The 2026 Grammys doubled as both a victory lap for some of the biggest names in global pop and a live, televised clapback to the Trump-era immigration crackdown, with artists using their mic time to call out ICE, honor immigrant communities, and reframe what “music’s biggest night” looks like in a tense political moment. Held…
Let’s address the elephant in the room first, and for once we aren’t talking about the pandemic. The Grammys have always, and particularly in the last few years, been riddled with issues relating to racism, bribery, an out-of-touch academy, and an unspoken pay-to-play structure that deeply disadvantages many artists without the proper connections. Complaints and…
The 2020 annual Grammy Awards premiered Sunday January 26th and today’s top music artists vied for The Recording Academy’s most prestigious accolades. Billie Eilish may have won the most awards of the night, but Christian Siriano, Donatella Versace and Alexander Wang were among the top designers featured on the red carpet and on stage. Best…
“I remember being about six years old and I was panicking — I’d keep my mother awake for hours trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I felt in my head that I had to have a path, and I used to choose all of these different careers and then write out plans…
“I wrote ‘Who Will Save Your Soul’ when I was sixteen because I wanted to hitchhike through Mexico for Spring Break.” And with that, legendary singer and poet Jewel created what would become the seminal track for one of the best-selling debut albums of all time: 1995’s fifteen-time platinum Pieces Of You. Jewel’s back-story is…
