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Lagerfeld was a hateful little man who proudly wore his misogyny, fatphobia and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/nov/13/karl-lagerfeld-sparks-outrage-over-migrant-holocaust-comments\">Islamaphobia\u003c/a> on his impeccably tailored sleeve. He also spent 36 years of his life working for Chanel — the fashion house founded by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2022/1/3/coco-chanel-fashion-designer-and-nazi-informant#:~:text=Gabrielle%20%E2%80%9CCoco%E2%80%9D%20Chanel%20was%20a,a%20Nazi%20sympathizer%20and%20informer.\">known Nazi sympathizer and secret agent, Coco Chanel\u003c/a>. Oh, and then there was that time in 2013 when \u003ca href=\"https://theweek.com/articles/493757/claudia-schiffers-blackface-photos-defensible\">he put Claudia Schiffer in blackface and an afro\u003c/a>. Hurray!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is everyone feeling super awkward and uncomfortable yet? Like Kim Kardashian in that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wmagazine.com/story/kim-kardashian-met-gala-corset-mugler-mr-pearl\">very corseted Thierry Mugler dress\u003c/a> at 2019’s Met Gala? Good. Then let’s take a look at the fashion!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Penélope Cruz and Dua Lipa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928511\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928511\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women with pale flawless skin and dark brown hair stand side by side. One is wearing a corseted white dress with black stitching. The other is a wearing a plunging, belted white dress with a transparent white hood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nun and a milkmaid walk into a museum… \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Penélope Cruz arrived in a Chanel take on Elsa from \u003cem>Frozen,\u003c/em> while Dua Lipa donned 1992 Chanel that was giving fancy-ass milkmaid. Cruz is a mom of two and therefore a reminder of that time Lagerfeld told a journalist at \u003cem>Interview \u003c/em>magazine\u003cem>: “\u003c/em>You’re lucky because [your children] are very beautiful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/carine-roitfeld\">It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter\u003c/a>.” He continued: “If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nice!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Salma Hayek\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928518\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A striking movie star stands on a red carpet wearing a red, tiered gown and bodice, hand on her hip. Photographers are lined up behind her.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salma Hayek: 10 out of 10, no notes. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The iconic actress provided a rare pop of color to the black and white-centric gala, in a stunning red, tiered, full-length gown and rubber bodice. For some reason — maybe because Hayek survived nightmarish harassment by Harvey Weinstein and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion&mtrref=theplaylist.net&gwh=58685C1FA7FF98DAD582641F4BB2C2C9&gwt=pay&assetType=PAYWALL\">wrote a powerful essay about it\u003c/a>? — I can’t help but think about that time Karl Lagerfeld said he was “fed up” with the #MeToo movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What shocks me most in all of this,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/karl-lagerfeld-metoo-comments-you-don-t-want-your-pants-pulled-don-t-become-a-model-1102596/\">the designer said\u003c/a>, “are the starlets who have taken 20 years to remember what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Literally stunning!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cara Delevingne\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman with cropped shaggy silver hair stands on a red carpet surrounded by photographers, fanning out a huge white cape from a mini dress. Her legs are covered with black leather sheaths.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cara Delevingne being di(la)vine at the 2023 Met Gala. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cara Delevingne is one of the most in-demand models in the world not just because of her looks, but because of her tough persona and assertive edge. I wonder if she remembers that time in 2018 when \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/karl-lagerfeld-metoo-comments-you-don-t-want-your-pants-pulled-don-t-become-a-model-1102596/\">Karl Lagerfeld wanted models to stop speaking up for themselves\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I read somewhere that now you must ask a model if she is comfortable with posing,” Lagerfeld said. “It’s simply too much; from now on, as a designer, you can’t do anything. It’s unbelievable. If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model. Join a nunnery. There’ll always be a place for you in the convent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensational!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cardi B\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928522\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a dramatic black gown with white sleeveless collared shirt and black tie underneath, stands on the red carpet, gloved arms outstretched. She is wearing a long, straight, silver wig.\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-2048x1419.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1920x1330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talented rapper and tattooed human, Cardi B. \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rapper arrived in a bell-shaped gown paired with boss-lady collared shirt and black tie. Cardi’s silver wig was a nod to Lagerfeld’s own strange mane, which is super fun when you think about that time the designer said: “I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hope you like Pucci, Cardi!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Janelle Monáe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a stunned facial expression stands wearing an oversized conical black and white suit coat, held up by a wired underskirt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe doing iconic weeble business. \u003ccite>(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Janelle Monáe upped the theatricality with an avant-garde, oversized, conical-shaped, black and white coat that she later whipped off to reveal a structured, mesh underskirt. While there is zero evidence to support this theory, I am hoping this illusion of largeness was a nod to the time Karl Lagerfeld said: “The hole in social security, it’s also [because of] all the diseases caught by people who are too fat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cool!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>David Byrne\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a crisp white suit and casual sneakers stands on a red carpet with a bicycle, smiling.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Byrne and his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talking Heads legend David Byrne showed up in a crisp white suit with his bicycle — an excellent accessory, tailor-made to get grease all over your couture as you haul it up the stairs. Something about this striking look was reminiscent of the time Karl Lagerfeld declared: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a26405187/karl-lagerfeld-quotes/\">I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perfection!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Nas X\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928517\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-800x559.jpg\" alt=\"A man in silver body paint and crystal-encrusted face mask strikes a pose in front of a white curtain. He is wearing only a loin cloth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-768x536.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-2048x1431.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1920x1341.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Nas X in a typically understated silver ensemble. \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lil Nas X showed up in a subtle silver number that emphasized his, uh, assets. Because of his status as a queer icon, it’s hard not to think about the time Karl Lagerfeld endorsed marriage equality on the runway, then immediately told everyone \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/jan/22/karl-lagerfeld-chanel-gay-marriage\">he was “less keen” on gay couples being allowed to adopt\u003c/a> children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So awesome!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Michaela Coel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928516\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful black woman with feline features and cornrows wears a heavily beaded gold gown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look so perfect, it would have rendered even Karl Lagerfeld speechless. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Holy crap. Michaela Coel looked so dazzling, I briefly stopped thinking about what a troll Karl Lagerfeld was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you, Michaela Coel, for allowing me to not think about Karl Lagerfeld for three minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gisele Bündchen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928514\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful woman spins on the red carpet wearing a full-length crystal-beaded gown and a full length feather shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gisele Bündchen wearing about 57,000 birds. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Giselle had a sparkly, swan-inspired moment on the red carpet, spinning her full-length feather cape for awaiting photographers. It was hard to see all those feathers without recalling the time in 2009 when Karl Lagerfeld insisted on \u003ca href=\"http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG4075783/Karl-Lagerfeld-defends-fur-industry-saying-beasts-would-kill-us-if-we-didnt-kill-them.html\">giving his two cents about the use of animal products\u003c/a> in couture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.” He was also careful to note that the dead animals in question were merely “beasts who would kill us if they could.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Screw you, fluffy animals!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lizzo and Jared Leto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A plus-sized Black woman in a full-length black gown covered in strings of white pearls stands on a busy red carpet talking to someone in a giant fluffy cat costume.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Leto, dressed as Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette, chats with Lizzo. \u003ccite>(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was super into watching Lizzo converse with a human-sized cat until I:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(a) found out that the cat costume was, in fact, inhabited by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865555/thirty-seconds-to-mars-jared-leto-started-a-cult-because-of-course-he-did\">human pretension factory Jared Leto\u003c/a>, and,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(b) remembered that time Karl Lagerfeld said of another plus-sized songstress, Adele: “She’s a little too fat but she has a beautiful face.” Later Lagerfeld implied that his unsolicited comments about her physique actually did Adele a favor. “After that,” he said, “she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Give me strength, Lord.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doja Cat\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing face enhancements that make her look like a cat poses on the red carpet. She's wearing a silver gown with hood that has cat ear embellishments.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doja Cat = Literal cat now. Cool. \u003ccite>(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One time, offering unsolicited commentary about Lana Del Rey’s appearance, Karl Lagerfeld said: “In her photos, she is beautiful. Is she a construct with all her implants?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How’s this for a construct, Karl? Doja Cat is an actual cat now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mic drop!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ashley Graham\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful white woman wearing a tight fitting pink and black off-the-shoulder gown with embellishments around her ankles, hips and elbows to emphasize her curves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-768x570.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-2048x1519.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1920x1424.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Graham in a stunning pink and black off-the-shoulder gown. \u003ccite>(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Body positivity leader and plus-sized model Ashley Graham was stunning in a figure-hugging gown with embellishments that served to emphasize her curves. One can’t help but wonder how Karl Lagerfeld would receive this look today, given his 2009 statement that: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/no-one-wants-to-see-curvy-women-karl-lagerfeld-20091012-gskk.html\">No one wants to see curvy women\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get outta here, you!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>May next year’s theme be much, much easier to not think about.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Also making the 2023 Met Gala even weirder this year? The damn theme: \u003cem>Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty\u003c/em>. Lagerfeld was a hateful little man who proudly wore his misogyny, fatphobia and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/nov/13/karl-lagerfeld-sparks-outrage-over-migrant-holocaust-comments\">Islamaphobia\u003c/a> on his impeccably tailored sleeve. He also spent 36 years of his life working for Chanel — the fashion house founded by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2022/1/3/coco-chanel-fashion-designer-and-nazi-informant#:~:text=Gabrielle%20%E2%80%9CCoco%E2%80%9D%20Chanel%20was%20a,a%20Nazi%20sympathizer%20and%20informer.\">known Nazi sympathizer and secret agent, Coco Chanel\u003c/a>. Oh, and then there was that time in 2013 when \u003ca href=\"https://theweek.com/articles/493757/claudia-schiffers-blackface-photos-defensible\">he put Claudia Schiffer in blackface and an afro\u003c/a>. Hurray!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is everyone feeling super awkward and uncomfortable yet? Like Kim Kardashian in that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wmagazine.com/story/kim-kardashian-met-gala-corset-mugler-mr-pearl\">very corseted Thierry Mugler dress\u003c/a> at 2019’s Met Gala? Good. Then let’s take a look at the fashion!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Penélope Cruz and Dua Lipa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928511\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928511\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women with pale flawless skin and dark brown hair stand side by side. One is wearing a corseted white dress with black stitching. The other is a wearing a plunging, belted white dress with a transparent white hood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486910904-scaled-e1682979054617.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nun and a milkmaid walk into a museum… \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Penélope Cruz arrived in a Chanel take on Elsa from \u003cem>Frozen,\u003c/em> while Dua Lipa donned 1992 Chanel that was giving fancy-ass milkmaid. Cruz is a mom of two and therefore a reminder of that time Lagerfeld told a journalist at \u003cem>Interview \u003c/em>magazine\u003cem>: “\u003c/em>You’re lucky because [your children] are very beautiful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/carine-roitfeld\">It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter\u003c/a>.” He continued: “If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nice!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Salma Hayek\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928518\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A striking movie star stands on a red carpet wearing a red, tiered gown and bodice, hand on her hip. Photographers are lined up behind her.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486926230-scaled-e1682985176606.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salma Hayek: 10 out of 10, no notes. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The iconic actress provided a rare pop of color to the black and white-centric gala, in a stunning red, tiered, full-length gown and rubber bodice. For some reason — maybe because Hayek survived nightmarish harassment by Harvey Weinstein and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion&mtrref=theplaylist.net&gwh=58685C1FA7FF98DAD582641F4BB2C2C9&gwt=pay&assetType=PAYWALL\">wrote a powerful essay about it\u003c/a>? — I can’t help but think about that time Karl Lagerfeld said he was “fed up” with the #MeToo movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What shocks me most in all of this,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/karl-lagerfeld-metoo-comments-you-don-t-want-your-pants-pulled-don-t-become-a-model-1102596/\">the designer said\u003c/a>, “are the starlets who have taken 20 years to remember what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Literally stunning!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cara Delevingne\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman with cropped shaggy silver hair stands on a red carpet surrounded by photographers, fanning out a huge white cape from a mini dress. Her legs are covered with black leather sheaths.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486932554-scaled-e1682987052540.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cara Delevingne being di(la)vine at the 2023 Met Gala. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cara Delevingne is one of the most in-demand models in the world not just because of her looks, but because of her tough persona and assertive edge. I wonder if she remembers that time in 2018 when \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/karl-lagerfeld-metoo-comments-you-don-t-want-your-pants-pulled-don-t-become-a-model-1102596/\">Karl Lagerfeld wanted models to stop speaking up for themselves\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I read somewhere that now you must ask a model if she is comfortable with posing,” Lagerfeld said. “It’s simply too much; from now on, as a designer, you can’t do anything. It’s unbelievable. If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model. Join a nunnery. There’ll always be a place for you in the convent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensational!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cardi B\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928522\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a dramatic black gown with white sleeveless collared shirt and black tie underneath, stands on the red carpet, gloved arms outstretched. She is wearing a long, straight, silver wig.\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-768x532.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-2048x1419.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486936357-1920x1330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talented rapper and tattooed human, Cardi B. \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rapper arrived in a bell-shaped gown paired with boss-lady collared shirt and black tie. Cardi’s silver wig was a nod to Lagerfeld’s own strange mane, which is super fun when you think about that time the designer said: “I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hope you like Pucci, Cardi!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Janelle Monáe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a stunned facial expression stands wearing an oversized conical black and white suit coat, held up by a wired underskirt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486933737-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe doing iconic weeble business. \u003ccite>(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Janelle Monáe upped the theatricality with an avant-garde, oversized, conical-shaped, black and white coat that she later whipped off to reveal a structured, mesh underskirt. While there is zero evidence to support this theory, I am hoping this illusion of largeness was a nod to the time Karl Lagerfeld said: “The hole in social security, it’s also [because of] all the diseases caught by people who are too fat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cool!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>David Byrne\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a crisp white suit and casual sneakers stands on a red carpet with a bicycle, smiling.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486913679-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Byrne and his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talking Heads legend David Byrne showed up in a crisp white suit with his bicycle — an excellent accessory, tailor-made to get grease all over your couture as you haul it up the stairs. Something about this striking look was reminiscent of the time Karl Lagerfeld declared: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a26405187/karl-lagerfeld-quotes/\">I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perfection!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lil Nas X\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928517\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-800x559.jpg\" alt=\"A man in silver body paint and crystal-encrusted face mask strikes a pose in front of a white curtain. He is wearing only a loin cloth.\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-768x536.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-2048x1431.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486925234-1920x1341.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Nas X in a typically understated silver ensemble. \u003ccite>(Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lil Nas X showed up in a subtle silver number that emphasized his, uh, assets. Because of his status as a queer icon, it’s hard not to think about the time Karl Lagerfeld endorsed marriage equality on the runway, then immediately told everyone \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/jan/22/karl-lagerfeld-chanel-gay-marriage\">he was “less keen” on gay couples being allowed to adopt\u003c/a> children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So awesome!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Michaela Coel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928516\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful black woman with feline features and cornrows wears a heavily beaded gold gown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486916795-scaled-e1682984031541.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look so perfect, it would have rendered even Karl Lagerfeld speechless. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Holy crap. Michaela Coel looked so dazzling, I briefly stopped thinking about what a troll Karl Lagerfeld was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you, Michaela Coel, for allowing me to not think about Karl Lagerfeld for three minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gisele Bündchen\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928514\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful woman spins on the red carpet wearing a full-length crystal-beaded gown and a full length feather shrug.\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486917532-scaled-e1682982093446.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gisele Bündchen wearing about 57,000 birds. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Giselle had a sparkly, swan-inspired moment on the red carpet, spinning her full-length feather cape for awaiting photographers. It was hard to see all those feathers without recalling the time in 2009 when Karl Lagerfeld insisted on \u003ca href=\"http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG4075783/Karl-Lagerfeld-defends-fur-industry-saying-beasts-would-kill-us-if-we-didnt-kill-them.html\">giving his two cents about the use of animal products\u003c/a> in couture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.” He was also careful to note that the dead animals in question were merely “beasts who would kill us if they could.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Screw you, fluffy animals!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lizzo and Jared Leto\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A plus-sized Black woman in a full-length black gown covered in strings of white pearls stands on a busy red carpet talking to someone in a giant fluffy cat costume.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486928126-scaled-e1682986187433.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Leto, dressed as Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette, chats with Lizzo. \u003ccite>(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was super into watching Lizzo converse with a human-sized cat until I:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(a) found out that the cat costume was, in fact, inhabited by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865555/thirty-seconds-to-mars-jared-leto-started-a-cult-because-of-course-he-did\">human pretension factory Jared Leto\u003c/a>, and,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(b) remembered that time Karl Lagerfeld said of another plus-sized songstress, Adele: “She’s a little too fat but she has a beautiful face.” Later Lagerfeld implied that his unsolicited comments about her physique actually did Adele a favor. “After that,” he said, “she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Give me strength, Lord.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Doja Cat\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing face enhancements that make her look like a cat poses on the red carpet. She's wearing a silver gown with hood that has cat ear embellishments.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486937845-scaled-e1682989079658.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doja Cat = Literal cat now. Cool. \u003ccite>(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One time, offering unsolicited commentary about Lana Del Rey’s appearance, Karl Lagerfeld said: “In her photos, she is beautiful. Is she a construct with all her implants?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How’s this for a construct, Karl? Doja Cat is an actual cat now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mic drop!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ashley Graham\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful white woman wearing a tight fitting pink and black off-the-shoulder gown with embellishments around her ankles, hips and elbows to emphasize her curves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1020x757.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-768x570.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-2048x1519.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1486923634-1920x1424.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Graham in a stunning pink and black off-the-shoulder gown. \u003ccite>(Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Body positivity leader and plus-sized model Ashley Graham was stunning in a figure-hugging gown with embellishments that served to emphasize her curves. One can’t help but wonder how Karl Lagerfeld would receive this look today, given his 2009 statement that: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/no-one-wants-to-see-curvy-women-karl-lagerfeld-20091012-gskk.html\">No one wants to see curvy women\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get outta here, you!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The only thing better than celebrating Halloween is catching up on the internet’s best costumes the next morning (preferably with some leftover candy in hand). Here’s a non-exhaustive list of some of Team Live Blog’s favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singer Lizzo was unrecognizable as \u003cem>The Mandalorian’s\u003c/em> Baby Yoda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13905671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13905671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM-800x792.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM-800x792.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM-1020x1010.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM-160x158.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM-768x761.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.25.57-PM.png 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @lizzobeating\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cardi B killed the game as Morticia Addams, while Chrissy Teigen, John Legend and their kids also moonlighted as the Addams Family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1455023326603132936\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13905670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13905670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM-800x693.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM-800x693.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM-1020x884.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM-160x139.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM-768x665.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-12.24.20-PM.png 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @chrissyteigen\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Horror film lover LeBron James dressed up as Freddy Kreuger, of whom \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefocus.news/sports/lebron-james-freddy-krueger-tattoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he has an actual tattoo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13905669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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No signs at all of the pandemic as a gang of beloved mascots crowded together to make sure football fans have their Bud Light on Super Bowl Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did talk about, ‘Should everyone be wearing a mask [in the spot]?’ ” said Andy Goeler, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, when I talked to him well before the game. “But we felt the spot was a bit surreal and we had the ability to not have people wearing masks and kind of [avoid] reminding people of the time we’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfsO49AfzI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sort of escapism stood out in the flood of commercials airing in the Super Bowl, priced up to $5.5 million for 30 seconds of airtime. Aside from a few spots, including ads from Ford and Bass Pro Shops, most commercials tiptoed around references to the pandemic, lockdowns or political instability, as if America was still a little too brittle to really face the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, despite that avoidance, the roster of Super Bowl ads never seemed to really cut loose in celebration. John Travolta dancing awkwardly on TikTok; Anthony Anderson playing touch football with his mom; a CGI Samuel L. Jackson getting swallowed up by a fish—too many of the moments felt weird and self-conscious, unsure of how to make a nation laugh quite yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an inspired bit of head-fakery, some brands drew big headlines for opting out of ads inside the Big Game—like Budweiser and Pepsi—but they still found other ways to stay in. Budweiser’s parent company, Anheuser Busch, bankrolled commercials promoting itself and brands like Bud Light and Michelob Ultra; Pepsi famously sponsors the halftime show. What else would you expect from TV’s biggest showcase for marketing and spin?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t have space to dissect all the ads I found entertaining—including spots featuring Daveed Diggs and the Muppets from \u003cem>Sesame Street\u003c/em> for DoorDash and Mike Myers recreating \u003cem>Wayne’s World\u003c/em> with Dana Carvey and Cardi B for Uber Eats. But here’s my roster featuring some of the coolest, weirdest, most telling advertising moments of the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best use of a celebrity brand: Rocket Mortgage’s “Certain Is Better” \u003c/strong>[aside postid='arts_13873945']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For my money, this was the funniest ad of the night, featuring gonzo \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> alum Tracy Morgan showing a hapless couple buying a home how being “pretty sure” about something isn’t as good as knowing for sure. He gets the dad in a fight with musclebound superstar Dave Bautista (“I’m pretty sure you could take Bautista down,” Morgan tells the dad before he gets knocked out) and shoves the family out of an airplane wearing backpacks saying, “I’m pretty sure these are parachutes.” Best of all, the company had two ads featuring Morgan tormenting two different families, airing at different points during the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Worst hypocrisy from a sports league: The NFL’s “Inspire Change”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad itself is inspiring, featuring quotes from former San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson’s Hall of Fame speech, played over images of civil rights protests and a graphic noting that the NFL is giving $250 million to fight systemic racism. But the league still hasn’t apologized or publicly made amends with Colin Kaepernick, the onetime San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose kneeling during the National Anthem starting in 2016 to call attention to police brutality ignited a huge controversy. Kaepernick became a free agent and remains unsigned by any team, while the NFL tries to pose like an ally, avoiding any memory that it failed to support a player actually trying to fight systemic racism when it really mattered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Most desperate use of an iconic rock star: Jeep’s “The Middle”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We see his worn cowboy boots and hear his rough-hewn voice before we see him. But there’s no mistaking Bruce Springsteen’s world-weary words as he pleads with viewers to “come meet here in the middle.” Decked out in a simple coat, driving around an old Jeep, Springsteen conjures every ounce of his working-class hero legend to deliver a message aimed at bringing left and right together one month after a group of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building. “We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground,” he intones, driving through deserted rural areas and a snow-covered city center. Well-meaning as this message is, it feels less like an inspiring call to unity than an unsure plea for sanity at a time when it is tough to know if anyone is really listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XYH-IEvhI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best promotion of a Wall Street insurgency: Robinhood’s “We Are All Investors”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yup, the stock trading app that helped fuel the takedown of Wall Street hedge funds over investments in GameStop has a curiously timed Super Bowl ad encouraging average folks to get into the stock market. Amid shots of a woman dyeing her hair pink and cowboy hat-wearing seniors sharing a joke at a bar, an announcer asks, “Don’t think you’re an investor?” Couldn’t help thinking it would have been cooler if they had asked, “Want to stick it to The Man while helping the Average Joe take over the stock market?” I would have signed up for \u003cem>that\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Most troubling ode to the side hustle: Squarespace’s “5 to 9”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much as we all love Dolly Parton, she may have crossed a line on this one, retooling her upbeat hit about surviving the workday, “9-to-5,” into a chirpy take on the depressing reality of modern workplaces. It’s a trippy tribute to those who use the website-building company Squarespace to promote the side business they really care about when the clock strikes 5 p.m. on their soul-crushing day job. 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Way to have your cake—nodding to a mysterious event that canceled air travel, professional sports and family gatherings—without actually uttering the word “pandemic” or showing a single face covering (or telling us what seltzer lemonade actually is). That’s masterful marketing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Most bizarre use of a celebrity, Part 2: Doritos’ “Flat Matthew”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the year we’ve all just had, it irritated me a bit to see hunky, successful movie star Matthew McConaughey moping around, looking (and feeling) flat as a cardboard cutout until he eats the new Doritos 3D Crunch and pops back to full size—inside a vending machine. (I’m thinking maybe it was the check from PepsiCo’s Frito Lay that helped him feel better?) As if a guy with abs like that would get anywhere near something so obviously fattening. Mindy Kaling’s look of impatient bewilderment in the spot, sitting across from McConaughey while he mopes during an appearance on \u003cem>Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u003c/em>, made my week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpL1ci08p60\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Most likely to make you ask, “Is this safe?”: Inspiration4’s “Join Us”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to send four civilians into space has left two spots open for U.S. citizens who embody the ideals of “prosperity” and “generosity.” This spot encourages viewers to head to a website, inspiration4.com, where they can enter a sweepstakes to be selected for one of those two spots. 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"content": "\u003cp>With a global pandemic spreading and 6.7 million residents of six Bay Area counties ordered to shelter in place, things are bad right now. And sometimes, when everything is terrible, we need to experience a little joy—which is why we’ve rounded up songs about the coronavirus that are actually catchy, hilarious, informative or all of the above. [aside postid='arts_13876775']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Artists making light of the pandemic in a bid to go viral (do we need a new term for this?) might read as grossly opportunistic. But in some countries, public health authorities have harnessed the power of pop songs to spread accurate information about health and safety measures. And while not all the tracks on this list are exactly educational, they provide a fitting soundtrack for dancing alone during self-quarantine. What’s more 2020 than that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are seven of our favorite coronavirus jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gmac Cash’s Hypochondriac Anthem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/ugtN6HCqatc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dressed in a hazmat suit and armed with a spray bottle of disinfectant, Detroit rapper Gmac Cash gives voice to contagion anxieties in his “Coronavirus” music video. “I’ma chill at the crib ’cause I’m safe here / I ain’t even about to drink a Corona beer / I’m bout to stay at the crib for about a year,” he raps over a tense piano loop as he frantically runs around town spraying everything and everyone in sight. Despite instructions to remain calm from public officials, the anxiety in the air surrounding coronavirus is palpable—at least Gmac gives us a laugh about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Cardi B Coronavirus Remix\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/iiYDSOQPPhY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Producer iMarkkeyez made a trap-EDM remix that uses a clip of Cardi B yelling about her coronavirus anxieties and frustrations at government inaction on her \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9333470/cardi-b-coronavirus-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a>. Ever the queen of social media, Cardi posted about the track and in a day it climbed to No. 5 (and counting) on the iTunes hip-hop chart.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Yograngel’s End-of-Days Dance Party\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/uF3dg5seGLs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dembow, from the Dominican Republic, is one of the most fun types of music on the globe; it’s an instant party starter. Enter Yofrangel, whose uptempo, hyperactive coronavirus song already has inspired videos of people \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9y0hQYgkee/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">partying\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zyswqgWBB/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twerking\u003c/a> to it amid the pandemic. In the music video, he’s turning up while getting treated in an ambulance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Cumbia More Viral Than… Never Mind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/zG7KShvqg9A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mister Cumbia takes the public health route with his “La Cumbia del Coronavirus,” which contains helpful reminders to wash our hands, not touch our faces and use disinfectant. The song was released on Jan. 29—so Mister Cumbia had a lot of foresight to put this out before entire countries went on lockdown to stop the spread of infection. If only people had heeded his warnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Corrido for Toilet Paper Panic\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/z_oR77mGQao\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stricken with coronavirus panic, people are adopting a scarcity mentality and buying up everything in sight—as numerous images of empty toilet paper shelves at grocery stores can attest. “El Corrido del Coronavirus” by Los Tres Tristes Tigres gives voice to our petty frustrations about closures and ridiculous shortages.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A V-Pop PSA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/BtulL3oArQw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You don’t have to speak Vietnamese to benefit from this instructional (and cute!) music video for “Ghen Co Vy” by K. Hung, Min and Erik. Written in collaboration with Vietnam’s National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, the PSA takes the tune of a V-pop hit called “Ghen” and recruits its original singers for the vocals. The track inspired a \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9326879/vietnam-coronavirus-psa-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TikTok challenge\u003c/a> that dancer Quang Dang choreographed to spread the message to younger audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Message from South Africa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ChoirAfrica/status/1237505721433853952?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another wholesome pop PSA comes from South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir, who were finalists on \u003cem>America’s Got Talent\u003c/em> in 2019. Enlisted by their country’s National Department of Health, they created an uplifting, danceable track that leaves us with crucial hygiene reminders.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As we ease into the 2020s, data about the music industry’s growth is more abundant than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the last week, BuzzAngle and Nielsen Music—the two central, competing, public-facing music-data firms in the U.S.—released their \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2019-US-Report-Industry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports\u003c/a> on music listening trends. BuzzAngle powers \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/charts-methodology/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>‘s charts\u003c/a> and is owned by \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penske Media\u003c/a>, the parent company of \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Variety\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Deadline\u003c/em>; Nielsen Music was \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8546636/billboard-nielsen-music-valence-media-acquisition-mrc-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquired\u003c/a> by Valence Media, the parent company of \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Hollywood Reporter\u003c/em>, in December 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two reports differ on some details, but are directionally similar. Both put the total number of music streams in the U.S. last year over one trillion for the first time, representing a 15% growth in streams year-over-year. Both note that on-demand streaming accounted for over 80% of total consumption in the U.S., and that audio streaming in particular continued to register solid annual growth (from Nielsen’s 24% to BuzzAngle’s 32%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nielsen’s report in particular sheds light on the artists who dominated the past decade. Drake, Eminem and Taylor Swift were the only three artists to rank in the top 10 for the most album sales and streams last decade—country stars like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Toby Keith lead the radio airplay charts over the same time period. Interestingly, while Adele had the two best-\u003cem>selling\u003c/em> albums of the decade—\u003cem>21\u003c/em> and \u003cem>25\u003c/em>, respectively, both released in 2015 or earlier—she’s nowhere to be found on any decade-end streaming charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, music listening is accelerating: According to BuzzAngle, last year’s streams alone accounted for more than 30% of all streaming activity over the past six years. But beneath the “one trillion streams” headlines are some deeper truths about the current state of the music business—some of which reflect the industry’s stubborn resistance to change, and others of which provide a sign of the global transformation to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio streams might rule the U.S., but video streams rule the world\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audio-streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music tend to suck up much of the air when talking about the modern music industry, at least in the U.S. But zoom out to a global level and it’s actually video—not audio—that reigns supreme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nielsen Music and BuzzAngle both found that audio accounted for around 70% of total on-demand streams in the U.S. in 2019, with video comprising the remaining 30%. But Nielsen’s worldwide streaming data flips that ratio on its head: Out of the 5.1 trillion on-demand music streams generated globally in 2019, including U.S. plays, 66% came from video, while the remaining 33% came from audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because YouTube is the preferred consumption platform and marketing machine for several international music genres, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.getrevue.co/profile/cheriehu42/issues/why-are-none-of-the-top-10-music-video-debuts-in-youtube-history-from-hip-hop-artists-173643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K-pop\u003c/a> in Korea to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/world/asia/t-series-youtube-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bollywood\u003c/a> in India (YouTube alone accounts for \u003ca href=\"https://www.musicplus.in/indian-music-industry-cross-%E2%82%B919-2-billion-2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">40%\u003c/a> of Indian labels’ revenues). Unlike Spotify Premium or Apple Music, YouTube is free and doesn’t require a login, raising its appeal for music markets whose consumers might have lower per-capita incomes or haven’t yet warmed up to the concept of a paid streaming subscription.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More songs than ever are in the 500-million-streams club, but power is still concentrated\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comparing the reports also outlines a dual narrative with respect to whether the music industry is really becoming a more-level playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one hand, more artists and songs are participating in the “top 1%” of the industry. According to BuzzAngle, 31 songs were streamed over 500 million times in 2019, up from 21 such songs in 2018. A tier below, nearly 900 songs were streamed over 100 million times last year, up from 525 in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t mean the distribution of power has gotten any more equitable. BuzzAngle found that the 1,000 most-streamed songs in 2019 accounted for 18% of \u003cem>all\u003c/em> streams, while the top 500 album titles were responsible for 30% of all album sales—same as the year before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major labels also dominate nearly all of the top artist, album and song charts in both reports. With the exception of YNW Melly’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thefader.com/2019/02/20/ynw-melly-murder-on-my-mind-charis-e-kubrin-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder On My Mind\u003c/a>,” the top 25 songs, albums and artists of 2019 in BuzzAngle’s report were all owned and/or distributed by a major label. Nielsen Music \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/8547770/nielsen-music-mrc-data-2019-report-streaming-tops-1-trillion-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found\u003c/a> that Universal Music Group, the largest record label by annual revenue, saw little change to its dominant market share, controlling 38.7% of the market in 2019 versus 38.1% in 2018 .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t necessarily to say that the music business is stale, or hostile to disruption. Consider “Old Town Road.” Within just one year, the song that Lil Nas X made with a $30 beat and then strategically seeded onto platforms like Triller and TikTok ended up becoming the most-streamed song \u003cem>of the past 10 years\u003c/em>, beating ubiquitous hits like “Despacito,” “Rockstar” and “Uptown Funk.” But even “Old Town Road” arguably could not have gotten to its historic peak without major-label backing—in this case, a distribution deal with Columbia Records, which helped Lil Nas X land remixes with Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug, Mason Ramsey and RM from BTS. Not only did these high-profile celebrities help promote the single, the remixes’ streams \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743121439/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-billie-eilish-bad-guy-remix-billboard-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also counted toward the original song’s tallies\u003c/a>, helping the track make history as the longest-running No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vinyl might be having a “revival,” but CDs still account for the vast majority of physical albums\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Album and song sales continue to wane across the board, seeing a 20% to 25% decline year-over-year in 2019, per BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively. Yet vinyl album sales continue to grow, by 11% to 15% annually (BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively). According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), revenues from vinyl records are poised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vinyl-cds-revenue-growth-riaa-880959/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surpass\u003c/a> those from CDs within the next few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s one important caveat: In terms of units, vinyl is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> the top physical music format—far from it, in fact. In 2019, CDs still accounted for 74% to 80% of physical album units sold, according to BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively. (Absolute numbers differ between the two reports; BuzzAngle pegs the number of CDs sold last year at 44.9 million, while Nielsen Music reports 54.8 million.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, vinyl constituted only around 17% to 19% of physical units sold last year—10.7 million per BuzzAngle and 18.8 million per Nielsen. While vinyl might be providing the music industry with a growing source of revenue, it doesn’t come close to achieving the reach of the CD market. The vinyl market also skews the oldest out of all music formats; six out of the top-10-selling vinyl albums of 2019 were released before 2000, and 67% of vinyl sales overall last year came from catalog (i.e., music older than 18 months), according to Nielsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember: album sales aren’t all created equal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since streaming now accounts for the vast majority of music listening in the U.S. (again, about 80%), it’s natural to assume that those plays are an appropriate proxy for consumer behavior across other formats. But a closer examination of the Nielsen Music and BuzzAngle reports reveals that that could not be further from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sales-oriented music charts, like the Billboard 200, calculate artists’ rankings using formulas that convert stream counts into approximate “album equivalents.” For example, as of summer 2018, the Billboard charts register one “album unit” for every 1,250 paid audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams or 3,750 video streams. BuzzAngle, meanwhile, has a simpler, unweighted formula, adding one “album project unit” for every 1,500 on-demand streams, regardless of the streams’ source or financial value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under these formulas, if only one song on a ten-track album was streamed a million times, with the remaining tracks receiving zero activity, that would count just as much towards an album ranking as every track receiving 100,000 streams each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this month—this week, in fact—the Billboard 200 chart is also now \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/8546247/billboard-200-changes-youtube-video-data-streaming-album-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incorporating YouTube data\u003c/a> into its formula, which puts even further weight on an album’s biggest single(s) rather than on all the project’s tracks as a whole. In short, album equivalent units often don’t reflect actual album consumption, let alone physical album purchases—a nuance that’s difficult to communicate in the context of a surface-level chart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Radio listening and album sales paint a completely different picture of popularity than streaming\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s compare the top artists on streaming versus terrestrial radio in both reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, hip-hop/R&B was the top genre for on-demand streaming in 2019, accounting for nearly a third of total on-demand streams. Moreover, rappers accounted for over half of the top ten most-streamed artists and songs of the year, according to Nielsen. BuzzAngle reported an even stronger skew in favor of hip-hop/R&B, with the genre accounting for 80% of the top 25 artists of the year (by on-demand streams).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Nielsen’s radio airplay charts are almost completely devoid of hip-hop. Towards the end of Nielsen’s report, there are four lists of the top artists and songs by airplay spins and audience reach for the decade ending 2019, encompassing 40 total slots. Only \u003cem>five\u003c/em> of those slots went to hip-hop/R&B artists, with country and rock dominating nearly all others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isolating album and song sales presents a similar story. Country and rock accounted for 14 of BuzzAngle’s top 25 artists by album sales from 2015–2019, while only two rappers make an appearance in Nielsen’s top 10 artists of the decade by album sales and song sales—Drake and Eminem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Once disparate, the demographics of streaming, album sales and terrestrial radio listeners are now starting to blur\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners of all ages, including parents and seniors, are adopting smart speakers and other voice-enabled devices at a rapid pace, helping revivify back catalog in the streaming era. And it’s not just the old guard who can benefit from selling vinyl: Colorful physical products like vinyl records can potentially help an artist stand out in the crowded streaming landscape—and, when bundled with a digital download, can even help them climb the charts (as long as they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-an-album-with-that-t-shirt-billboard-tightens-rules-on-bundling-music-and-merchandise-11574776800\">stick to the rules\u003c/a>). In general, the physical market is also increasingly online, with nearly half of all physical album sales in 2019 happening via online e-commerce stores, according to BuzzAngle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most surprising case study: While Billie Eilish may be a streaming darling, she also has a much more solid track record in vinyl sales than most of her modern-pop peers. In 2019, 19% (BuzzAngle) to 26% (Nielsen Music) of physical units sold for Eilish’s \u003cem>When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go\u003c/em> were vinyl LPs. In contrast, only 6% of physical sales for Taylor Swift and 9% of those for Harry Styles came from vinyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The upper echelon of music is still a boy’s club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A disappointing takeaway from both BuzzAngle’s and Nielsen’s reports is the lack of women among the top-selling artists and songs of both 2019 and the past decade—suggesting that progress towards gender equality in recorded music over the past five to ten years has been incremental at best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gender inequities vary somewhat by musical genre. The upper echelons of the pop charts tend to be more inclusive—with the likes of Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift reigning in 2019—but the top of the hip-hop, country and rock charts remain male-dominated. BuzzAngle’s report reveals that all of the top-consumed hip-hop songs and albums of 2019 were performed by men. With the exception of Lizzo, Nielsen’s hip-hop/R&B year-end charts were also completely male, and not a single woman made it onto Nielsen’s top country and rock charts for the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While disruptive in a commercial sense, the advent of streaming has not necessarily made this gender split any better. According to BuzzAngle, with the exception of Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” and Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of the 25 top-streamed songs over the past five years were by male artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These findings parallel more longitudinal studies carried out by institutions such as the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which \u003ca href=\"http://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/no-country-for-female-artists-research-brief_2019-04-04.pdf\">found\u003c/a> that female artists accounted only for 16% of the top 500 charted country songs from 2014 to 2018. Artists like \u003ca href=\"https://www.glamour.com/story/jennifer-nettles-equal-play?curator=MusicREDEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jennifer Nettles Glamour\u003c/a> have been speaking out against these inequities for years, yet they still play out across streaming, physical and radio formats, as well as in the live sector (e.g. the \u003ca href=\"https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/01/9131472/2020-coachella-lineup-no-women-headlining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">absence of women headliners\u003c/a> from this year’s Coachella lineup).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may be a new decade, but the music business is still rife with ingrained biases and gatekeeping practices that prevent women and other minority groups from accessing key exposure, revenue and career opportunities—let alone appearing on year-end industry reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As we ease into the 2020s, data about the music industry’s growth is more abundant than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the last week, BuzzAngle and Nielsen Music—the two central, competing, public-facing music-data firms in the U.S.—released their \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2019-US-Report-Industry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports\u003c/a> on music listening trends. BuzzAngle powers \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/charts-methodology/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>‘s charts\u003c/a> and is owned by \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Penske Media\u003c/a>, the parent company of \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Variety\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Deadline\u003c/em>; Nielsen Music was \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8546636/billboard-nielsen-music-valence-media-acquisition-mrc-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquired\u003c/a> by Valence Media, the parent company of \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Hollywood Reporter\u003c/em>, in December 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two reports differ on some details, but are directionally similar. Both put the total number of music streams in the U.S. last year over one trillion for the first time, representing a 15% growth in streams year-over-year. Both note that on-demand streaming accounted for over 80% of total consumption in the U.S., and that audio streaming in particular continued to register solid annual growth (from Nielsen’s 24% to BuzzAngle’s 32%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nielsen’s report in particular sheds light on the artists who dominated the past decade. Drake, Eminem and Taylor Swift were the only three artists to rank in the top 10 for the most album sales and streams last decade—country stars like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Toby Keith lead the radio airplay charts over the same time period. Interestingly, while Adele had the two best-\u003cem>selling\u003c/em> albums of the decade—\u003cem>21\u003c/em> and \u003cem>25\u003c/em>, respectively, both released in 2015 or earlier—she’s nowhere to be found on any decade-end streaming charts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, music listening is accelerating: According to BuzzAngle, last year’s streams alone accounted for more than 30% of all streaming activity over the past six years. But beneath the “one trillion streams” headlines are some deeper truths about the current state of the music business—some of which reflect the industry’s stubborn resistance to change, and others of which provide a sign of the global transformation to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio streams might rule the U.S., but video streams rule the world\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audio-streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music tend to suck up much of the air when talking about the modern music industry, at least in the U.S. But zoom out to a global level and it’s actually video—not audio—that reigns supreme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nielsen Music and BuzzAngle both found that audio accounted for around 70% of total on-demand streams in the U.S. in 2019, with video comprising the remaining 30%. But Nielsen’s worldwide streaming data flips that ratio on its head: Out of the 5.1 trillion on-demand music streams generated globally in 2019, including U.S. plays, 66% came from video, while the remaining 33% came from audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because YouTube is the preferred consumption platform and marketing machine for several international music genres, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.getrevue.co/profile/cheriehu42/issues/why-are-none-of-the-top-10-music-video-debuts-in-youtube-history-from-hip-hop-artists-173643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K-pop\u003c/a> in Korea to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/world/asia/t-series-youtube-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bollywood\u003c/a> in India (YouTube alone accounts for \u003ca href=\"https://www.musicplus.in/indian-music-industry-cross-%E2%82%B919-2-billion-2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">40%\u003c/a> of Indian labels’ revenues). Unlike Spotify Premium or Apple Music, YouTube is free and doesn’t require a login, raising its appeal for music markets whose consumers might have lower per-capita incomes or haven’t yet warmed up to the concept of a paid streaming subscription.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More songs than ever are in the 500-million-streams club, but power is still concentrated\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comparing the reports also outlines a dual narrative with respect to whether the music industry is really becoming a more-level playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one hand, more artists and songs are participating in the “top 1%” of the industry. According to BuzzAngle, 31 songs were streamed over 500 million times in 2019, up from 21 such songs in 2018. A tier below, nearly 900 songs were streamed over 100 million times last year, up from 525 in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t mean the distribution of power has gotten any more equitable. BuzzAngle found that the 1,000 most-streamed songs in 2019 accounted for 18% of \u003cem>all\u003c/em> streams, while the top 500 album titles were responsible for 30% of all album sales—same as the year before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major labels also dominate nearly all of the top artist, album and song charts in both reports. With the exception of YNW Melly’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thefader.com/2019/02/20/ynw-melly-murder-on-my-mind-charis-e-kubrin-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder On My Mind\u003c/a>,” the top 25 songs, albums and artists of 2019 in BuzzAngle’s report were all owned and/or distributed by a major label. Nielsen Music \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/8547770/nielsen-music-mrc-data-2019-report-streaming-tops-1-trillion-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found\u003c/a> that Universal Music Group, the largest record label by annual revenue, saw little change to its dominant market share, controlling 38.7% of the market in 2019 versus 38.1% in 2018 .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t necessarily to say that the music business is stale, or hostile to disruption. Consider “Old Town Road.” Within just one year, the song that Lil Nas X made with a $30 beat and then strategically seeded onto platforms like Triller and TikTok ended up becoming the most-streamed song \u003cem>of the past 10 years\u003c/em>, beating ubiquitous hits like “Despacito,” “Rockstar” and “Uptown Funk.” But even “Old Town Road” arguably could not have gotten to its historic peak without major-label backing—in this case, a distribution deal with Columbia Records, which helped Lil Nas X land remixes with Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug, Mason Ramsey and RM from BTS. Not only did these high-profile celebrities help promote the single, the remixes’ streams \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743121439/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-billie-eilish-bad-guy-remix-billboard-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also counted toward the original song’s tallies\u003c/a>, helping the track make history as the longest-running No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vinyl might be having a “revival,” but CDs still account for the vast majority of physical albums\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Album and song sales continue to wane across the board, seeing a 20% to 25% decline year-over-year in 2019, per BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively. Yet vinyl album sales continue to grow, by 11% to 15% annually (BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively). According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), revenues from vinyl records are poised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vinyl-cds-revenue-growth-riaa-880959/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surpass\u003c/a> those from CDs within the next few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s one important caveat: In terms of units, vinyl is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> the top physical music format—far from it, in fact. In 2019, CDs still accounted for 74% to 80% of physical album units sold, according to BuzzAngle and Nielsen, respectively. (Absolute numbers differ between the two reports; BuzzAngle pegs the number of CDs sold last year at 44.9 million, while Nielsen Music reports 54.8 million.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, vinyl constituted only around 17% to 19% of physical units sold last year—10.7 million per BuzzAngle and 18.8 million per Nielsen. While vinyl might be providing the music industry with a growing source of revenue, it doesn’t come close to achieving the reach of the CD market. The vinyl market also skews the oldest out of all music formats; six out of the top-10-selling vinyl albums of 2019 were released before 2000, and 67% of vinyl sales overall last year came from catalog (i.e., music older than 18 months), according to Nielsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember: album sales aren’t all created equal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since streaming now accounts for the vast majority of music listening in the U.S. (again, about 80%), it’s natural to assume that those plays are an appropriate proxy for consumer behavior across other formats. But a closer examination of the Nielsen Music and BuzzAngle reports reveals that that could not be further from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sales-oriented music charts, like the Billboard 200, calculate artists’ rankings using formulas that convert stream counts into approximate “album equivalents.” For example, as of summer 2018, the Billboard charts register one “album unit” for every 1,250 paid audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams or 3,750 video streams. BuzzAngle, meanwhile, has a simpler, unweighted formula, adding one “album project unit” for every 1,500 on-demand streams, regardless of the streams’ source or financial value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under these formulas, if only one song on a ten-track album was streamed a million times, with the remaining tracks receiving zero activity, that would count just as much towards an album ranking as every track receiving 100,000 streams each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this month—this week, in fact—the Billboard 200 chart is also now \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/8546247/billboard-200-changes-youtube-video-data-streaming-album-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incorporating YouTube data\u003c/a> into its formula, which puts even further weight on an album’s biggest single(s) rather than on all the project’s tracks as a whole. In short, album equivalent units often don’t reflect actual album consumption, let alone physical album purchases—a nuance that’s difficult to communicate in the context of a surface-level chart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Radio listening and album sales paint a completely different picture of popularity than streaming\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s compare the top artists on streaming versus terrestrial radio in both reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, hip-hop/R&B was the top genre for on-demand streaming in 2019, accounting for nearly a third of total on-demand streams. Moreover, rappers accounted for over half of the top ten most-streamed artists and songs of the year, according to Nielsen. BuzzAngle reported an even stronger skew in favor of hip-hop/R&B, with the genre accounting for 80% of the top 25 artists of the year (by on-demand streams).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Nielsen’s radio airplay charts are almost completely devoid of hip-hop. Towards the end of Nielsen’s report, there are four lists of the top artists and songs by airplay spins and audience reach for the decade ending 2019, encompassing 40 total slots. Only \u003cem>five\u003c/em> of those slots went to hip-hop/R&B artists, with country and rock dominating nearly all others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isolating album and song sales presents a similar story. Country and rock accounted for 14 of BuzzAngle’s top 25 artists by album sales from 2015–2019, while only two rappers make an appearance in Nielsen’s top 10 artists of the decade by album sales and song sales—Drake and Eminem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Once disparate, the demographics of streaming, album sales and terrestrial radio listeners are now starting to blur\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners of all ages, including parents and seniors, are adopting smart speakers and other voice-enabled devices at a rapid pace, helping revivify back catalog in the streaming era. And it’s not just the old guard who can benefit from selling vinyl: Colorful physical products like vinyl records can potentially help an artist stand out in the crowded streaming landscape—and, when bundled with a digital download, can even help them climb the charts (as long as they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-an-album-with-that-t-shirt-billboard-tightens-rules-on-bundling-music-and-merchandise-11574776800\">stick to the rules\u003c/a>). In general, the physical market is also increasingly online, with nearly half of all physical album sales in 2019 happening via online e-commerce stores, according to BuzzAngle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most surprising case study: While Billie Eilish may be a streaming darling, she also has a much more solid track record in vinyl sales than most of her modern-pop peers. In 2019, 19% (BuzzAngle) to 26% (Nielsen Music) of physical units sold for Eilish’s \u003cem>When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go\u003c/em> were vinyl LPs. In contrast, only 6% of physical sales for Taylor Swift and 9% of those for Harry Styles came from vinyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The upper echelon of music is still a boy’s club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A disappointing takeaway from both BuzzAngle’s and Nielsen’s reports is the lack of women among the top-selling artists and songs of both 2019 and the past decade—suggesting that progress towards gender equality in recorded music over the past five to ten years has been incremental at best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gender inequities vary somewhat by musical genre. The upper echelons of the pop charts tend to be more inclusive—with the likes of Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift reigning in 2019—but the top of the hip-hop, country and rock charts remain male-dominated. BuzzAngle’s report reveals that all of the top-consumed hip-hop songs and albums of 2019 were performed by men. With the exception of Lizzo, Nielsen’s hip-hop/R&B year-end charts were also completely male, and not a single woman made it onto Nielsen’s top country and rock charts for the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While disruptive in a commercial sense, the advent of streaming has not necessarily made this gender split any better. 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There was some speculation that Brandi Carlile’s nomination for album \u003cem>By The Way, I Forgive\u003c/em> \u003cem>You\u003c/em> might cause a vote split between the two roots-rooted artists, but Musgraves’ idiosyncratic work seems to have elevated her above some formidable competition, including the Kendrick Lamar-curated \u003cem>Black Panther: The Album,\u003c/em>Janelle Monáe’s visionary \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> and Cardi B’s breakout \u003cem>Invasion of Privacy\u003c/em>. Musgraves seems more shocked than anyone. —\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:42 p.m. \u003c/strong>It’s beginning to sink in just how shocked America still is by Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” — because he’s swept three categories, including one of the night’s biggest prizes in Record of the Year, in what really is a surprise to me. His producer Ludwig Gorannson accepts on his behalf, saying the song “calls out injustice, celebrates life and reunites us all at the same time.” Then, in the spirit of the song, he shouts out the name of one of the many contributors, 21 Savage, who remains under dentention at the hands of ICE since his arrest one week ago in Atlanta. “You should be here tonight,” Gorannson says in reference to 21. It’s just a reminder that everything at the heart of that song is and remains the state of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goransson, himself a big winner tonight, won Grammys in association with “This Is America” as well as his score for \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em>. \u003cem>–Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>For a lot of folks in music, 2018 was the Year of Aretha. So it’s no surprise that three singers — Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and Andra Day — are paying tribute to her on the Grammy telecast. 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But she’s cut off before she can finish her comments. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16 p.m. \u003c/strong>Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, introduced by Wilmer Valderrama for some reason, delivered a “hashtag-Grammy-moment” with a mashup of St. Vincent’s song “Masseduction” (for which she won Best Rock Song and, less excitingly, Best Recording Package her album of the same name) and Dua Lipa’s single “One Kiss” — a performance that was entirely dominated by St. Vincent, her innate intensity and guitar virtuosity. Hard to blame the onstage cameraman for momentarily losing his balance for a second there. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>Well, after a lot of rap wrongs, the Grammy’s got this one right at least. Cardi’s win for Rap Album of the Year comes in a category stacked solid with men as her competition. Her acceptance speech is really highlighting the sacrifices she had to make as a woman who became a mother-to-be at the same time that the spotlight and industry pressure were on her to follow up her No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” with an album. That she came through with \u003cem>Invasion of Privacy,\u003c/em> a well-crafted album that maximizes everything fans love about Cardi without turning her into a caricature, is a real breakthrough. She became a serious artist with this album. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>“Babe, I can’t breathe,” Cardi B said to husband Offset — who she \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/grammys-2019-cardi-b-offset-red-carpet-tongue-photos/\">tongued\u003c/a> on the red carpet earlier — as she was accepting the award for Best Rap Album. It was a rare example of the quickly risen star failing to find words. (You can find some deep background on Cardi’s fast success \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/05/599592959/the-business-of-being-cardi-b\">right here\u003c/a>.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:02 p.m. \u003c/strong>A lot more people will be talking about Chloe x Halle — the sister duo signed by Beyonce — after this performance of Donny Hathaway’s “Where Is The Love.” And deservedly so. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Brandi Carlile \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/582454085/brandi-carlile-on-practicing-forgiveness-even-when-its-hard\">does what she does\u003c/a>, which is absolutely slay songs that are inspirational and heartfelt, tiptoeing right up to the edge of maudlin. If you hadn’t been keeping track of the pre-telecast winners, you might not know that Carlile’s already having a big night, with three awards in the roots and Americana categories for “The Joke,” the song she played with her longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and the album it comes from, \u003cem>By the Way, I Forgive You. \u003c/em>She has a shot at two more tonight, and they’re both big ones: Record and Album of the Year. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:49 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best R&B Album goes to H.E.R. for her self-titled album — her song “Best Part,” featuring Daniel Caesar, also won Best R&B Performance earlier tonight. H.E.R., born Gabi Wilson, told the audience that she’s been signed since she was 14 years old — which would have been in 2011. Feel old yet? (By the way that was BTS, the biggest K-pop group in the world, who presented her the award. They reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 for the first time last year — something H.E.R. has yet to do.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:40 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Recording Academy would very much like the public to know that they’re staging a Motown tribute in April. A very sweet little moment — in which Alicia Keys duets with Smokey Robinson — turns into a strange, jukebox-musical traversal of Motown’s many eras, featuring an entertainer whom I’ve *never* associated with Detroit: Jennifer Lopez, who courses through at least three outfits. And then Jenny from the block performs some impressively acrobatic salsa to the strains of Ne-Yo. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Travis Scott opens his performance — the ONLY main hip-hop performance of the night — with James Blake and Earth Wind & Fire members, before transitioning into the Grammys’ awkward attempt at the MTV Awards. Scott performs “No Bystanders” in a cage before surfing a seemingly hired crowd. After seeing that and Drake’s acceptance speech, I’d love to see what an overcorrection on hip-hop would look like from the Grammy’s next year. (Interesting to note that Scott was also one of the performers at last weekend’s Super Bowl, amid a lot of controversy and a lot of rap acts declining the invitation. He played the exact same role under the exact same circumstances tonight.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Lady Gaga brought to “Shallow” a ’90s alterna-rock interpretation, complete with Alice-In-Chains-ian acoustic guitar tone. She perhaps oversold her energy during the opener, before the song arrived at its Oscar-worthy anthemic energy. It’s a strange sort of meta-cultural exercise to see Lady Gaga, an actual pop star, bringing such energy to the performance of a song that was written for her portrayal of a fake pop star within a movie about the vagaries and pitfalls of… pop stardom. Regardless, the song won for best song written for visual media and Best Pop Duo/Group performance earlier tonight. She also picked up a prize for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Going).” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>While we’re enjoying Gaga’s Cooperless performance of “Shallow,” I’ll direct anyone who might have been confused by Diana Ross exclaiming “Happy Birthday to me!” at the end of her set to the Twitter feed of NPR Music’s pop critic Ann Powers (watching the show even though she’s on leave), \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1094795066940493830\">who notes\u003c/a> that occasion won’t actually occur until March 26. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:04 p.m. \u003c/strong>Alicia Keys introduces Diana Ross ahead of her 75th birthday celebration in March, with a string that includes 42 No. 1 songs, paired with Ross’ 9-year-old grandson, Raif-Henok. (His appearance feels like that of a young princeling being introduced to society.) Ross — wearing blazing red tulle — belts out “The Best Years of My Life.” While the voice is a bit ragged, there’s no denying her queenliness. She then invites the crowd to “move the energy in the room” while she runs through “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Before crowing, “Happy birthday to me!” \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Drake wins Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan,” and surprises everybody by actually being in attendance “I definitely did not think I was winning anything,” Drake says before giving a speech that speaks directly to the huge disconnect between institutions like the Grammys and hip-hop artists like Travis Scott, Cardi B and others, whom he references during his acceptance. It’s a speech that the Recording Academy and many watching at home needed to hear, but apparently the Academy didn’t want to. They cut Drake off without even the benefit of playing wrap-it-up music, after he said, “You don’t need this,” speaking to his peers and striving musicians. It was a direct reference to the trophy he was holding in his hand, one he said he was surprised to collect — which is surprising in itself considering Drake’s outsized success. That might have stung the Grammys, the the move to end the speech will be read like more disrespect in the historic gulf between The Grammys and The Culture. That speech, and the Grammys allowing him to have his say in full, might have gone a long way in righting some historic wrongs. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>You might not be familiar with rising country-pop duo Dan + Shay, who just performed their highest-charting single, “Tequila,” for which they won the best country duo/group performance award tonight. Beginning as Nashville songwriters, the pair released their first album, \u003cem>Where It All Began\u003c/em>, in 2014 and have released two since, including last year’s self-titled album that contained that winning single.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>When show host Alicia Keys has to fill up an extended set with covers ranging from Nat King Cole to Ella Mai, it just underlines how many big-name nominees turned down the opportunity to perform this year. That race toward irrelevance — the Grammy’s are winning it. Despite it all, she sounded great as she straddled a piano stool rotating between two grand pianos. It felt like a classic Grammy mashup — mixing the old with the new. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:33 p.m. \u003c/strong>It’s been nearly an hour since our last trophy was given out — even by Grammy standards, that was \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>a while. Regardless, we have our winner for best country album: Kacey Musgraves’ \u003cem>Golden Hour\u003c/em>, which she accepted winged by album producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. She’s now won three statues so far tonight. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:30 p.m. \u003c/strong>Cardi B’s lip synch for “Money” was a little asynchronous — but her charisma, in service of a naughty Marlene Dietrich’d cabaret performance that recalled the song’s video, was minimally affected. She’s still up for Best Rap Album, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Earlier in the night, she lost pop duo/group performance to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” and best rap performance to Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake’s “King’s Dead” and Anderson .Paak’s “Bubblin.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:21 p.m. \u003c/strong>H.E.R., already a winner in the category of Best R&B Performance, gives a super confident performance. Even knowing her Disney history it’s been amazing to see how seasoned she is as she’s emerged over the past few years. She’s also nominated for a total of five awards, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. For those who thought her nominations were premature, she proved otherwise with that performance.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>As if the world couldn’t get more plasticine, we had Childish Gambino as an computer-generated avatar reprising his “This Is America” dance moves in an earlier advertisement for a new Google phone. Not to be outdone, Ariana Grande stumped during a commercial break for Apple and their animoji thingamajigs. Neither, it should be noted, are in attendance at the actual award show happening tonight, despite the fact that they’ve both won awards. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:08 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Dolly Parton tribute/performance was a mixed bag, from the costumes to the singing — it was clearly meant as a Big Moment, but was less than that. Katy Perry struggled with rhythm. Kacey Musgraves’ light was dimmed in comparison to Parton’s own wattage. But when Miley Cyrus (Parton’s goddaughter) and Maren Morris joined Parton for another trio, things got much, much better as they sang in some really lovely close harmonies. And Little Big Town seemed thrilled just to be sharing the stage with Parton, along with the great Linda Perry — one of the few female producers working in the business — playing guitar in her band, but Parton seemed most sparkling when performing a new song, “Red Shoes” while wearing, of course… red heels..\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:53 p.m. \u003c/strong>Post Malone, accompanied at first by naught but a guitar and spangles for the opening bars of “Stay,” then pivoted to his hit “Rockstar” and sung it quite ably, no doubt to the surprise of many. Anthony Kiedis, singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Dark Necessities,” perhaps less so. (For what it’s worth, “Rockstar” is up for one of the night’s top prizes, Record of the Year. The featured artist on that release, 21 Savage, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691725441/lawyers-for-21-savage-explain-dreamer-history-characterize-detention-as-baseless\">currently sitting in an ICE detention center\u003c/a> in Georgia.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a shock (to my system at least), Childish Gambino takes away Song of the Year for “This Is America” — which also won Best Music Video having racked up 482 million views. The field was crowded with nominees including Ella Mai, Drake, Kendrick Lamar & SZA …. And the win, though surprising, is interesting from a songwriting perspective. Gambino — a.k.a. Donald Glover — was not present to receive the award. He’s one of many top nominees on the hip-hop side especially — Kendrick Lamar and Drake also included — who are not in attendance tonight. It feels less like a protest on their part than just being fed up with investing so much into an institution that tends to invest so little into hip-hop. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a performance of “Make Me Feel” that would’ve made her former mentor Prince blush with pride, Janelle Monae just took Black Girl Magic to epic levels with choreographed dancing from her backing chorus, some well-placed air humps, floor crawls and a mic drop. \u003cem>–Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>I saw Kacey Musgraves perform in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago — and was taken with her coolness and poise. She’s got a vibe that’s somehow super-1970s but very current as well — there was a lot of talk about how (relatively) diverse her fanbase is, for a country artist — and this simple, but beautiful performance of her song “Rainbow” felt very authentic to those ideals. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:25 p.m. \u003c/strong>Nina Dobrev’s appearance to introduce Kacey Musgraves might be the closest, by association, that we get to Drake being onstage this evening — she co-starred with Drake in the show \u003cem>Degrassi: The Next Generation \u003c/em>(and the \u003cem>Degrassi\u003c/em>-checking \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIhx2wZ8jnA\">music video for “I’m Upset.”\u003c/a>) \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:22 p.m. \u003c/strong>The award for best pop/duo performance went to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow,” from the film — oh you know what it’s called. The song already won best song written for visual media earlier this evening. “I’m so proud to be part of a movie that addresses mental health issues — they’re so important. A lot of artists deal with that, and we’ve got to take care of each other. So if you see somebody who’s hurting, don’t look away.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Shawn Mendes performed his modest hit “In My Blood” alongside Miley Cyrus. The song, which is up for song of the year — spent 23 weeks on the Hot 100 songs chart, topping out at No. 11. Mendes lost the trophy for best pop vocal album earlier tonight to Ariana Grande’s \u003cem>Sweetener\u003c/em>. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>Those five mostly talked about how much music means to them, not really about women, or the place of women in the business… even though *that* was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">the story of last year’s Grammys\u003c/a>. In the days & weeks after last year’s awards, the Grammy organizers — particularly Neil Portnow, the president & CEO of the Recording Academy, and the telecast producer Ken Ehrlich, were the focus of outrage after both men made public statements that many interpreted as belittling women in the music industry. But perhaps the visuals of these five powerful, self-possessed women on stage are enough of a message… until Keys said, in a nod to an immortal Beyonce line: “Who runs the world?” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:13 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Grammys waste no time acknowledging the elephant in the room as host Alicia Keys kicks off the show by introducing “some of [her] sisters” to the stage: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama — met with raucous applause — take turns extolling the value of music. “Music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama says as the five women end the opening in a embrace. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:06 p.m. \u003c/strong>In the sclerotic world of the Grammys, it’s a big move to have an overtly Latinx opening act — Camila Cabello with J Balvin, Ricky Martin, Young Thug and Arturo Sandoval. The performance definitely feels like a statement, even though the set (which, in a pre-show interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cabello said was supposed to evoke a family home — her grandmother’s, I think) felt a little Broadway. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:59 p.m. \u003c/strong>The somewhat shambolic, or at least far less buttoned-up, pre-show wrapped up around 6:50 p.m. ET. Notable winners included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brandi Carlile\u003c/strong>, who’s already taken home three trophies, for best American roots performance and best American roots song for “The Joke,” as well as best Americana album for \u003cem>By The Way, I Forgive You\u003c/em>. The song and album is also up for record of the year and album of the year, respectively. (Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563358018/songs-we-love-brandi-carlile-the-joke\">our chief critic Ann Powers take on “The Joke” here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ariana Grande\u003c/strong> — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">had a public falling out\u003c/a> with the night’s executive producer, Ken Ehrlich, earlier this week over her choice of song, a year after Lorde was denied the opportunity to perform during the telecast — won best pop vocal album for \u003cem>Sweetener.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong> has won two golden gramophones so far: “Space Cowboy” was voted best country song by the Recording Academy, while “Butterflies” won best country solo performance. She’s also nominated for Album of the Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lady Gaga\u003c/strong> — who will be performing tonight without Bradley Cooper, who is in Britain, attending the BAFTAs — won best song written for visual media for, of course, “Shallow” from \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em>. Other cinema winners included Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake for their \u003cem>Black Panther \u003c/em>song “King’s Dead” (shared with Anderson .Paak and his song “Bubblin”); Hugh Jackman (and various other artists) for \u003cem>The Greatest Showman’s \u003c/em>compilation soundtrack; and Ludwig Göransson, who composed the score soundtrack for the visual media of Black Panther; and Terence Blanchard won best instrumental composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil),” which you may recognize as the main theme to Spike Lee’s film BlacKkKKlansman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carters’ \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Everything Is Love\u003c/em> for best urban contemporary album (shockingly, they weren’t present to accept their statue).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chris Cornell’s \u003c/strong>children accepted an award on his behalf, for best rock performance of “When Bad Does Good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly and well-deservedly, \u003cstrong>Childish Gambino\u003c/strong> was given best music video for “This Is America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet\u003c/strong> won best chamber music/small ensemble performance for \u003cem>Landfall\u003c/em> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/08/584036854/first-listen-laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall\">read our coverage here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder jazz statesman \u003cstrong>Wayne Shorter\u003c/strong> and his Quartet’s \u003cem>Emanon \u003c/em>won for best jazz instrumental album. (We reviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/647522444/with-emanon-jazz-elder-wayne-shorter-grandly-sweeps-the-stars\">the monumental piece of work\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Tiny Desk Contest winner \u003cstrong>Fantastic Negrito\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Please Don’t Be Dead\u003c/em> won best contemporary blues album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Soweto Gospel Choir\u003c/strong>, who’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/04/16/150511993/soweto-gospel-choir-tiny-desk-concert\">visited the Tiny Desk before\u003c/a>, won best world music album for \u003cem>Freedom\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widely panned up-and-coming retro-rock group \u003cstrong>Greta Van Fleet\u003c/strong> took best rock album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent\u003c/strong> won best rock song for “Masseduction,” with producer Jack Antonoff by her side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Pike from the fairly underground metal band \u003cstrong>High On Fire\u003c/strong>, who likely didn’t ever expect to be ascending to the stage during the Grammys, accepted an award for best metal performance behind \u003cem>Electric Messiah\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dave Chappelle\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation \u003c/em>won best comedy album. \u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:55 p.m.\u003c/strong> Out of 84 total awards, here are the nine that will be awarded during the telecast tonight:\u003cbr>\nBest country album\u003cbr>\nBest rap album\u003cbr>\nBest rap song\u003cbr>\nBest R&B album\u003cbr>\nBest pop duo/group performance\u003cbr>\nBest new artist\u003cbr>\nSong of the year\u003cbr>\nAlbum of the year\u003cbr>\nRecord of year\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>Welcome to NPR’s live blog for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, where you’ll find commentary, context and pithy quips from our team. Going into the main show — with but nine awards left to give out — here are some things to keep in mind and look forward to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The night is, mostly, all about the performances. There will be awkward moments, but a planned tribute to Aretha Franklin, which will be performed by Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day, had better be one to remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will the final speech from Neil Portnow — who caused more than a little consternation last year when he said women needed to “step up” in order to secure broader inclusion — contain? The executive is resigning as president of the Recording Academy this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the Recording Academy’s task force — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/06/591213252/times-up-leader-tina-tchen-to-head-recording-academy-s-diversity-task-force\">set up in the wake\u003c/a> of Portnow’s comments and a severely lopsided number of female winners last year — has been successful in its aims to broaden not only the Academy’s membership but also those it honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who doesn’t show up: Kendrick Lamar, Drake Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, Jay-Z and Beyonce and a host of others are expected to skip this year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>For a lot of folks in music, 2018 was the Year of Aretha. So it’s no surprise that three singers — Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and Andra Day — are paying tribute to her on the Grammy telecast. (Both Adams and Fantasia sang at Franklin’s extraordinary homegoing service in Detroit in August.) Singing “Natural Woman,” the three are stadning on a small platform away from the main stage as images of Franklin flash by. How is this so much smaller, and lesser, than Diana Ross’ birthday bash? \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Among those remembered during this year’s In Memoriam tribute: James Ingram, Roy Clark, Nancy Wilson, Charles Aznavour, Vic Damone, Carol Channing, Joe Jackson, James Wright, Gary Burden, Avicii, Ed King, John Perry Barlow, Tony Joe White, Mac Miller, Roy Hargrove, Cecil Taylor, Bill Watrous, Geoff Emerick, Yvonne Staples, Randy Scruggs, Roger Clark, Charles Neville and — of course — Aretha Franklin. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>Neil Portnow, in his comments as outgoing president & CEO of the Recording Academy (formerly known as NARAS, or the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences), makes a big point of saluting women and that he’s learned from this past year. He announces that he will be leaving the organization this July, when his contract expires. He’s been leading the Academy since 2002. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:24 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best New Artist was a crowded field this year — literally. It’s one of the awards that was widened from five to eight nominees… and the majority of them were female this year. Dua Lipa, who, in a Grammy telecast tradition of sorts, has just stepped off from performing “Masseduction” with St. Vincent, almost starts off her speech by saying, “I guess this year, we’ve really stepped up,” in reference to Neil Portnow’s infamous comments a year ago. She also makes a point of referencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/491948179/dua-lipa-wants-to-break-america\">her personal background\u003c/a> as the England-born daughter of immigrants from Kosovo. But she’s cut off before she can finish her comments. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16 p.m. \u003c/strong>Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, introduced by Wilmer Valderrama for some reason, delivered a “hashtag-Grammy-moment” with a mashup of St. Vincent’s song “Masseduction” (for which she won Best Rock Song and, less excitingly, Best Recording Package her album of the same name) and Dua Lipa’s single “One Kiss” — a performance that was entirely dominated by St. Vincent, her innate intensity and guitar virtuosity. Hard to blame the onstage cameraman for momentarily losing his balance for a second there. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>Well, after a lot of rap wrongs, the Grammy’s got this one right at least. Cardi’s win for Rap Album of the Year comes in a category stacked solid with men as her competition. Her acceptance speech is really highlighting the sacrifices she had to make as a woman who became a mother-to-be at the same time that the spotlight and industry pressure were on her to follow up her No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” with an album. That she came through with \u003cem>Invasion of Privacy,\u003c/em> a well-crafted album that maximizes everything fans love about Cardi without turning her into a caricature, is a real breakthrough. She became a serious artist with this album. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>“Babe, I can’t breathe,” Cardi B said to husband Offset — who she \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/grammys-2019-cardi-b-offset-red-carpet-tongue-photos/\">tongued\u003c/a> on the red carpet earlier — as she was accepting the award for Best Rap Album. It was a rare example of the quickly risen star failing to find words. (You can find some deep background on Cardi’s fast success \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/05/599592959/the-business-of-being-cardi-b\">right here\u003c/a>.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:02 p.m. \u003c/strong>A lot more people will be talking about Chloe x Halle — the sister duo signed by Beyonce — after this performance of Donny Hathaway’s “Where Is The Love.” And deservedly so. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Brandi Carlile \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/582454085/brandi-carlile-on-practicing-forgiveness-even-when-its-hard\">does what she does\u003c/a>, which is absolutely slay songs that are inspirational and heartfelt, tiptoeing right up to the edge of maudlin. If you hadn’t been keeping track of the pre-telecast winners, you might not know that Carlile’s already having a big night, with three awards in the roots and Americana categories for “The Joke,” the song she played with her longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and the album it comes from, \u003cem>By the Way, I Forgive You. \u003c/em>She has a shot at two more tonight, and they’re both big ones: Record and Album of the Year. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:49 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best R&B Album goes to H.E.R. for her self-titled album — her song “Best Part,” featuring Daniel Caesar, also won Best R&B Performance earlier tonight. H.E.R., born Gabi Wilson, told the audience that she’s been signed since she was 14 years old — which would have been in 2011. Feel old yet? (By the way that was BTS, the biggest K-pop group in the world, who presented her the award. They reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 for the first time last year — something H.E.R. has yet to do.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:40 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Recording Academy would very much like the public to know that they’re staging a Motown tribute in April. A very sweet little moment — in which Alicia Keys duets with Smokey Robinson — turns into a strange, jukebox-musical traversal of Motown’s many eras, featuring an entertainer whom I’ve *never* associated with Detroit: Jennifer Lopez, who courses through at least three outfits. And then Jenny from the block performs some impressively acrobatic salsa to the strains of Ne-Yo. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Travis Scott opens his performance — the ONLY main hip-hop performance of the night — with James Blake and Earth Wind & Fire members, before transitioning into the Grammys’ awkward attempt at the MTV Awards. Scott performs “No Bystanders” in a cage before surfing a seemingly hired crowd. After seeing that and Drake’s acceptance speech, I’d love to see what an overcorrection on hip-hop would look like from the Grammy’s next year. (Interesting to note that Scott was also one of the performers at last weekend’s Super Bowl, amid a lot of controversy and a lot of rap acts declining the invitation. He played the exact same role under the exact same circumstances tonight.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Lady Gaga brought to “Shallow” a ’90s alterna-rock interpretation, complete with Alice-In-Chains-ian acoustic guitar tone. She perhaps oversold her energy during the opener, before the song arrived at its Oscar-worthy anthemic energy. It’s a strange sort of meta-cultural exercise to see Lady Gaga, an actual pop star, bringing such energy to the performance of a song that was written for her portrayal of a fake pop star within a movie about the vagaries and pitfalls of… pop stardom. Regardless, the song won for best song written for visual media and Best Pop Duo/Group performance earlier tonight. She also picked up a prize for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Going).” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>While we’re enjoying Gaga’s Cooperless performance of “Shallow,” I’ll direct anyone who might have been confused by Diana Ross exclaiming “Happy Birthday to me!” at the end of her set to the Twitter feed of NPR Music’s pop critic Ann Powers (watching the show even though she’s on leave), \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1094795066940493830\">who notes\u003c/a> that occasion won’t actually occur until March 26. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:04 p.m. \u003c/strong>Alicia Keys introduces Diana Ross ahead of her 75th birthday celebration in March, with a string that includes 42 No. 1 songs, paired with Ross’ 9-year-old grandson, Raif-Henok. (His appearance feels like that of a young princeling being introduced to society.) Ross — wearing blazing red tulle — belts out “The Best Years of My Life.” While the voice is a bit ragged, there’s no denying her queenliness. She then invites the crowd to “move the energy in the room” while she runs through “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Before crowing, “Happy birthday to me!” \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Drake wins Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan,” and surprises everybody by actually being in attendance “I definitely did not think I was winning anything,” Drake says before giving a speech that speaks directly to the huge disconnect between institutions like the Grammys and hip-hop artists like Travis Scott, Cardi B and others, whom he references during his acceptance. It’s a speech that the Recording Academy and many watching at home needed to hear, but apparently the Academy didn’t want to. They cut Drake off without even the benefit of playing wrap-it-up music, after he said, “You don’t need this,” speaking to his peers and striving musicians. It was a direct reference to the trophy he was holding in his hand, one he said he was surprised to collect — which is surprising in itself considering Drake’s outsized success. That might have stung the Grammys, the the move to end the speech will be read like more disrespect in the historic gulf between The Grammys and The Culture. That speech, and the Grammys allowing him to have his say in full, might have gone a long way in righting some historic wrongs. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>You might not be familiar with rising country-pop duo Dan + Shay, who just performed their highest-charting single, “Tequila,” for which they won the best country duo/group performance award tonight. Beginning as Nashville songwriters, the pair released their first album, \u003cem>Where It All Began\u003c/em>, in 2014 and have released two since, including last year’s self-titled album that contained that winning single.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>When show host Alicia Keys has to fill up an extended set with covers ranging from Nat King Cole to Ella Mai, it just underlines how many big-name nominees turned down the opportunity to perform this year. That race toward irrelevance — the Grammy’s are winning it. Despite it all, she sounded great as she straddled a piano stool rotating between two grand pianos. It felt like a classic Grammy mashup — mixing the old with the new. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:33 p.m. \u003c/strong>It’s been nearly an hour since our last trophy was given out — even by Grammy standards, that was \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>a while. Regardless, we have our winner for best country album: Kacey Musgraves’ \u003cem>Golden Hour\u003c/em>, which she accepted winged by album producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. She’s now won three statues so far tonight. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:30 p.m. \u003c/strong>Cardi B’s lip synch for “Money” was a little asynchronous — but her charisma, in service of a naughty Marlene Dietrich’d cabaret performance that recalled the song’s video, was minimally affected. She’s still up for Best Rap Album, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Earlier in the night, she lost pop duo/group performance to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” and best rap performance to Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake’s “King’s Dead” and Anderson .Paak’s “Bubblin.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:21 p.m. \u003c/strong>H.E.R., already a winner in the category of Best R&B Performance, gives a super confident performance. Even knowing her Disney history it’s been amazing to see how seasoned she is as she’s emerged over the past few years. She’s also nominated for a total of five awards, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. For those who thought her nominations were premature, she proved otherwise with that performance.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>As if the world couldn’t get more plasticine, we had Childish Gambino as an computer-generated avatar reprising his “This Is America” dance moves in an earlier advertisement for a new Google phone. Not to be outdone, Ariana Grande stumped during a commercial break for Apple and their animoji thingamajigs. Neither, it should be noted, are in attendance at the actual award show happening tonight, despite the fact that they’ve both won awards. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:08 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Dolly Parton tribute/performance was a mixed bag, from the costumes to the singing — it was clearly meant as a Big Moment, but was less than that. Katy Perry struggled with rhythm. Kacey Musgraves’ light was dimmed in comparison to Parton’s own wattage. But when Miley Cyrus (Parton’s goddaughter) and Maren Morris joined Parton for another trio, things got much, much better as they sang in some really lovely close harmonies. And Little Big Town seemed thrilled just to be sharing the stage with Parton, along with the great Linda Perry — one of the few female producers working in the business — playing guitar in her band, but Parton seemed most sparkling when performing a new song, “Red Shoes” while wearing, of course… red heels..\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:53 p.m. \u003c/strong>Post Malone, accompanied at first by naught but a guitar and spangles for the opening bars of “Stay,” then pivoted to his hit “Rockstar” and sung it quite ably, no doubt to the surprise of many. Anthony Kiedis, singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Dark Necessities,” perhaps less so. (For what it’s worth, “Rockstar” is up for one of the night’s top prizes, Record of the Year. The featured artist on that release, 21 Savage, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691725441/lawyers-for-21-savage-explain-dreamer-history-characterize-detention-as-baseless\">currently sitting in an ICE detention center\u003c/a> in Georgia.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a shock (to my system at least), Childish Gambino takes away Song of the Year for “This Is America” — which also won Best Music Video having racked up 482 million views. The field was crowded with nominees including Ella Mai, Drake, Kendrick Lamar & SZA …. And the win, though surprising, is interesting from a songwriting perspective. Gambino — a.k.a. Donald Glover — was not present to receive the award. He’s one of many top nominees on the hip-hop side especially — Kendrick Lamar and Drake also included — who are not in attendance tonight. It feels less like a protest on their part than just being fed up with investing so much into an institution that tends to invest so little into hip-hop. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a performance of “Make Me Feel” that would’ve made her former mentor Prince blush with pride, Janelle Monae just took Black Girl Magic to epic levels with choreographed dancing from her backing chorus, some well-placed air humps, floor crawls and a mic drop. \u003cem>–Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>I saw Kacey Musgraves perform in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago — and was taken with her coolness and poise. She’s got a vibe that’s somehow super-1970s but very current as well — there was a lot of talk about how (relatively) diverse her fanbase is, for a country artist — and this simple, but beautiful performance of her song “Rainbow” felt very authentic to those ideals. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:25 p.m. \u003c/strong>Nina Dobrev’s appearance to introduce Kacey Musgraves might be the closest, by association, that we get to Drake being onstage this evening — she co-starred with Drake in the show \u003cem>Degrassi: The Next Generation \u003c/em>(and the \u003cem>Degrassi\u003c/em>-checking \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIhx2wZ8jnA\">music video for “I’m Upset.”\u003c/a>) \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:22 p.m. \u003c/strong>The award for best pop/duo performance went to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow,” from the film — oh you know what it’s called. The song already won best song written for visual media earlier this evening. “I’m so proud to be part of a movie that addresses mental health issues — they’re so important. A lot of artists deal with that, and we’ve got to take care of each other. So if you see somebody who’s hurting, don’t look away.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Shawn Mendes performed his modest hit “In My Blood” alongside Miley Cyrus. The song, which is up for song of the year — spent 23 weeks on the Hot 100 songs chart, topping out at No. 11. Mendes lost the trophy for best pop vocal album earlier tonight to Ariana Grande’s \u003cem>Sweetener\u003c/em>. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>Those five mostly talked about how much music means to them, not really about women, or the place of women in the business… even though *that* was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">the story of last year’s Grammys\u003c/a>. In the days & weeks after last year’s awards, the Grammy organizers — particularly Neil Portnow, the president & CEO of the Recording Academy, and the telecast producer Ken Ehrlich, were the focus of outrage after both men made public statements that many interpreted as belittling women in the music industry. But perhaps the visuals of these five powerful, self-possessed women on stage are enough of a message… until Keys said, in a nod to an immortal Beyonce line: “Who runs the world?” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:13 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Grammys waste no time acknowledging the elephant in the room as host Alicia Keys kicks off the show by introducing “some of [her] sisters” to the stage: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama — met with raucous applause — take turns extolling the value of music. “Music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama says as the five women end the opening in a embrace. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:06 p.m. \u003c/strong>In the sclerotic world of the Grammys, it’s a big move to have an overtly Latinx opening act — Camila Cabello with J Balvin, Ricky Martin, Young Thug and Arturo Sandoval. The performance definitely feels like a statement, even though the set (which, in a pre-show interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cabello said was supposed to evoke a family home — her grandmother’s, I think) felt a little Broadway. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:59 p.m. \u003c/strong>The somewhat shambolic, or at least far less buttoned-up, pre-show wrapped up around 6:50 p.m. ET. Notable winners included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brandi Carlile\u003c/strong>, who’s already taken home three trophies, for best American roots performance and best American roots song for “The Joke,” as well as best Americana album for \u003cem>By The Way, I Forgive You\u003c/em>. The song and album is also up for record of the year and album of the year, respectively. (Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563358018/songs-we-love-brandi-carlile-the-joke\">our chief critic Ann Powers take on “The Joke” here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ariana Grande\u003c/strong> — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">had a public falling out\u003c/a> with the night’s executive producer, Ken Ehrlich, earlier this week over her choice of song, a year after Lorde was denied the opportunity to perform during the telecast — won best pop vocal album for \u003cem>Sweetener.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong> has won two golden gramophones so far: “Space Cowboy” was voted best country song by the Recording Academy, while “Butterflies” won best country solo performance. She’s also nominated for Album of the Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lady Gaga\u003c/strong> — who will be performing tonight without Bradley Cooper, who is in Britain, attending the BAFTAs — won best song written for visual media for, of course, “Shallow” from \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em>. Other cinema winners included Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake for their \u003cem>Black Panther \u003c/em>song “King’s Dead” (shared with Anderson .Paak and his song “Bubblin”); Hugh Jackman (and various other artists) for \u003cem>The Greatest Showman’s \u003c/em>compilation soundtrack; and Ludwig Göransson, who composed the score soundtrack for the visual media of Black Panther; and Terence Blanchard won best instrumental composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil),” which you may recognize as the main theme to Spike Lee’s film BlacKkKKlansman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carters’ \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Everything Is Love\u003c/em> for best urban contemporary album (shockingly, they weren’t present to accept their statue).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chris Cornell’s \u003c/strong>children accepted an award on his behalf, for best rock performance of “When Bad Does Good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly and well-deservedly, \u003cstrong>Childish Gambino\u003c/strong> was given best music video for “This Is America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet\u003c/strong> won best chamber music/small ensemble performance for \u003cem>Landfall\u003c/em> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/08/584036854/first-listen-laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall\">read our coverage here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder jazz statesman \u003cstrong>Wayne Shorter\u003c/strong> and his Quartet’s \u003cem>Emanon \u003c/em>won for best jazz instrumental album. (We reviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/647522444/with-emanon-jazz-elder-wayne-shorter-grandly-sweeps-the-stars\">the monumental piece of work\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Tiny Desk Contest winner \u003cstrong>Fantastic Negrito\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Please Don’t Be Dead\u003c/em> won best contemporary blues album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Soweto Gospel Choir\u003c/strong>, who’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/04/16/150511993/soweto-gospel-choir-tiny-desk-concert\">visited the Tiny Desk before\u003c/a>, won best world music album for \u003cem>Freedom\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widely panned up-and-coming retro-rock group \u003cstrong>Greta Van Fleet\u003c/strong> took best rock album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent\u003c/strong> won best rock song for “Masseduction,” with producer Jack Antonoff by her side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Pike from the fairly underground metal band \u003cstrong>High On Fire\u003c/strong>, who likely didn’t ever expect to be ascending to the stage during the Grammys, accepted an award for best metal performance behind \u003cem>Electric Messiah\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dave Chappelle\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation \u003c/em>won best comedy album. \u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:55 p.m.\u003c/strong> Out of 84 total awards, here are the nine that will be awarded during the telecast tonight:\u003cbr>\nBest country album\u003cbr>\nBest rap album\u003cbr>\nBest rap song\u003cbr>\nBest R&B album\u003cbr>\nBest pop duo/group performance\u003cbr>\nBest new artist\u003cbr>\nSong of the year\u003cbr>\nAlbum of the year\u003cbr>\nRecord of year\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>Welcome to NPR’s live blog for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, where you’ll find commentary, context and pithy quips from our team. Going into the main show — with but nine awards left to give out — here are some things to keep in mind and look forward to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The night is, mostly, all about the performances. There will be awkward moments, but a planned tribute to Aretha Franklin, which will be performed by Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day, had better be one to remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will the final speech from Neil Portnow — who caused more than a little consternation last year when he said women needed to “step up” in order to secure broader inclusion — contain? The executive is resigning as president of the Recording Academy this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the Recording Academy’s task force — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/06/591213252/times-up-leader-tina-tchen-to-head-recording-academy-s-diversity-task-force\">set up in the wake\u003c/a> of Portnow’s comments and a severely lopsided number of female winners last year — has been successful in its aims to broaden not only the Academy’s membership but also those it honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Whatever you think of the Grammy Awards, they do provide an intriguing snapshot of how the music industry wishes to see itself — particularly in terms of its chosen standard-bearers. In one three-and-a-half-hour flurry of awards and performances, you’ll get a cross-genre infomercial and, if you curate your Twitter feed right, an evening-long feast of social-media jokes and commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the night, you may well find yourself shouting your own strongly worded opinions from the virtual mountaintop. But for now, we can only take a few educated stabs at the joys and outrages that await. Here are five storylines to watch as Music’s Biggest Night™ approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”7eUtSw3O3ZIIvJQn4I0q51c5u0YGVq7R”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1) So many nominees. \u003c/strong>The Grammys’ four biggest categories — album of the year, song of the year, record of the year and best new artist — have traditionally been a hash of oddly matched genres, with pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, country and jazz artists vying for only five nomination slots. This year, the hash naturally remains, but the number of slots has increased from five to eight to accommodate more diversity among the nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s nominations bear that out; in album of the year, for example, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Drake, H.E.R., Post Malone, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves and the \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> soundtrack are all in contention. Record of the year will go to a song by either Cardi B; Carlile; Childish Gambino; Drake; Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper; Kendrick Lamar and SZA; or Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/07/674493226/kendrick-lamar-female-nominees-lead-major-grammy-nominations\">a fuller rundown\u003c/a> of this year’s nominees.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clutter of names makes gaming out winners trickier than ever. Vote-splitting among similar artists and genres could be a major factor. For example, rootsy singers Brandi Carlile and Kacey Musgraves might siphon off each other’s album of the year votes, leaving an open lane for… it’s hard to tell, really. Monáe’s \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> was adored by critics, \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> was a commercial juggernaut spearheaded by Kendrick Lamar (who’s due after a few high-profile snubs in the category), Cardi B dominated both the 2018 pop charts and the cultural conversation. And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, the Grammys have skewed toward safe and/or legacy artists in the major categories, as evidenced by a quarter-century’s worth of album of the year wins for the likes of Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mumford & Sons, Adele (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>!), Beck (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>!), Taylor Swift (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>To Pimp a Butterfly\u003c/em>!), Bruno Mars (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em>!) and so on. Before this year, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have been nominated in the album of the year category three times apiece, and each has come up empty. Generally speaking, hip-hop has fared poorly in the category over the years — Eminem is also 0-for-3 — so a win for Cardi B, Drake or \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> would represent a notable shift. (A win for Monáe would qualify, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) “Women need to step up.”\u003c/strong> A year ago, Grammys president Neil Portnow spoke those five profoundly stupid words, shoving both loafers straight into his gullet as he opined on what turned out to be a heavily male-dominated slate of Grammy winners. (To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. It’s hard to predict which performers will pop — some artists share the stage and wind up getting far less face time than others — but Cyrus and Gaga have a long history of using awards-show performances to get people talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) Who, if anyone, will sweep?\u003c/strong> Last year’s telecast was a slog of repeat winners (hello again, Bruno Mars! back already, Chris Stapleton?), as well as prominent shutouts (Jay-Z famously went 0-for-8, SZA went 0-for-5, “Despacito” went 0-for-3, and so on). The Grammys often dole out their trophies in bunches — remember those photos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/norah-jones-holds-her-five-awards-backstage-at-the-45th-news-photo/97327714\">Norah Jones clutching a giant pile of statuettes\u003c/a> she’d just won? — so we might get a sense of a dominant night early on. Likeliest future pile-clutchers? 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And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, the Grammys have skewed toward safe and/or legacy artists in the major categories, as evidenced by a quarter-century’s worth of album of the year wins for the likes of Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mumford & Sons, Adele (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>!), Beck (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>!), Taylor Swift (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>To Pimp a Butterfly\u003c/em>!), Bruno Mars (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em>!) and so on. Before this year, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have been nominated in the album of the year category three times apiece, and each has come up empty. Generally speaking, hip-hop has fared poorly in the category over the years — Eminem is also 0-for-3 — so a win for Cardi B, Drake or \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> would represent a notable shift. (A win for Monáe would qualify, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) “Women need to step up.”\u003c/strong> A year ago, Grammys president Neil Portnow spoke those five profoundly stupid words, shoving both loafers straight into his gullet as he opined on what turned out to be a heavily male-dominated slate of Grammy winners. (To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. It’s hard to predict which performers will pop — some artists share the stage and wind up getting far less face time than others — but Cyrus and Gaga have a long history of using awards-show performances to get people talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) Who, if anyone, will sweep?\u003c/strong> Last year’s telecast was a slog of repeat winners (hello again, Bruno Mars! back already, Chris Stapleton?), as well as prominent shutouts (Jay-Z famously went 0-for-8, SZA went 0-for-5, “Despacito” went 0-for-3, and so on). The Grammys often dole out their trophies in bunches — remember those photos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/norah-jones-holds-her-five-awards-backstage-at-the-45th-news-photo/97327714\">Norah Jones clutching a giant pile of statuettes\u003c/a> she’d just won? — so we might get a sense of a dominant night early on. Likeliest future pile-clutchers? 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"content": "\u003cp>“I-I-I like bad bitches who be ragin’,” Rico Nasty half-raps, half-roars on “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91QQqfr1qzE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rage\u003c/a>,” the penultimate track of her 2018 release, \u003cem>Nasty\u003c/em>. The album’s lead single brims with nu-metal influence and the screamo flow of Trap Lavigne—Rico Nasty’s punk alter ego—solidifying \u003cem>Nasty\u003c/em>‘s place as one of the hardest rap records of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rico’s unabashed confidence and inventive approach have earned her a young, diverse fan base, and, with her harsh, rambunctious style, she’s secured her place as one of the year’s strongest breakout artists. 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With lyrics and aesthetics that break from the vixen archetype of predecessors like Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj, artists such as \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rico_nasty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rico Nasty\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/bbymutha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BbyMutha\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/junglepussy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junglepussy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/princessnokia92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Nokia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/tierrawhack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tierra Whack\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/leikeli47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leikeli47\u003c/a> represent a new wave of progressive, rebellious women injecting the masculine genre with a much-needed variety of perspectives and creative approaches. 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Whack reconfigured the album format for the social media age with 15 bite-sized, one-minute songs that each feel like a world of their own, positing one brief and quirky scenario before stopping mid-breath to move onto the next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/EOTebhPy04g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the success of 2017’s \u003cem>1992\u003c/em>, Princess Nokia’s \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/princessnokia92/sets/a-girl-cried-red-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>A Girl Cried Red\u003c/em>\u003c/a> indulged the artist’s emo alter ego. And the mysterious Leikeli47, who typically wears a ski mask to hide her face, exudes a tough-girl femininity in her last release, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/leikeli47/sets/acrylic-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Acrylic\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. With interludes that ground \u003cem>Acrylic\u003c/em>—fittingly—in a nail shop, the album conveys the feeling of an intimate girl-talk session as Leikeli plots to get her money and respect up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Importantly, the women rapping in 2018 succeeded without the cosigns of influential male peers. In previous decades, Lil Kim was part of Notorious B.I.G.’s Junior M.A.F.I.A.; Nicki Minaj rose alongside Drake under Lil Wayne’s Cash Money; Missy Elliott started on a songwriting team with Timbaland; and Eve was Ruff Ryders’ first lady. But in 2018, Cardi B became the first female rapper with multiple No. 1 singles, dispelling the notion that, in order to make it, you need to be the one girl in an all-male crew. As Cardi \u003ca href=\"https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/music/all-the-times-cardi-b-broke-records/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dominated the charts\u003c/a> throughout 2018, she opened the door for a plethora of women to rise up in the indie rap scene without male cosigns. [contextly_sidebar id=”zXsyjf5iskLbSpL314xpBc2FEGbmmjnl”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, certain stereotypes persist and continue to detract from the notable success of the female rap community. Cardi B’s online and in-person beef with Nicki Minaj, for instance, only served to bolster the long-standing stereotype that there can only be one queen of rap. The ongoing beefs among rising rappers Kash Doll, Asian Doll and Cuban Doll—overlooking the appropriative nature of their names for the purpose of this article—have also marred the otherwise wonderful shift in rap’s patriarchal paradigm with petty in-fighting. 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