In these bleak times, pleasant distractions have become a commodity; we’ll take all the joy we can get from wherever we can get it — like Michael Shannon singing his karaoke go-to song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Fortunately for the viewing public, Michael Shannon made winners of us all by treating Fallon and his audience to a brief performance of his go-to karaoke song: “Russians,” by Sting.
It’s a pretty relevant karaoke pick, but it’s also like, the last song anyone would think to choose, except for Michael Shannon because of course.
His answers did not disappoint: It involves a little skee-ball (he’s perfected his pitch) and, if you’re lucky, some karaoke.