S is for Sia, Sesame Street, singing, and “Smile while you watch this very fun video that incorporates all those things I just mentioned.” The multihyphenate pop star–songwriter–music producer can now add “Sesame Street musical guest star” to her CV, joining a very respectable club that includes the likes of Feist, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder. Sia appeared on the children’s television show to introduce the letter S in a lively music video that sees Elmo, Cookie Monster and more dance around her as she expresses her love of music: “S is for songs, and I love songs/ Don’t know what we’d do without ’em/ I love songs so much I wanna sing a song about ’em.”
The video shows more of Sia’s usually obscured face than we’re used to seeing in recent years, with only a red clown nose concealing her as she sings about “jazzy songs and funky songs/ Get-up-and-dance-like-a-monkey songs.” But even with her bangs raised, her signature wig was ever-present—and the Muppets even got to wear matching ones.
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