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An applause-worthy reveal:
WINNER: Olivia Dean — finest new artist
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As is custom, final 12 months’s honored newcomer, Chappell Roan, anoints the brand new: Olivia Dean, who seems shocked and overwhelmed.
“I by no means actually imagined that I might be up right here,” she stated, pulling it collectively shortly. “An artist is absolutely nothing with out her group,” so she thanked her finest good friend and supervisor of 10 years, Emily.
And he or she added, pointedly and politely and to many cheers, that she is the granddaughter of an immigrant: “Yeah, I’m a product of bravery and I feel these individuals should be celebrated. We’re nothing with out one another.”
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We’re nonetheless doing the most effective new artist medley – and by that I imply Alex Warren has gone onto an elevated platform for his mega-hit Abnormal, a music I can’t keep in mind despite the fact that I’ve now heard it dozens of instances.
Transferring on – Lola Younger, the soulful British singer who not too long ago took a self-imposed psychological well being break from touring, is right here! For a stripped-down, emotional rendition of her hit Messy.
Then it’s on to the seemingly winner: fellow Brit Olivia Dean, poised and polished as ever for Man I Want, which stays on everlasting rotation for me.
And bringing us house is New York’s sombr, the 20-year-old coming for Harry Kinds’s place in pop music, carrying a disco ball-esque swimsuit for his breakout monitor 12 to 12.
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The tightly packed desk setup state of affairs is … a selection
For those who don’t need a restaurant host wandering round to tables and bothering visitors why would you need a Grammys host to
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It’s time (already?!) for the most effective new artist medley, the place every of the eight nominees make their case, in fast succession, to affix the ranks of Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, et al.
LA’s personal The Marías kicked it off with a blue-dosed monitor No One Seen, which ceded to a backstage Addison Rae, finishing her miraculous transformation from TikTok star to legit pop star (and my private finest new artist fave) with a tongue-in-cheek rendition of Fame Is A Gun beneath the Crypto.com enviornment.
However then there’s KATSEYE, the multinational Okay-pop supergroup, who doubled down on the choreo for his or her monitor Gnarly, which bought Teyana Taylor and the ladies Haim on their ft. Additionally on their ft: Doechii, for R&B breakout Leon Thomas’s hit Mutt, which provided a stirring and soulful change of tempo.
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Only a observe that with that finest rap album win, Kendrick Lamar surpassed Jay Z to change into essentially the most adorned rap artist in Grammy historical past, with 26 awards.
Lamar gained three awards previous to the telecast: finest rap music for TV Off, finest melodic rap efficiency for Luther (with SZA) and finest rap efficiency for his characteristic in Clipse’s Chains & Whips.
Lamar could prolong his lead, as he’s nonetheless up for the night time’s largest awards – document, music and album of the 12 months.
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar, GNX — finest rap album
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And the primary (televised) award of the night time goes to Kendrick Lamar, the most-nominated artist tonight with 9 nods (and three wins already).
As standard, a dapper Lamar retains it temporary and humble: “I’m not good at speaking about myself, I specific it by the music,” he stated.
“Each time I let you know this: hip-hop is all the time gonna be proper right here,” he added, referring to his hometown of Compton. “We’re gonna be in these fits, we’re gonna be wanting good. We’re gonna have of us with us, we’re gonna have the tradition with us.”
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A wise transfer, if you wish to maintain the vitality up, to chop straight from Noah’s intro to Sabrina Carpenter, who delivered a stable rendition of her hit Manchild whereas dressed as, true to type, a retro-themed attractive flight attendant. Greatest imagine she likes her males all incompetent and didn’t modify any lyrics for CBS censors. We’re off to a robust begin!
It is showtime!
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And we’re off! After kicking issues off with a rock-ified model of their hit APT. – nominated for document and music of the 12 months tonight – Bruno Mars and Blackpink’s Rosé introduce tonight’s emcee, Trevor Noah.
The six-time Grammys host – he has helmed each ceremony because the socially distanced Covid Grammys, what’s time – stored it gentle and simple, avoiding politics and as a substitute hyping up “the most effective live performance cash can’t purchase”, which apparently will embrace Lauryn Hill, performing on the Grammys for the primary time since 1999.
Noah then took a stroll across the star-studded room – “I really feel like I’m at Jeff Bezos’s marriage ceremony, however with extra Black individuals,” he joked amid seemingly the smallest tables ever seen at an awards present, whereas shouting out the numerous large names: Jelly Roll, Pharrell, Reba McEntire (performing tonight?!), rap duo Clipse, Doechii, Miley Cyrus, Dangerous Bunny and Justin Bieber.
Pressured? Effectively, Noah promised that “tonight there isn’t any anxiousness, solely good vibes”. Right here we go!
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Right here’s a reminder of who’s nominated for what:
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Just a few minutes out from showtime, the superstars have arrived:
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Just a few of the nation stars readily available tonight:
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KPop: Demon Hunters earworm Golden has already gained finest music from a film, however I can’t think about an evening the place it doesn’t win one thing else. Katie Hawthorne spoke to these concerned with the music proper right here:
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It’s been every week filled with performer bulletins with one thing for nearly everybody. There would possibly nonetheless be some surprises tonight (the telecast is basically a really lengthy live performance) however right here’s who we’ve got confirmed thus far:
Girl Gaga
Tyler, the Creator
Justin Bieber
Rosé
Clipse and Pharrell Williams
Sabrina Carpenter
Bruno Mars
Greatest new artist nominees Addison Rae, Alex Warren, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Lola Younger, Olivia Dean, Sombr and the Marías.
In memoriam performers Lauryn Hill, Put up Malone, Slash, Brandy Clark, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith, Lukas Nelson, Andrew Watt and Reba McEntire.
In the meantime presenters will embrace Harry Kinds, Jeff Goldblum, Doechii, Nikki Glaser, Queen Latifah and Teyana Taylor.
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Has Miley Cyrus ever missed a Grammys night time? The singer is wanting cool as ever, carrying customized Celine:
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