most of the hyped up artists on the Grammys are boring as hell. that goes for Travis Scott, who is the essence of mediocre but over-edited to seem like he's got talent. that goes for Lana and Billie Eilish, who both put me to sleep. that goes for Taylor, who is the most plain-jane you could ever think up. they over-featured the most boring SZA song on her worst album. the best new artists are TikTok-chasers, not actual hardworking, talented artists. pop music is more boring now in the 2020's than any other decade. none of these artists actually take risks--and their audiences would never want them to either--and the Grammy's celebrate the mediocrity. they won't even televise the genre award categories with actually good nominees. Jay Z was spot on with his speech. obviously loved the Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman performances. sometimes they get it right, but it's usually when they're paying respects to older artists.
I don't like when artists spend their time on stage talking about another artist or how that other artist should have won. It feels very much like "rubbing it in their face" a la Adele or Taylor yesterday with Lana, especially since Lana clearly did not want to go up on stage.
I felt so bad for Lana, it was so awkward watching Taylor drag her up on stage. I don’t understand why she brought her up there.
She had a feature on the album, plus I guess she didn't want to leave her alone at the table since she and Jack both went up on stage.
I don't think it's wrong to shout out other artists during your speech who you think deserve recognition. As for bringing her on stage, I'm sure it was a little awkward, but Taylor clearly did it with good intentions.
lana is a lot of things and one of them is not being my particular favorite thing to listen to but to deny the artistry/arc the last decade is showing your ass online for free
Yeah, Lana is not for me. But she definitely has some great songs and clearly is hitting with like-minded folks.