Obviously it’d never happen, but it’d be much more fun for the Grammys to sit down the actual album of the year nominees and have them argue about who deserves it most. my man from the roundtable who says Adele doesn’t need a TikTok dance - is gonna get roasted at work tomorrow. I spoke too soon! Every AOTY nominee in this panel discussion feature gets a super fan. The stakes are high in a country where the right to be gender-non-confirming is being contested in states like Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee now we await the chorus of conservative talking heads exploding tomorrow. Kim Petras and Sam Smith are serving up a devilish, pyrotechnical performance that evokes the same hedonistic bombast as Cardi B and Megan’s “WAP” from two years ago. Madonna, here to intro Sam Smith and Kim Petras, complains that the crowd is going to sleep before laying out the Tao of Madge: “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely on to something.” -M.W. Why not? Who knows! (Not me.) -M.W.Ħ:57 p.m. Not counting the rappers due to perform later in tonight’s show, an incomplete list of hip-hop stars who weren’t in the 50th-anniversary segment: Diddy. All these names on stage are all the validation we need. But this performance should be a reminder of how powerful this art is. It’s something other rappers have said when experimenting outside of hip-hop, and it’s a shame so many feel this way. Lil Yachty drew ire a few weeks ago when he said he “wanted to be taken seriously as an artist” after pivoting from rap to make a psychedelic rock album. But think of it this way: Had the Grammys marked half a century of rock ’n’ roll in, say, 2005 - an absurd prospect, given that the Grammys are always celebrating rock ’n’ roll - how fast would that thing have had to move to get from Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley to Green Day and Coldplay? -M.W. K.D.ĭid the celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary move perhaps a bit faster than you’d have liked, with some of the genre’s pioneers getting a measly 10 seconds or so of stage time? Sure. “LOOK AT ME NOW”!!! We spent so much time outside the classrooms trying to rap that verse like Busta Rhymes. Queen Latifah brought women to their feet with “U.N.I.T.Y.,” then Missy Elliott got the whole room SHAKING with a frenetic rendition of “Lose Control.” Hip-hop may be celebrating 50 this year, but the style of the women who lead it will never get old. Ladies in the house! A glowing Salt n’ Pepa broke up the brofest with so much finesse. The Grammys have often gotten hip-hop wrong, but it’s heartening to see the culture’s pioneers get their flowers like this at music’s biggest night. In her acceptance speech she dedicates the award to her 10-year-old son, saying she wrote the first verse of the song - which details the aftermath of a divorce - “in the shower when I was choosing to change my son’s life.” -M.W.ħ:28 p.m. Adele takes pop solo performance with “Easy on Me,” her first win of the night. Steve Lacy dressed in full leather, opening his performance of “Bad Habit” by hissing the line, “You can’t surprise a Gemini!” I cherish these little morsels of weirdness (and astrology) at what’s been a bit of a snoozefest for the past 15 minutes. I am not sick of “Bad Habit!” But I wonder what goes through your head when you’re asked to play a song that just lost twice in a row. Happy to watch Steve Lacy play it here with Thundercat, another proud L.A. Are people sick of “Bad Habit”? I am not sick of “Bad Habit.” What a cool, weird, funny song - and cooler, weirder and funnier still that it ended up one of the year’s biggest hits. Biden gave me the damn award? Get the heck out of Dodge!” -K.D.Ĩ:29 p.m. But it’s not the first time the academy caught her off guard: “When I won for ‘Nick of Time,’ I just could not believe that they called my name,” she said, drawing laughs from the room. Bonnie Raitt just came through the press room after winning song of the year, and she beautifully sounded as surprised as anyone that was holding the Grammy. (Which is honestly why she was such an odd fit for the new artist category!) I’m pouring one out for “The Girl from Rio” tonight. Mikael - please put some respect on Anitta’s name! The Brazilian pop star has spent the last 10 years making hits in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. As always, though, there’s a Grammy precedent: Esperanza Spalding, who famously beat both Drake and Justin Bieber for best new artist in 2011. Best new artist goes to the young jazz singer Samara Joy, a clear upset even in a category that lacked a breakout star this year.
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