A number of the singer’s peers agreed with his frustration. Kid Cudi wrote, “Abel was robbed man this sh–s weak,” following the Recording Academy’s announcement, while Tinashe replied with a line of trash can emojis under a tweet about The Weeknd’s zero nominations.
Even though his own artist Justin Bieber fared well in the nominations, Scooter Braun weighed in, writing that The Weeknd and his manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby “deserved to be there as well and deserved better. Brilliant artist and brilliant album.”
Canadian producer Boi-1da, who’s not credited on After Hours, said the album was “criminally robbed,” as “ROBBED,” “abel” and “weeknd” all began trending on Twitter in the U.S. and worldwide. Fans even began rewriting the opening lyrics to his Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Heartless,” “Never need a Grammy/ I’m what a Grammy need.”
Check out reactions to The Weeknd’s 2021 Grammy snub from fellow artists and fans below.