The Grammys is considered the
most important night for music. All the legends come together for one night,
just to get a bunch of awards and perform a few hit songs. But if you are an
avid music lover and consistent grammy watcher such as myself, you may have
noticed something about them. They are getting worse every year. This year was
no exception. For such an event that is considered “the biggest night in
music”, they seem to be lacking a lot of talented musicians. Hour and a half
before the awards even start, the pre-show focuses solely on what or whom the “Musicians”
are wearing, from their head to their fingernails. The performances have become
such a spectacle that people forget that it is about the music. The same 10
people are nominated for multiple awards, where the best artist does not
necessarily win.
Tune in an hour before the
awards, and you will see what every “important” artist is wearing that night.
Half the people they talked about during the red carpet weren’t even nominated.
Why even discuss people who aren’t up for any awards? And as always, the
presenters have to say the same thing to each person: “You look so good! Who
are you wearing?”. Ariana Grande gave the best answer of that night: “I don’t know.
I don’t really care about those things”. Me neither Ariana, me neither. After
they are done gawking at their outfits, they have to also show off their
sub-par manicures in the “Mani Cam”. Why should we care about what colour nail
polish they are wearing? What does that have to do with their music?
Lets move onto the actual show.
We just sat for an hour and a half hearing about what Taylor Swift, Beyonce,
and Pharrell were wearing and finally, the main event begins. No one else, but
Queen B, Beyonce, can kick off this show. Though I am a major fan of Beyonce,
her performance was better suited for her and Jay-Z’s bedroom. Lorde took to
the stage to preform “Royals”, but instead of performing, she seemed to be
convulsing and conducting an exorcism on herself. Katy Perry seemed to think
she was the wicked witch from the satanic west and preformed “Dark Horse” in
some interesting gothic attire. You cannot forget her awkward, stiff dance
moves, and her obvious lip-syncing. Daft Punk performed that night also, if you
could even call it performing. Really, they just stood in their robot helmets
in front of futuristic looking soundboards and pressed random buttons. Stevie
Wonder was the lucky one that night because he couldn’t see just how bad the
performance around him was. Yeah, I went there.
Can we talk about the nominees?
Lorde had one hit song that came 2 minutes ago and already has 2 grammy awards.
Is it really that easy to win a grammy in todays day and age? Release one song,
and than boom, you are a grammy-award winning artist. Daft Punk and Pharrell
got nominated for just about every possible award there was and surprising left
with only two. Kendrick Lamar got nominated for 7 and left with none. Can
someone tell me why Macklemore got rap album of the year? If I rap about
shopping in thrift shops and wearing my grand father’s coat, will I get a
grammy too? He’s another newbie that walked away with a grammy, beating out
Kanye and Jay-Z, whom had WAY better albums. That’s when I had to turn off the
TV. Being a big hip-hop fan, I was not too pleased.
But we can’t forget about the
real star that night who didn’t win any awards, has there own twitter page
dedicated to them, cannot even speak, but was interviewed on the aftershow: Pharrell William’s hat. That big, Canadian
Mountie/Arby’s logo looking thing was the only memorable aspect of that
night. People are still talking about it, more so than the actual awards. But
isn’t that the sad thing about it? People care more about this hat than they do
the music, talent, or artists at the Grammys. Maybe if we stopped focusing on
what their wearing, started nominating more than 6 people for every award, and
have some different performers who aren’t focused on making a spectacle, but
think more about the music they are producing, the next grammy’s could be much
better. If this is considered the
biggest night in music, the music industry has really fallen far.
