Ariana Grande paid tribute to the late Aretha Franklin during her appearance on Thursday's episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The 25-year-old pop star teamed up with Fallon's house band The Roots and three back-up singers to deliver an emotional rendition of Franklin's 1967 hit "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."
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Later, Grande told Fallon about meeting the Queen of Soul.
"We sang at the White House and she was so sweet and so cute," she recalled. "I was like, how are you a real person?
"It’s an honour to have met her."
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Grande also shared a story about the time Franklin called her. "She goes ‘Hi, it’s Aretha!' I was like, ‘Franklin?’"
The music legend asked Grande if she could send her some music by her nephew or grandson – "I don't remember which one it was because it was Aretha Franklin on the phone and I didn't know what was happening," Grande said.
Grande said she told Franklin to send her an MP3. "She said ‘I don’t know how to do that, so I’m going to send it to you!’ Four months later I got a CD!
"Months later I got it. It was nice, it was great."
Watch the special performance below: