
because I didnt see anything.
I was like, This must be so bad because everybodys coming up to me and apologizing.
Everybody was so supportive and so nice.
I want to go back to the development process for your segment of the Globes.
How long was that?It wasnt long enough.
I wish we had more time.
It was only two or three weeks, and during the holidays as well.
We all worked during the holidays.
If I were playing one song, that would be different.
But there were many options, many people had opinions, and we had to consider everybody.
Anytime someone mentioned a song, I prepared it.
That meant listening to it, learning it, and then creating my own Chloe Flower version of it.
Im a solo pianist, and something like theWhite Lotustheme is played on a very unique instrument.
I might have to make it more legato instead of more staccato.Sex and the Citywas a fun one.
That was the one that I prepared for the most.
I didnt get to play because we ran out of time.
That was a decision that was made last-minute.
It was very work focused.
We had a lot of work to do in very little time and a lot of music to clear.
We were like,What are the songs that best work with this presenter?
The punch in of glamour that an awards show entails is not an aspect of every musicians work.
It can look historically sterile.
Its a mixture of that and having a true, authentic love for fashion and glamour.
When I was younger, I had to tone myself down because I didnt want to look like Liberace.
I want to be Chlo-berace.
Im not the only person out there that feels that way.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
