Wen Michelle Yeoh won best actress in a motion picture, comedy, for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Midway through Yeoh’s acceptance speech, piano music started to play signaling to wrap it up. Yeoh turned to Flower, who was at the piano, and said, “Shut up, please. I can beat you up, OK? It’s that serious.”

What audiences didn’t see was Flower and Yeoh having a moment off-camera. “After she won her award, she walked past the piano and I spoke to her,” Flower said. “We embraced. We touched and we held hands. I said, ‘I would never disrespect you and play during your speech.’ She was so lovely and nice.” Flower added there were no hard feelings.

Later, as Austin Butler earned his Globe for best actor in a motion picture drama for Elvis, he quipped, “You could at least play ‘Suspicious Minds’ or something” when music cued him to wrap up his speech.

“I spoke to him too. He walked past me and I said, ‘Hey, congratulations, that wasn’t me playing,’” Flower said.

As big as the Beverly Hilton ballroom might appear on TV screen, the space is intimate in-person, Flower pointed out. “I don’t think viewers were aware of how small it really is,” Flower said. “Everyone was looking in my direction because I was on a piano, and I became the face of sound.”

In addition to iconic tunes, Flower got to play her own original music during the ceremony. She even released a single titled “Golden Hour” in honor of her appearance at the awards show.

After posting a tweet to clarify events, Flower put her phone away for the rest of the night. But having had several hours to reflect, Flower considered the night a success. “We were able to deliver the music,” she said with pride. “I had a great time.”