Were the Grammys on?

oh i can't keep my years straight any more

That's not the order in which it happened.

Correct – it was after her first win that she declared her fans were responsible, and here’s a surprise for them…

It was after her AOTY win that she didn’t even bother to make eye contact w Celine Dion (or acknowledge her congratulations) and she grabbed the award out of her hands…

i personally am sad that Jay's comments have created such a distraction from the solemnity and importance of the Dr Dre Global Impact Award

aw man is Dre still impacting people?

Thought Dua Lipa was great, Joni was awesome, Billie, Tracy, and Burbank Boy as well. I don't think U2 was actually live...that almost looked like CGI. Travis Scott was a big zero. Cool to see boygenius win. Was hoping they'd sneak Mimi Parker into the memoriam but that was so unlikely.

Bono's voices sounded like they were AI-ed.

Imma let you finish

I was trying to explain the Kanye-Taylor controversy to my 9 yo this morning and it felt like giving a lecture about the Cuban Missile Crisis or something.

It still inspires me, the way JFK bravely stood up to Kanye.

Wait no

JFKanye

Would be a tidier joke. Apologies

Kanye Interrupts Speech At Grammies?

Kanye interrupting Taylor leading to her winning a fourth (and, next year, a fifth) album of the year is a true butterfly effect

Kanye goes back in time to fix his mistake out of spite and instead goes to the wrong year and accidentally interrupts Jamiroquai

It was the VMAs, just to keep you historians honest

A team of time traveling Swifties come back to stop Kayne only to find out that Taylor's VMA speech was going call for a race war

I watched the clip. I don’t like defending Taylor Swift but the internet is being overtly dramatic as usual. Yeah Lana del Rey seemed like she didn’t want to go with her and she was probably torn about her album or nominated songs not getting the deserved recognition m, but whatever they’re friends irl and Lana did participate in the album. If it weren’t for the recent rule changes she’d have won a grammy for the album too. I don’t see Taylor being terrible for bringing her along.

The Celine Dion thing is also being dramatized and Taylor was clearly overwhlemed, but it does seem like misfire for someone who is usually so calculated and in control of her image.

Still not as bad as it seems. I think there has been so much overexposure of her in the past year that backlash for any little mistake is inevitable at this point.

I seemingly agree with the losing nominees that announcing your new album during your is pretty eyeroll worthy. Just tweet the announcement after the show ffs.

Agreed, it's pointless to get mad at her for the LDR or Celine things. Get mad at her for being a bad actress trying to appear surprised that she won the award at all

Her heart will go on, I suspect

I hadn't read any commentary... are ppl saying she shouldn't have brought Lana up(?) Glad others picked up on the Celine thing, though...

Lana Del TayTay

I seemingly agree with the losing nominees that announcing your new album during your is pretty eyeroll worthy. Just tweet the announcement after the show ffs.

GO BIG OR GO HOME

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and taylor had to mention how old lana was on stage. i'm sorry, i mean call her a "legend in her prime". ouch!

xp Lol, who is that(?)

wait, does the album come out of her butt?

that's macy. from the old days.

i'm pretty forgiving w/ Taylor, but even i think announcing the album during an award speech is cringey - especially for someone at her level. can't really fault someone for whom the platform actually matters w/r/t getting the word out, but that's not her, obviously.

Yes, not to clutch pearls at violating the sanctity of the Grammy Awards, but it felt remarkably class-less

and, to Eric H.'s point, awkward. like she knew she really shouldn't / didn't want to do it.

but, of course, as WGW would say, "wgas" ultimately

I only saw the Travis Scott performance and I want apology from anyone who has ever told me the musical tastes were "annoying"

are ppl saying she shouldn't have brought Lana up(?)

lana was nominated for her own album in the category and just lost. was weird

She should release a special Target LP edition that comes with free copy of the new Lana Del Rey album.

travis scott really hates chairs

She should release a special Target LP edition that comes with free copy of the new Lana Del Rey album

There's a Tunnel, Taylor's Version

xxxp Well, yeah, I was already pissed at Lana being shut out of every category she was nommed in (unless you count, in a sideways way, Antonoff's Producer of the Year award, which I suppose covers both her and Taylor's albums... big win for the Ant-man)

Taylor just does her thing I guess, for all her industry connections she feels separate from all of it, just speaking to her fans only and no one else in the room. I have zero opinion on her really, except I hope she keeps elevating the blood pressure of the MAGAs.

It did kind of remind me of when Trump had a Huge Announcement coming and it turned out to be that he was selling NFTs

Wow a globally famous recording artist is promoting a record, yikes

I mean, what's next?

Perhaps a globally famous record label will purchase advertising

Or perhaps, at next week's sporting contest, a brand of soda might promote itself

Eek, what if a brand of BEER chooses to inform the public that their BEER is available for purchase?

Yikes

Eek

Oh wait, what if a film star appears on a talk show and just *happens* to mention that they have an upcoming film?

EEK

YIKES

And no one ever criticizes huge record labels or beer companies after all

Considering talk show appearances are expressly made for promoting a film, that wouldn't raise hackles, I agree

taylor is a huge fan of ldr, cites her constantly as an inspiration. i haven’t seen the footage obv but i think it’s clear why taylor wanted her up there

It's better than Michael Jordan inviting people to his awards ceremony only to insult them

I just re-watched her acceptance and didn't see anything wrong with the LDR praise (she didn't mention her age, contrary to what was said above? she calls her a "legacy artist" or something)

also i hate the trend of the internet reading motivations into the facial expressions of public figures. you’re telling me lana del rey looked awkward?????

Because industry awards shows are televised, people watching them get confused and think they're the audience. The industry is the audience.

also i hate the trend of the internet reading motivations into the facial expressions of public figures.

Saaaame

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any clarification yet on what exactly happened with Killer Mike that he got fully arrested? I assume some kind of fight or assault?