On Tuesday night's Britney-riffic episode of "Glee,"
there was just one performance (aside from that part where Mr. Schue
sang Michael McDonald in his new Corvette) that didn't center on all
things Spears: Lea Michele's rather stirring rendition of Paramore's "The Only Exception," a key track off last year's Brand New Eyes album.
And while, to some, the inclusion of the song might have seemed a
bit, well, odd (or, at least, "not Britney") in a lot of ways,
Michele's performance — which ended with tears streaming down her face —
sort of stole the show. It was a pretty powerful moment ... especially
if you were the who wrote the song.
In the hours following the episode, Paramore's Hayley Williams took to her Twitter account to praise Michele's performance, and say that she was "so humbled" to have one of her band's tunes on the show.
Of course, MTV News wanted to get Williams' take on all this
"Glee" madness. Given how nuts everything has been since the episode
aired, it took her about a day to get back to us. And, not surprisingly,
when she finally did, she still felt like she was floating on cloud
nine.
"I can't even describe how I felt hearing one of our songs on a
hit show like 'Glee,' " she wrote in an e-mail. "Lea Michele sang it
beautifully, and I liked what she changed vocally. I felt like I was
levitating off of my friend's couch trying to understand it was really
happening!"
Yes, it really happened. And, from the looks of things, it's not
going to stop happening anytime soon. On Thursday (September 30), nearly
48 hours since the episode first aired, the "Glee" version of
"Exception" is holding steady on the iTunes singles chart. It's
currently third, behind the Far East Movement's "Like a G6" and, naturally, the "Glee" version of Britney's "Toxic."