Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey Perform “The Middle” On The Ellen Show
Since dropping “The Middle”, Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey have had their world flipped on its head. The song is an international hit and the world just can’t get enough of the pop-infused dance track. No strangers to the spotlight these artists have been all over the place with promotions and commercials including a Target Store ad and commercial. Today, Zedd took to Twitter to let fans know a big show was coming on a major television program!
Performing on @TheEllenShow TODAY!!
Tune in! pic.twitter.com/gTqa2knaMF— Zedd (@Zedd) May 22, 2018
Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey on The Ellen Show
Spectacular show on Ellen Degeneres’ show today! In this live performance of “The Middle” keeps the train rolling. From ravers to children doing at home karaoke, the track is seamlessly taking over the universe playing through with all walks of life. This song is not going anywhere as beach season is upon us and its just about to be time to pull out the speedos and Bud Lattes! Peep the video below!
Editor’s note: the original Ellen Tube video player for this performance is no longer functional since The Ellen DeGeneres Show ended production in 2022. You can still find “The Middle” performance clips from this era circulating on YouTube by searching “Zedd Maren Morris Grey The Middle Ellen.”
“The Middle” Became One Of The Biggest Crossover Hits Of 2018
This Ellen appearance came right at the peak of “The Middle” mania, the track eventually climbed into the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the charts for the better part of a year, an enormous feat for a song built around dance production rather than a typical pop songwriting formula. Maren Morris’s vocals gave the track a country-pop crossover appeal that helped it land on stations that rarely touched EDM, while Zedd and Grey’s production kept it firmly rooted in dance music DNA.
A Media Blitz That Matched The Song’s Success
Between the Ellen appearance, a Billboard Music Awards performance, and constant sync placements in commercials, “The Middle” became inescapable throughout 2018 in a way that few dance-adjacent records manage. That level of promotional saturation reflected just how confident labels were in the song’s crossover potential, and it paid off, cementing “The Middle” as one of the defining pop-dance hybrids of the late 2010s and a genuine career high point for all three credited artists.
