The academy, perhaps desperately hoping not to miss the moment, finally obliged her with its highest honor. Meanwhile, Chappell Roan — the L. The devastating wildfires were a constant subtext to the night, which shifted in tone from its usual glamour to focus on emergency fundraising for affected communities and first responders.
It was somehow both shocking and predictable? Did you see Taylor toasting Jay-Z after those firefighters opened the envelope? Taylor gets it. But the world is. Not a dry eye in the house right now, as Billie and Gaga look pretty overcome watching Bey thank the firefighters and Linda Martell and stake her claim in history.
The Academy finally accepted what everyone in music hoped would happen. She went on to lose three more times, each defeat more baffling than the last. But sometimes you have to cheer a moment of history righting itself. She should be up there with Julia Fox and the girl gang.
A trashy queen with ethics. Clean sweep for Kendrick in the song and record categories. This one rewards not the production or performance but specifically the poison-pen songwriting that ethered Drake. What a feat. Wonder which lyric won voters over. Every major category winner was a plausible and deserving contender, but nothing adds up to a Taylor-sized sweep, or even Silk Sonic-sized. What an astonishing physical performer. Get her that Coachella headline slot! Truly astonishing that the most Haterade-soaked single in a generation just won the most acclaimed recording prize the music industry can offer.
Feels like L. Pretty weird to see a Yeezy commercial after the red-carpet debacle earlier. Pop stars speaking their minds tonight. By my clock, the Quincy tribute lasted just over 20 minutes — longest in Grammys history? That was what the Grammys so often do badly meandering random medleys , done absolutely perfectly. A thing that Grammys exec producer Ben Winston does that I admire: He finds ways to explain why monumental music figures like Quincy Jones matter rather than assuming that his audience already knows.
