Oscars: Twitter Erupts After Sam Smith Upsets Lady Gaga for Best Song

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The English singer-songwriter and Jimmy Napes won for the latest James Bond theme song “Writing’s On the Wall”

Singer Sam Smith (R) and Composer Jimmy Napes accept their award for Best Song, Spectre on stage at the 88th Oscars on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON / AFP / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

British singer Sam Smith upset Lady Gaga for best song at the Oscars, prompting the world to lose its damn mind on Twitter.

Lady Gaga‘s legion of fans, nicknamed Little Monsters, took to social media to express their outrage over the Academy’s decision to give the Oscar to Smith and Jimmy Napes for their “Spectre” theme song “Writing’s On the Wall” over Gaga and Diane Warren’s ballad “Til It Happens to You.”

Gaga was considered a heavy favorite, especially since her song from the documentary “The Hunting Ground” addresses the issue of rape and meant so much to survivors of sexual abuse.

Read some of the tweets below and let us know in the comments section if you think Lady Gaga deserved to win the Oscar, or if Sam Smith deserved the awards.

 

Jeff Sneider

Awards editor and columnist for TheWrap. Been writing about entertainment and popular culture for more than 30 years for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Rock ‘n’ roll writer back in the day.

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