The Amazing Thing That Happened When Ella Mai Met Her Idol, Beyoncé

R&B singer Ella Mai idolized Beyoncé growing up, and when she finally met her, the moment was far better than she ever imagined. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Every successful singer or
rapper has those artists that grew up on that inspired
and motivated them to become stars in her own right,
and for UK R and B Sensation l m Ay,
that artist was unequivocally Beyonce. Well l I was just
invited to a star started brunch thrown by Jay Z's
Rock Nation earlier in the month, and when Beyonce walked in,

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she summoned the courage to approach her Idle. I couldn't
believe it when Beyonce beat her to the punch, she
tells Billboard. I was going to introduce myself and she
saw me and started smiling, and I was like, wait
a second, she knows me, and she was really really sweet.
She told me to keep going and congratulated me on
all my success, and she said she loves me. To
have that moment with someone I grew up looking up

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to and I still look up to. It was a great,
great feeling. Also that she's busy at work on her
second album. To her fans, Beyonce included can expect new
music soon that's direct from Hollywood.