Sufjan Stevens, Miguel, And More Will Make Us Cry At The 2018 Oscars

The performers for the 2018 Academy Awards have ultimately been reported, and you also better prepare yourself: It's about to get hella emotional on that star-studded stage as soon as these Best Original Song nominees vie for that Oscar gold.


If Sufjan Stevens, the quietly prolific indie singer-songwriter who put teenage ennui to song in Call Me By Your Name, doesn't have you sobbing, then Keala Settle's powerhouse efficiency of the anthemic "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman sure will. That is, if you're not already destroyed by Gael García Bernal, Natalia LaFourcade, and Miguel's efficiency of "Remember Me," an actual song about death from Coco. (Thanks a lot, Pixar.)


And just thinking about Mary J. Blige singing "Mighty River" — co-written by Blige and Raphael Saadiq for Mudbound — is already giving me chills.


Thankfully, Andra Day and Normal will lift us up from the brink of a deep depression with a rousing efficiency of the inspirational "Stand Up For Something" from Marshall. The rapper already has one Oscar in his trophy case; he took residence the Academy Award in 2015 with John Legend for the song "Glory" from Ava DuVernay's Selma.


While "This Is Me," from the Oscar- and Tony-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, definitely has the momentum going into the Oscars right after picking up a unexpected win at the Golden Globes — not to say, all of that promo throughout the 2018 Winter Olympics — it faces stiff competition from "Remember Me," which was written by the same dynamic husband-and-wife duo beyond "Let It Go."


However as a general rule in life, you've got to never count out Blige, who's a two-time nominee at this year's Oscars. Will Academy voters give her a vote for Best Original Song in lieu of Best Supporting Actress?


We'll have to wait and visualize who takes residence that Oscar gold on March 4, however up until then, we can listen to the nominees on repeat. It's the only way to be emotionally prepared.


"Remember Me"


"Mystery of Love"


"Mighty River"


"This Is Me"


"Stand Up For Something"