

About 25 takes in, Ebony nearly injured her ankle - and kept on dancing. One of the backup dancers had an accident halfway through the shoot. "It was funky, but the ballet training made the technique and the alliance look incredible."ĩ. "I think there's something about their ballet training that brought a different class to ," Gatson says. Unlike Beyoncé herself, Ebony and Ashley were both trained heavily in ballet. Understudy Ebony William stepped up to the plate along with Ashley Everett, the other backup dancer who was cast from the get-go:īoth women are still touring with the queen, according to Gatson. The original dancer slated to appear in the video was supposed to come to New York for the video shoot, but she didn't get in in time, according to Gatson. One of the dancers who appeared in the video was an understudy. She wants the girls to be beautiful … She's not the type of artist that's intimidated by another beautiful woman," Gatson says.ħ. "Beyoncé wants a star to be on stage with her. But casting for the video was child's play compared to selecting dancers to perform with Beyoncé on tour: Gatson estimates they auditioned some 5,000 women. "We went through a lot of different ladies - short ones, tall ones, girls exactly Beyoncé's height," Gatson recalls. About 100 women auditioned to dance beside Bey. After it was all said and done, GloRilla took to Facebook, where she jokingly said she was never going to take another bath, after Bey hugged her.6.


When Beyonce hugged GloRilla for the pictures, it was a dream come true, and a testament to her hard work. After that, they posed for pics together. As a result, the ladies had a very friendly conversation. However, Beyonce proved to be just as big of a GloRilla fan, as Glo was of Bey. GloRilla had the chance to meet Beyonce and she was starstruck. was not the only R&B queen who was going to give GloRilla a co-sign. Blige quoted the song, during her concert, GloRilla made it. Soon, many of the biggest names in music were promoting, or dancing to, the record. After that, “FnF” made GloRilla a household name. First, the song made her an internet sensation.

All controversy aside, the song went viral. GloRilla took over the game with her “FnF” single.
