The Academy Awards, where movie emperor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock, came to an end less than a week later.
The Grammy Awards, which are also part of the four major awards ceremonies in North America, have just held the 64th award ceremony in 2022.
Like other awards ceremonies, the Grammys also experienced only a small range of awards sites that were not open to the public during the epidemic last year, and this year they have regained their strength and returned again.
Friends who often pay attention to the award ceremony know that the red carpet of the film and television circle events represented by the Oscars and Emmy Awards has always been a more beautiful, elegant and appropriate occasion than anyone else.
And when it comes to the red carpet of music awards ceremonies such as the Grammys and VMA, the brush will change the style of painting. Musicians who have always dared to wear it will also play "life is a stage for singing everywhere" to the fullest.
The scene does not need to be described as a "battle for glory", it cannot be said.
Country diva Carrie Underwood is present in a tawny gradient dress, and with this silver top suspender top, it's hard not to think of delicious foil roasted sweet potatoes.
Korean female singer Japanese Breakfast (yes, not Korean Breakfast), who was shortlisted for this year's Best Newcomer, also couldn't get over food.
On the cover of the album "Jubilee", she brought a lot of persimmons to pose for the shot -
This time on the red carpet, she still chose yellow as the color of her robe. But this Valentino couture ends up looking like a bunch of potato chips.
Since you want to be colorful, choosing a bright color is definitely an advantage. St. Vincent's bright pink dress from the Gucci Love Parade collection is a good illustration of what is meant by vulgarity.
The exaggerated Kemp retro makes the atmosphere of Hollywood paper drunk fans full.
It is worth mentioning that St. Vincent himself was also one of the catwalk guests of this big show.
Lil Nas X, the male king who has always dared to wear it, chose Balmain's heavy-duty pearl embroidery suit on the red carpet, which is very gorgeous.
But the "drunken butterfly" on the clothes looks like cross stitch no matter what.
Spice girl Megan Thee Stallion, on the other hand, turned into a wild feline in a Roberto Cavalli cross-shouldered high-fork leopard print dress.
Paired with glittering jewelry and sharp nail art, it seems that if you don't give an award, the old lady will eat your posture.
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In the best dressed line of the night, there must be the name of Dua Lipa, the "walking Versace" snapper.
This bundling sheer dress from Versace's Fall/Winter 1992 collection is older than Dua Lipa herself. Bleaching and dyeing blonde hair, wearing this sexy and strong dress, the four words of snake and scorpion beauty, are completely created for her.
The whole set of exaggerated chain design at the neck of the shape, the subtext is - you grab the awards at will, and the "fashion" is locked by Miss Ben.
When presenting the Best Newcomer award that night, Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion also co-starred in Versace's same pin slip dress, which staged the "tearing" sketch after the actress collided with her shirt.
And also invited the queen mother of the fashion industry, Donatella Versace, to the stage, on the spot to "tear up the clothes to save the scene". The sketch was performed, the advertisement was also played, and it was two things to kill.
The fact that Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion wore the same dress to present the awards was actually a tribute to the classic "shirt collision" of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston at the 1998 VMA Awards. Carelessly, the memory kills a bit.
There are people who are in a state of turmoil, and there are also those who take a low-key route.
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber appeared in Balenciaga Oversized suits and Saint Laurent bandeau dresses, respectively.
Hailey Bieber, who was recently welded to Saint Laurent's latest Fall/Winter 2022 collection, always appears on the red carpet and evokes that this woman is really a good fit for Saint Laurent.
Simple and sophisticated cut, giving people a sense of four or two thousand pounds of high-grade, light loading, can also achieve brilliant pressure.
Carryie Eilish, who continued her all Balck look at the Previous Oscars, chose the Fall/Winter 2022 collection of dark representative brand Rick Owens.
Like a female warrior of the Matrix, she stands out among a group of female stars who play sexy cards, which is really a red carpet clear genre.
The highlight of the whole awards ceremony is, of course, the top scene brought by these best performers of our time.
After all, it is still one of the most high-profile music events in the world, the stage of the Grammys, you can always believe.
At the same time, as a professional music awards ceremony covering various categories and types, the Grammys also presented different forms of musical styles in live performances.
By Martian Brother Bruno Mars and Anderson . Paak duo Silk Sonic brings the opening performances "Skate" and "777".
The full-power funk music brings the public back to the classic Motown era in an instant, and the live level of the two powerful musicians is naturally the undoubted S-class.
Chris Stapleton, who led the country music category with the album Starting Over, is also the song "Cold" full of emotional tension.
Rustic country music with rustic roots and passionate and touching interpretations tell the story of life in a narrative tone.
In the jazz section, Lady Gaga picked up the live beams to present a tribute to the jazz master Tony Bennett who was shortlisted for the Grammys with her for "Love For Sale".
I have to say that Gaga is now singing jazz songs more and more handy, and it is completely an old-school artist temperament with both virtue and art.
Four Broadway musicals, including the new West Side story hosts Rachel Zegler, Ben Platt and Leslie Odom Jr., brought this year's tribute to the late musicians.
It is worth mentioning that LV's menswear director also appeared on the screen, and the academy remembered it with the title of "Hip Hop Fashion Designer".
As we all know, music, especially Hip Hop music, has always been an important inspiration for Virgil Abloh's creations. He is also a professional music DJ and producer, and an integral part of contemporary Hip Hop culture.
The most eye-catching performance of the night was still Lil Nas X in the explosion field, and he was addicted to dress-up performances, and he also played the power of rapper in his visual department.
Not only are there three sets of live costumes, but the stage is as beautiful as ever. Of course, the scale is also very bold.
The audience was pleasantly surprised by the performance, as well as the nominated song "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish and his brother Finneas.
This stage is ingenious to restore the scene of the MV, and the first half of the song is the silence brought by the eloquent narration and soft guitar.
As the rhythm of the transition music accelerates, the second half presents a bursting rock roar. Billie's singing also changed from whispering to roaring, and the emotional span made the impact feel like a torrent breaking a dam.
This passionate performance was also cheered by the audience.
"Vanity Fair" is even more separately published to give a very high evaluation -
“It’s a song that should certainly be up for 'most extreme dynamics of the year', if there were such a category, since it shows off the full range of what Eilish can do vocally and mood-wise, going from a whisper to full-on screamo-rock.”
Praising the song as a unique presence and the most extreme change in intensity in the past year, it presents the singer's comprehensiveness in vocal technique and emotional control, from plug-in whispers to hardcore emotional rock.
After watching the fights without smoke on the red carpet, and the excitement of live performances. Since it is an award ceremony, the most important thing is to recognize those musicians and works that have contributed to the recording industry in the past period of time, infected the public with their own works, and influenced the voice.
Although every time we talk about the ownership of the award, we always mention that "the shortlist depends on strength, and the award depends on luck".
But for a long time, the results of the Grammy awards have been criticized by the public.
From racial issues to sexism, and even once exposed by well-known singers (such as Eminem, The Weeknd) as well as academies and industry insiders, the Grammys have so-called secret committees that directly interfere in the final results of nominations and awards.
At the same time, due to the composition of the college's voting members, white older men occupy most of the judges' seats, which also makes the public question the fairness of the award, so the public often jokingly calls Grammy the "Granny Award".
In the midst of these influx of doubts and singing, the Grammy Awards have gradually put aside their pride and prejudice and begun to carry out reforms that conform to the times.
In addition to the abolition of the nomination review committee decided by a small number of people, the College has also carried out a re-accreditation procedure for more than 90% of its members to ensure the enthusiasm and professional threshold of their voting, and has also carried out a reasonable expansion of awards and membership categories.
Most importantly, the Academy has also pledged to implement a series of actions to ensure that the awards are fair, progressive and diverse, to help the music industry develop benignly, and these new changes will take effect immediately.
This year's 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022 is the beginning of monetizing these reforms.
It is clear that in this year's awards results, the previous Grammy "sweep" situation has ceased to exist.
In the four categories, in addition to Silk Sonic's popular song "Leave The Door Open" with both word-of-mouth and commercial, it won the best song of the year and the best production of the year.
Phenomenal newcomer Olivia Rodrigo also lived up to expectations, beating Glass Animals, Japanese Breakfast and others to win the Best Newcomer Award.
This is also the fifth time that the Grammys have been won by a female singer since 2018, following Alessia Cara, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, megan Thee Stallion.
In the list of classified awards, there are also unprecedented double yellow results of two draws.
Silk Sonic and Jazmine Sullivan, who won best R&B vocals together, respectively.
And the two works of "The Queen's Chess Game" and "Spiritual Journey", which share the best film and television drama soundtrack-
As an audience member and a music lover, I am actually very happy to see such results. After all, there is really too much good music to be commended for.
The increase in the draw situation, to some extent, also reflects the blossoming of industry works, which is undoubtedly a good situation.
But after all, the nomination is always the majority, and the number of awards is a minority, as a competitive award ceremony, it is inevitable that there will be a few joys and a few sorrows.
Among this year's Grammy finalists, there are also cases such as Justin Bieber 8 nominations 0, and Billie Eilish 7 0. From this, it can be seen that the predictability of the Grammys is now lower, and the leading nominations do not necessarily have an advantage bonus in the award.
The commercial influence and artistic quality of the work itself are important reference indicators.
But fans of the artists who lost the award must be more difficult to be calm and treat the results. The voices of debate on the Internet are still the same as in previous years.
So much so that Finneas, co-producer of Billie Eilish's album, stood up and tweeted his love for his competitors and called on fans and netizens to face it in a more loving way to congratulate the winners. These shortlisted nominees are talented.
Everyone feels sorry for Billie Eilish's finalist "Happier Than Ever" this time, this strange girl in the eyes of the public, the new genius in the eyes of music critics, with her second official album, once again elevated the artist's own artistic personality.
In the album, it analyzes the mental journey after becoming famous at a young age, explores social and gender issues, and integrates various genres including folk, electronic, rock and even jazz, whether it is musicality or the core of the work, it has become more mature, profound and introspective.
In fact, the talent of Billie Eilish and Finneas is also obvious to all.
According to the recently released Guinness World Records certification, Billie Eilish has become the youngest three-time winner of the Film Music Awards in history long before the Grammys were awarded!
The theme song of the 007 film series, "No Time to Die," not only won the Award for Best Original Film and Television At last year's 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. It also won the 79th Golden Globes in Early January this year and the 94th Academy Awards at the end of March, achieving a Grand Slam sweep along the way.
This time the Grammys have not received any grain, and it does not determine that this work is not good enough, or inferior to anyone. It is just that the competition is too fierce, but the objective voting data statistics need to produce the final result.
The most high-profile and highest-value award for Album of the Year was awarded to a work that was not top-notch in terms of business and popularity, Jon Batiste's "We Are".
Many people may not know much about this late singer, but you must have seen his Pixar animated film "Psychic Journey" as one of the main creators of music.
In fact, this story about black jazz musicians chasing their musical ideals is based on Jon Batiste himself.
This time he stepped up to the scenes and became the first black artist to win an album of the year in 14 years after Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters with the album We Are.
The words I gave at the acceptance of the award were also one of the most touching clips at this year's Grammy Awards, and it was also a narrative about the relationship between "awards" and "music" that we have discussed countless times.
"I don't think there are the best singers, the best songs, the best dancers and so on in the world. It's just that when a work appears, they will have a radar of their own, to find the best person for him to interpret, and to release the light! These awards, I think, belong to every musician, belong to your attitude of being sincere. ”
Jon Batiste's second award not only represents the judges' affirmation of the quality of his work. At the same time, it also shows that after the reform of the college, it is more open and inclusive.
More importantly, it inspires more aspiring musicians after that.
The realization of dreams is full of possibilities, and the victory that belongs to you is only up to you.
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