St. Vincent will nonetheless get her likelihood to compete in rock classes, as “Damaged Man” will go head-to-head towards unshakeable staples just like the Black Keys and the Beatles for Finest Rock Music and Finest Rock Efficiency, respectively.
What in regards to the rock music that’s supposedly a bit of bit lighter, extra artistic, or much less, you already know, normal? Proper, now that’s the place girls slot in: Kim Gordon’s The Collective, Brittany Howard’s What Now, Clairo’s Allure, and the aforementioned All Born Screaming are all up for Finest Different Music Album, with Nick Cave & the Dangerous Seeds’ Wild God within the operating as a bit of deal with. A minimum of they’re all in nice firm.
–Nina Corcoran
They’re Not Like Kendrick
Even after they’re not nominating Taylor Swift, they’re nonetheless nominating “Tailor Swif”—A$AP Rocky’s tune, that’s—and for Finest Music Video, of all issues. However whereas the Recording Academy’s favourite pop star may be very a lot right here and current on this yr’s prolonged nominations listing, she really falls behind two rappers in relation to whole variety of nods: Kendrick Lamar and Publish Malone. (Malone, nominated primarily within the nation classes, could not contemplate himself a rapper, however who can neglect how a lot saucin’ he used to do?) What’s extra, Lamar earned most of his nominations on the again of 1 inescapable, savage tune: “Not Like Us.” What does it imply for a spiteful diss monitor to turn out to be a five-times-Grammy-nominated single? For starters, that rap followers need to have enjoyable spectating drama once more, because it’s the lone rap tune to be nominated for Music or Report of the 12 months. It additionally means Lamar simply slipped in a bonus jab at Drake, who famously loathes the Grammys.
The Recording Academy should have been paying fairly shut consideration to the Drake-Kendrick beef as a result of voters acknowledged Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Belief You (together with “Like That” and “We Nonetheless Don’t Belief You”) and even J. Cole’s shock May Delete Later mixtape. That’s some fairly affected person revenge for all of the years Drake snubbed them.
–Nina Corcoran
Album of the 12 months: A Hand of Protected Bets and One Thrilling Wildcard
Every year, the Recording Academy compiles its Album of the 12 months roster the way in which a cool aunt assembles an outfit: wise shirt, sneakers, and slacks, with only a couple kooky equipment to spark a convo. This season, the sensible, inevitable nods went to Grammy MVPs Taylor Swift (The Tortured Poets Division), Billie Eilish (Hit Me Exhausting and Comfortable), and Beyoncé (Cowboy Carter)—the latter of whom now boasts a whopping 99 nominations throughout her profession. After which there’s Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 4), YouTuber–turned–Recording Academy fave with six golden gramophones beneath his belt. In a bid to be Brat (or maybe, so Julia), Charli XCX (Brat) is on the ticket, as are Sabrina Carpenter (Brief n’ Candy) and newcomer Chappell Roan (The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess). However essentially the most shocking—and pleasant—of all of the AOTY nominees is André 3000, nominated for his dazzling jazz flute LP New Blue Solar. It appears unlikely {that a} 90-minute new-age incantation will finest a pack of trade darlings and pop divas, however its rating amongst them is nonetheless trigger for celebration.
