For the second performance of the Emmys on January 15 (thanks, Paul Walter Hauser), Charlie Puth sat at a piano to play “See You Again†sans Wiz Khalifa for the in Memoriam. It’s the saddest song in Puth’s discography that’s also in a Fast and Furious soundtrack, released in tribute to late actor Paul Walker in 2015. It was the perfect emotionally triggering song for millennials as they remember Lesley Jordan, Stephen “tWitchâ€Â Boss, Andre Braugher, Angela Lansbury, and way too many more entertainers who died in 2023. After a few “oh-oh-oh-ohâ€s from Puth and The War and Treaty, the song transitioned into a solemn rendition of the Friends theme song “I’ll Be There for You†by The Rembrandts in honor of Matthew Perry, who died in October. The In Memoriam ended with a collage of celebrities on a white background, inadvertently making them look like they were still in the running to become America’s Next Top Model. How are we supposed to be serious in these conditions?