{"id":548345,"date":"2023-02-06T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/critics-notebook-the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-the-65th-grammy-awards\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T08:28:09","slug":"critics-notebook-the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-the-65th-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/critics-notebook-the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-the-65th-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"#Critic\u2019s Notebook: The Emotional Roller Coaster of the 65th Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0d7dbf0d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f0d7dbf0d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/critics-notebook-the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-the-65th-grammy-awards\/#Critics_Notebook_The_Emotional_Roller_Coaster_of_the_65th_Grammy_Awards\" >Critic\u2019s Notebook: The Emotional Roller Coaster of the 65th Grammy Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Critics_Notebook_The_Emotional_Roller_Coaster_of_the_65th_Grammy_Awards\"><\/span>Critic\u2019s Notebook: The Emotional Roller Coaster of the 65th Grammy Awards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Decades of egregious snubs and exasperating exclusions have chipped away at the Grammy Awards\u2019 reputation \u2014 so much so that the honor\u2019s relevancy is re-litigated annually. Are the Grammys important? And if so, to whom? These questions haunt every season as the discourse circles the familiar talking points. On one side: The awards symbolize validation from peers and industry leaders. On another: Recording Academy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval doesn\u2019t matter when their choices rarely reflect contemporary tastes or acknowledge real innovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Last year\u2019s show, held in Las Vegas, was an awkward and feeble attempt to re-establish relevancy by reflecting real-world issues: Trevor Noah took the stage as host and guided viewers through a disjointed hours-long concert that included brief interludes to honor tour managers, celebrate freedom and highlight the war in Ukraine with a pre-recorded message from president Volodymyr Zelensky. The whole production, which unfolded in the aftermath of The Slap, felt cheap and desperate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A new energy coursed through the 65th Grammy Awards, which returned to Los Angeles after three years, and watching the more than 3-hour ceremony felt like riding an emotional roller coaster. There were highs \u2014\u00a0in the performances, tributes and surprise wins \u2014\u00a0which created a level of excitement that seemed almost foreign to the ceremony. But there were also the lows: the disappointing losses and the mawkish lessons laced through the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The stars \u2014 dressed in their finest and seemingly adhering to an unfortunate theme of diamond trimmings \u2014\u00a0gathered in the eerily renamed Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena). Noah returned as host to shepherd us through the evening. He was tasked with pushing the ceremony\u2019s main thesis about music as a harbinger of unity in a divided world. \u201cMusic isn\u2019t just the harmony of sound,\u201d he said at one point. \u201cIt is the harmony of human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Although there is truth to the unifying power of music, the award ceremony\u2019s messaging bordered on propaganda. In one segment created to highlight the work of the Recording Academy, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of headlines extolled the power of music: \u201cProtest turns into concert,\u201d read one, accompanied by a photo of a police officer hugging a demonstrator. \u201cMusic is medicine,\u201d read another. Then Harvey Mason Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, appeared on screen to tell us that these weren\u2019t real headlines. \u201cBut they could be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He then went on to talk about the achievements of the Recording Academy, sidestepping any tangible ways this future could be realized. On the heels of another brutal police murder, this message rang hollow and even sinister, advertising a nonexistent present and a future that can\u2019t exist without radical change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In another part of the show, the Recording Academy gathered fans of this year\u2019s Album of the Year nominees and asked them to debate why their artist should win. In a discussion that resembled <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s own roundtables, ten super fans convened to talk about their relationship with the artists. The earnest stories struck an odd tone compared to the rest of the evening; they felt less like conversation and more like stiff, hackneyed presentations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Although it was hard to shake the awkwardness of this segment, there were other moments that promoted a more grounded optimism. In keeping with the concert vibes of last year, the evening began with an infectiously joyous performance from Bad Bunny, whose album <em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em> won the Best M\u00fasica Urbana Album and was the first Spanish-language project to be nominated for Album of the Year. A medley of \u201cEl Apag\u00f3n\u201d and \u201cDespu\u00e9s de la Playa\u201d created a degree of thrill and levity I didn\u2019t think was possible for such a studied show or audience. With some celebrities \u2014\u00a0like Taylor Swift\u00a0\u2014\u00a0jumping out of their seat to dance with the merengue band, the performance not only established a convivial mood; it also marked a hopeful change in the ceremony\u2019s routines. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A Motown medley performed by Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Chris Stapleton and the sons of Boyz II Men\u2019s Wanya Morris electrified the room \u2014 and, in the words of Trevor Noah, proved to be a \u201cphenomenal moment.\u201d The show kept its momentum when Robinson gave Sam Smith and Kim Petras the Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance award for their song \u201cUnholy.\u201d In a heartfelt speech, Petras, who is the first openly transgender person to win a Grammy, thanked Smith and her friend, the artist Sophie, who died in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Another sincere and profound moment occurred when Beyonc\u00e9 made history: After snagging Best Dance\/Electronic Music album for\u00a0<em>Renaissance<\/em>, the artist now holds the record for most Grammy wins. (She has 32.) Her brief but emotional acceptance included an expression of gratitude to the queer community \u201cfor inventing the genre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That speech and Petras\u2019 served as a reminder that awards ceremonies can be gratifying, even good, when they organically embody the unity message the Academy tries to manufacture. Nowhere else was that more on display than in the all-too-brief tribute honoring the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, produced by Questlove. The performance was a flashy, energetic retrospective (albeit an incomplete one) that created a thread between the genre\u2019s beginnings and its future. Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Big Boi, Grandmaster Flash, Method Man, Public Enemy, Salt-N-Pepa, Busta Rhymes, Lil Baby and GloRilla were among those performing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Progress was on the mind of the Recording Academy this year \u2014\u00a0both in the awards given and the structure of the show. But there were too many contradictions and historical elisions \u2014\u00a0like dedicating an award to Dr. Dre after a night of speeches and performances by Black women underscoring safety and empowerment \u2014\u00a0to make it wholly convincing. 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