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Australian pop star Tones and I made a surprise appearance on stage with Cyndi Lauper at the Rod laver Arena on Wednesday night.
The Melbourne-born hitmaker thrilled her home town crowd as she joined Lauper for a soulful rendition of the 71-year-old’s 1984 classic, Time After Time.
Tones flaunted her recent weight loss in a white mini skirt teamed with a matching white blazer and a grey silky blouse.
She accessorised with a pair of black combat boots and a black leather belt.
The Dance Monkey singer, 31, real name Toni Watson, was an unexpected guest for the show, which is part of Lauper’s farewell tour.
During the concert, Lauper told the crowd that she made it big in Australia before she ever was in the US.
Tones and I showed off her incredible weight loss as she performed a surprise duet with Cyndi Lauper in Melbourne this week
‘I’ve come back to say goodbye. It is such a joy to come to your city,’ the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer said in a break between songs.
The single Time After Time, from her 1983 album She’s So Unusual, rose to number six on the Australian music charts in early 1984.
Lauper made her first trip Down Under with her True Colors Tour in 1986.
The musical icon is currently in Australia for her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour.
It comes after Tones and I made headlines after a massive weight loss and unveiled a completely new look.
In August 2024, the singer addressed her dramatic transformation during an interview with Cosmopolitan Australia.
‘I’ve lost weight, so apparently that’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,’ Tones said sarcastically.
‘Everything is up for discussion. My body shape, my music, my livelihood, my relationship. I wish I could say that I could be someone where that doesn’t affect me.
The Dance Monkey singer, 31, real name Toni Watson, was an unexpected guest for the show, which is part of Lauper’s farewell tour
Tones and I made headlines after a massive weight loss and unveiled a completely new look
‘But it does. Especially when like, my nanna, my family – they can see everything’ she added.
Tones explained her decision to embrace a more feminine style has long been the aesthetic she relates to.
‘I’m not a tomboy, I’m a girly girl and I always have been,’ she said.
‘But I didn’t feel comfortable in myself and my body, so I covered myself up.’
Tones recently celebrated her hit song Dance Monkey hitting a staggering three billion streams on Spotify.
The Australian singer become the first female artist in the world to achieve the mega streaming milestone.
She took to Instagram to mark the achievement with a portrait of herself alongside the caption: ‘The first female in the WORLD.’
Watson previously revealed she wrote the song while living in a van and ‘playing music on the street’.
The hit is one of the most successful songs in Australian pop music history.
