2022 Grammys
The 2022 Grammy Awards: Winners, Losers, and Ties
The 2022 Grammy Awards were finally held on Sunday night, two months and 300 miles removed from the original plan. The 64th annual ceremony, originally set for late January in Los Angeles, was pushed back after COVID-19 cases spiked in early 2022. It was also moved to Las Vegas for the first time, held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, with The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah hosting for the second year in a row. The Winners (and the Ties) The 2022 Grammys broadcast kicked off with Silk Sonic, the throwback R&B duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, on their current home turf: They’ve been in a Vegas residency at the nearby Park MGM theater since February. The group’s opening medley featured the appropriately Vegas-themed “777,” “Skate,” and a taste of “Hot Music,” the 1989 house music classic by...
2022 Grammys: Silk Sonic Perform “777” : Watch
Silk Sonic opened the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday, appropriately taking the stage to play the Las Vegas-themed “777.” Watch the replay below. Anderson .Paak donned a short wig for the performance, which saw him and Bruno Mars clothed in rhinestoned jumpsuits. Tonight actually wasn’t Silk Sonic’s first performance at the Grammys. Last year, they played “Leave the Door Open” and participated in a tribute to the late Little Richard with a performance of “Good Golly Miss Molly.” Thanks to the aforementioned “Leave the Door Open,” Mars and .Paak earned nominations for four Grammys: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance, and Best R&B Song. It was a clean sweep for the dynamic duo, who tied with Jazmine Sullivan’s “Pick Up Your Feelings” for Best R&B Pe...
2022 Grammys: BTS Perform “Butter”: Watch
BTS, everyone’s favorite seven-member international force of nature, took the stage at the 2022 Grammys Awards on Sunday night to perform “Butter.” Watch the replay below. After joining Lil Nas X onstage at the 2020 Grammys and performing virtually from South Korea in 2021, this evening marked the first chance for BTS to perform their own song in person at the show. The spy thriller-inspired performance was fine-tuned for the Las Vegas setting, from Jungkook descending from the ceiling to V enlisting Olivia Rodrigo for some truly top-tier theatrics. Jin, who is recovering from a recent surgery on his hand, embodied a hacker before joining the group towards the end of the performance. The group made history in 2021 when they were nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (for “Dynamite”)...
2022 Grammys: Billie Eilish and FINNEAS Perform “Happier Than Ever”: Watch
Billie Eilish and FINNEAS took the stage at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday to play “Happier Than Ever.” Watch the replay below. While wearing a t-shirt paying tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Eilish started off with a restrained solo performance of the track before joining FINNEAS and a drummer for a rock-infused version of the hit. Eilish is nominated for seven Grammys this year. Her sophomore full-length, Happier Than Ever, is up for Album of the Year, while the album’s title track is up for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Advertisement Related Video Last weekend, Eilish and FINNEAS performed “No Time to Die” at the 2022 Academy Awards, where the James Bond theme picked up the trophy for Best Original Song. Eilish is currently on the roa...
Grammys 2022: Brandi Carlile Performs “Right on Time”: Watch
Brandi Carlile took to the stage at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday night to perform her song “Right on Time.” Carlile wore a disco ball-inspired three-piece suit, and began the song accompanying herself on the piano. After the first chorus, she strutted over to center stage and took up the guitar, showing off her musicianship as a pyramid of lights flickered between gold and a shimmering rainbow. Watch the replay below. Going into the evening at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the singer-songwriter had five nominations under her belt, including nods for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best American Roots Performance. In fact, she was even nominated against herself in the second category — with her single “Right on Time” and “A Beautiful Noise,” her duet w...
2022 Grammys: Nas Performs Medley of Classics: Watch
Nas took to the stage at the 2022 Grammys to perform a thrilling medley of his songs “I Can,” “Made You Look,” “One Mic,” and “Rare.” Watch a replay below. After being introduced by host Trevor Noah as “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper,” the 16-time Grammy nominee kicked off the performance with a young boy sitting on the stage, lip-syncing to the playground call-and-repeat of 2002’s “I Can.” From there, he segued seamlessly into a quick verse of 2002’s “Made You Look” before launching into a high-octane rendition of “One Mic” while backed by a full band. Finally, Nas fast-forwarded to the current day by treating the audience to “Rare,” an album cut from 2021’s King’s Disease II. During this year’s ceremony, the New York native added two additional nods to his litany of Grammy nomina...
2022 Grammys: President Zelenskyy Says, “Our Musicians Wear Body Armor Instead of Tuxedos”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Recording Academy at the 2022 Grammys, reminding the international audience that since Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion, “Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos.” Before becoming the face of the Ukrainian resistance, Zelenskyy was a professional actor, writer, and comedian, and last week he pressed the Oscars to allow him to appear. Via The New York Times they balked, telling one of the organizers of the attempted cameo that, “They don’t want to overly politicize the show.” Where the Academy Awards showed a concern for politics, the Recording Academy came through. Zelenskyy appeared in a pre-taped video, speaking as fluently in English as he has often spoken in Ukrainian and Russian. He said, “The war. Wh...
2022 Grammys: Jon Batiste Performs “FREEDOM”: Watch
Jon Batiste gave the type of triumphant performance one might expect from the most-nominated artist at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Watch the replay below. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert musical director turned up the party with a thrilling and colorful rendition of “FREEDOM” from his 2021 studio set We Are, beginning the number seated at the piano cloaked in a dramatic black cape. As the song gained momentum, he disrobed to reveal a sparkling turquoise suit, joyfully singing, “When I move my body just like this/ I don’t know why/ But I feel like freedom/ I hear a song that takes me back/ And I let go with so much freedom/ Free to live how I wanna live/ I’m gon’ get what I’m gonna get/ ‘Cause it’s my freedom” as he danced around stage. Eventually, the onstage dance party spilled out in...
H.E.R. Rocks Out at Grammys With Lenny Kravitz, Travis Barker
H.E.R. may be best known for her pop-friendly R&B sound, but on Sunday night (April 3) at the 64th Grammy awards, she showed off impressive rock and roll chops during a performance medley with high-profile guests Lenny Kravitz and Blink-182 drummer/producer Travis Barker. The performance began with H.E.R. (real name: Gabriella Wilson) joined by Minneapolis production legends Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for her song “Damage,” which was nominated tonight for best R&B performance but lost out to Jazmine Sullivan’s “Pick Up Your Feelings.” From there, she switched to drums before yielding to a shirtless Barker behind the kit and the gold spandex-clad Kravitz on guitar and vocals on the latter’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” H.E.R. and Kravitz traded guitar solos as they walked to a second s...
Brandi Carlile Dazzles Grammys With Stirring ‘Right on Time’ Performance
Brandi Carlile dazzled the Grammy audience with her performance of her Grammy-nominated “Right on Time.” Fitted in a glitter suit that could’ve once been Elton John’s, Carlile provided her deep Americana drawl while playing rhythm guitar. Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell introduced Carlile, and along with her suit, Carlile had the power of ’70s rock and Americana fueling her raw performance. As her vocals drove the performance, Carlile nailed the final high note of the track, marking the performance as one of the best of “Right on Time.” Brandi Carlile’s voice has got me in my feelings!Whew🔥#GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/AOMz5Y6iek — UBI/UniversalHealthcare/Housing4All/BravoOpinions (@SusieQuewl) April 4, 2022 Carlile’s In These Silent Days was released on October 1, 2021. She r...
Billie Eilish Stole the Grammys Singing ‘Happier Than Ever’ in Taylor Hawkins Shirt
Billie Eilish paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during her Grammy performance of “Happier Than Ever” tonight (April 3) in Las Vegas, as she wore a black t-shirt emblazoned with Hawkins’ smiling face. Eilish received a standing ovation at the close of the song when she lightly lifted the shirt off of her body in a further salute to Hawkins. The performance started with Eilish traversing a set resembling a hotel room, filled to her ankles with water and a couch suspended from the ceiling. Halfway through, she walked through a door and emerged on top of the set, where her brother Finneas was slashing away on guitar. The musicians were showered with rain during the song’s powerful conclusion. Eilish and Finneas performed in Seattle the same night (March 25) Hawkins died ...
Silk Sonic Kicks Off Grammy Awards With ‘777’ Performance
Silk Sonic, the throwback R&B/soul combo led by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, kicked off the 64th annual Grammy awards from Las Vegas with the Sin City-referencing song “777.” Mars and Paak were decked out in matching white nudie suits and traded off vocals throughout, while Paak held the beat down on drums. Moments later, the duo won song of the year for “Leave the Door Open,” an award that was presented by The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. “Because of you guys, me and Andy [are] going to be singing this song forever,” a jubilant Mars said from the stage. “Leave the Door Open,” from Silk Sonic’s debut album, “An Evening With Silk Sonic,” had already won for best R&B song and best R&B performance during the Grammy pre-show ceremony. It will also compete later tonight in t...
