It was none of the usual pop stars, and of these 61. Grammy awards in Los Angeles, made a special not a pop star, at least with a musical work, but Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States. After the greeting, the presenter of the Evening, Alicia Keys said a few of her “sisters” and Michelle Obama came in a grey-black glittering dress on the stage, along with musicians Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jennifer Lopez. Her short appearance, the early highlight of this Evening was, even though Obama announced neither a candidacy for the presidency, which many Americans and American hope, nor as explicitly political.
Michelle Obama spoke solely about the music, about how you you always have helped to “tell my story”. Music help, whether it be Country, Rock or Rap, “to communicate ourselves – our Dignity and Concerns, our hopes and joys”. And that they show how important “each story is, in every voice, every Note in every Song “.
In character of the music, this Grammy awards, so it had given Alicia Keys in her speech, and the politics swung this Time, two years after Donald Trumps office, and only between the speeches, and song lines. And, above all, dominated the Obama’s appearance showed in the circle of your “Sisters”, the singers and musicians of the industry. In the past year, has been heavily criticized because only men had been nominated and, accordingly, many prizes were won. In four of the major categories, including Album of the year, Song of the year and the “Best New Artist” had given it to eight instead of the usual five nominations, in order to ensure more diversity, the Grammy Academy had given itself new members, and the statutes, and during the three-hour Show, it was mainly female Acts, the on stage for the musical interludes provided
“Childish Gambino” got to “This is America” and the Grammy for best Song of the year
the Awards, the Grammys, as such, is in memory – what is in view of the wide variety of the prices anyway from year to year is questionable, there are 84 categories in which musicians have been the most successful. The Country Star Kacey Musgraves won the Grammy for best Album of the year for “Golden Hour”, as well as three other prizes. Musgraves represented white America, the original America, if you will, the global, is different than R&B and Hip-Hop, only a minor role. Three Grammy awards went to Lady Gaga, among other things, for the best solo performance with her Song “Joanne (Where do you think youre goin’)”, and twice, the singers were excellent, inner H. E. R. and Duo, Lipa, the former for the best R&B Album and best R&B Performance, the latter, from the UK to arise, as the best new artist and for best dance recording.
One of the big winners was also the Rapper Childish Gambino, the civil way Donald Glover. For “This Is America” he got the Grammy for the best Song of the year and for best Rap Performance, both are on the Video, in the provocative, brutally told, of what it means to be in the USA black and chanceless.
Drake said, as he held his Grammy award: “you need This, don’t”
these Awards to Childish Gambino were a deliberate Demonstration, was held up to the Grammy Academy in the past few years, but, in spite of the constant nominations to a few Rap and R&B Acts in the major categories. That is why rappers like Jay-Z or Kanye West were often in Trouble or stayed away from the ceremonies, as it was in this year that Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar. Also, the canadian Rapper Drake originally wanted to come. Drake was, surprisingly, accepted his award for best Rap Song of the year, and said in his acceptance speech of how far an event like this to be removed from the streets and neighborhoods where rap music and Hip-Hop will be heard: “In this Business, there are a bunch of people that can not imagine, perhaps, what they have to say a canadian child of mixed parentage, or a cool Spanish girl, or a brother from Houston. It has gained as a musician, when there are people singing your Songs word for word.“. And then he held his Grammy for his unspeakable Song “Gods Plan” (and, presumably, for the unsäglic here-I-give-to-the-poor-a-Million-dollars-on-the-street-Video) high, and said: “here you don’t need.”
“Who runs the world”, asked Alicia Keys
So he, of course, points at his Fans. In Drake’s identification with sound also, if it needs the Grammys? If you are more than a mere tribute for the singer-songwriter and musician, who can say at the end of their careers, multiple Grammy-winners.
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Gerrit Bartels
The future of pop music is here anyway, never approaches. It is missing the Grammy nominations of any Surprise, the Grammy awards, despite political Statements to the ultimate Mainstream-Pop-event is pop music, the good, aesthetically ground-breaking especially since, much to volatile. The Grammys celebrate not only the Pop that ruled the Mainstream, what’s Hip-Hop and R&B have been doing for a long time anyway. And it is here, as before, that the sizes of the industry to celebrate itself. After all, Alicia Keys language according to the words of Michelle Obama, that you wanted to be here today “to celebrate the size of us and in all of us through music”. Maybe Keys helps the Grammys, then at least you have rhetorically meant question: “Who runs the world?”. The acclaimed self-a like Drake.
