Destiny’s Child’s recent reunion was a “spur-of-the-moment” decision and the trio had little time to prepare.
Destiny’s Child’s recent reunion was a “spur-of-the-moment” decision.
Beyonce closed out her Cowboy Carter tour in Las Vegas in July with a surprise appearance from former bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, and Michelle has now revealed that they didn’t have much time to prepare for the performance, unlike when they appeared together at Coachella in 2018 during the Crazy in Love hitmaker’s headline performance.
Speaking on Watch What Happens Live, Michelle said: “It was awesome, spur of the moment..
“The last one – Coachella – we had a little more time.
“This one was, ‘Y’all let’s do this,’ and we did it.”
The 46-year-old star thinks the secrecy surrounding Destiny’s Child’s occasional appearances makes them more impactful.
Asked how they selected which songs to perform, she said: “I don’t like giving away secrets. There are talks but I think why we’re able to have impact, it’s not only the fact people listened but it’s what we don’t share. When you see us, you see us.”
Michelle is currently starring on Broadway in Death Becomes Her and admitted it is only Destiny’s Child that could lure her away from the stage and back to her chart career.
Asked if the trio will ever record another album, she teased: “Anything is possible. To me, performing on stage is like that for me… I only like it with Beyoncé and Kelly. But as far as Broadway, I’m a Broadway girl… Music? I only want to do it with them.”
Michelle recently admitted she spent the entire performance with Beyonce and Kelly worrying she might fall over after previously taking a stumble on TV back in 2004 when the group were promoting their final studio album on BET’s 106 + Park.
Speaking on Checking In w/ Record Breakers, Michelle said: “I was trying to stay focused because y’all know I still have trauma from falling on 106 + Park.
“I need y’all to be my therapist about that too, because every time I perform with the girls, it’s in my head: ‘Do not fall, do not fall, do not fall.'”
To help reduce her risk of falling, Michelle enlisted former Destiny’s Child stylist Ty Hunter to cut the fringe off the bottom of her trousers, but jokingly branded him “such a butthole at times” after he took her request to the head of wardrobe for the tour.
She said: “Ty Hunter is like, child, we got to cut these fringes off because we do not want Michelle to fall.
“I was like, ‘Bro, that was between me and you. You didn’t have to make no announcement.’ But yeah, that’s still in my head. Steps do frighten me now.”
Michelle made sure she rehearsed the steps but still didn’t “trust” her footwork.
She said: “Did I rehearse them steps? Sure did.
“And then when it came to I was like, oh my gosh, you dummy. You let fear or lack of trust [in] on that first step, because y’all, I was like, I’m not gonna let social media do me. I’m not.
“Because if that were to happen, and I fell, I would not be able to live that down for the next 20 years. So that’s probably the only thing I didn’t like, was that I didn’t trust the steps.”
Destiny’s Child reunion was ‘spur of the moment’
