St. Vincent will nonetheless get her probability 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 Greatest Rock Music and Greatest Rock Efficiency, respectively.
What in regards to the rock music that’s supposedly slightly bit lighter, extra artistic, or much less, you realize, commonplace? Proper, now that’s the place ladies slot in: Kim Gordon’s The Collective, Brittany Howard’s What Now, Clairo’s Attraction, and the aforementioned All Born Screaming are all up for Greatest Various Music Album, with Nick Cave & the Dangerous Seeds’ Wild God within the operating as slightly deal with. At the very least they’re all in nice firm.
–Nina Corcoran
They’re Not Like Kendrick
Even once they’re not nominating Taylor Swift, they’re nonetheless nominating “Tailor Swif”—A$AP Rocky’s tune, that’s—and for Greatest Music Video, of all issues. However whereas the Recording Academy’s favourite pop star could be very a lot right here and current on this yr’s prolonged nominations listing, she truly falls behind two rappers relating to complete variety of nods: Kendrick Lamar and Put up Malone. (Malone, nominated primarily within the nation classes, might not contemplate himself a rapper, however who can overlook 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 observe to develop into 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 File of the 12 months. It additionally means Lamar simply slipped in a bonus jab at Drake, who famously loathes the Grammys.
The Recording Academy will need to 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
Annually, the Recording Academy compiles its Album of the 12 months roster the way in which a cool aunt assembles an outfit: smart shirt, footwear, 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 Mushy), 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 below his belt. In a bid to be Brat (or maybe, so Julia), Charli XCX (Brat) is on the ticket, as are Sabrina Carpenter (Quick n’ Candy) and newcomer Chappell Roan (The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess). However probably 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 greatest a pack of business darlings and pop divas, however its rating amongst them is nonetheless trigger for celebration.
