Glenn Close Won The Night By Doing "Da Butt" At The 2021 Oscars

Respect.

Okay, so Glenn Close was in attendance at the 2021 Oscars because she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Hillbilly Elegy.

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The ceremony featured a segment where Lil Rel Howery asked stars in the audience to identify Oscar-nominated songs from the past. When he came to Glenn, he played Experience Unlimited's "Da Butt."

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Quick recap if you don't know: "Da Butt" is a song by Washington, D.C., go-go band Experience Unlimited that was featured on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze. You can read an oral history of the song and the dance right here.

Glenn knew "Da Butt" immediately.

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And then, Glenn Close did "Da Butt."

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The internet loved it.

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For now and forever.

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And, like, how could they not. It's Glenn Close! Doing "Da Butt!"

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Congratulations, Glenn Close, you won the Oscars even if you didn't win an Oscar. Iconic.

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