Five-time Grammy-winner H.E.R. seems to be living her best life during a trip to Cannes this week. In addition to helping kick off the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity with a headlining set at Spotify‘s opening night event and getting in some rest and relaxation in the storied French Riviera resort town, the artist born Gabriella Wilson snuck in an impromptu live cover of Lenny Kravitz classic “Are You Gonna Go My Way” with the house band while enjoying a leisurely dinner.
“The show after the show 😂,” the 25-year-old H.E.R. wrote in the caption for a video of her surprise mid-dinner performance. “After I performed at the Spotify Cannes event, I went to get some dinner and there was a band playing and I asked them if they knew “are you gonna go my way” by Lenny kravitz and they said yeah. I asked to play with them 😂😂 and this was the result. They were verryyyy surprised.”
The reel, split into a few separate clips, shows Wilson grinning from ear to ear as she leads the song with the house band from the middle of the restaurant’s dining room. The angle places viewers in the thick of the action, with just a table full of mostly-finished dishes separating the camera from the performance. Hey Gabi, you gonna finish that baguette? Pass it this way if not.
“Catch me at your local restaurant 😂🤘🏽,” she added in the post, “thank you [Spotify] for an amazing day. Thanks to the band for letting me jam with them lol.” Watch H.E.R. perform “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz at a restaurant in Cannes in the video below. Wilson was well acquainted with the 1993 chart topper, having also performed the song with Kravitz himself (and Travis Barker) for the epic finale of the 2022 Grammy Awards.
H.E.R. will head out on a run of West Coast tour dates in late September featuring stops in Seattle (9/20) and Vancouver (9/22, 9/23), an appearance at Crossroads Guitar Festival in Los Angeles (9/24), and a run of stadium shows opening for Coldplay. For a full list of upcoming H.E.R. tour dates, head here.
H.E.R. w/ Restaurant House Band – “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (Lenny Kravitz) – Cannes, France
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