In this year of female empowerment with the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements becoming such important parts of our culture, the 2018 Grammy Awards have come under fire for their lack of female representation. In particular, fans are calling out the Grammys for their head-scratching decision to invite the four male Album of the Year nominees to perform solo, but not the only female contender, Lorde.
“There’s no way we can really deal with everybody,” Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich said backstage after being questioned by journalists about Lorde’s absence. “She had a great album. Album of the Year is a big honor, but … sometimes people get left out that shouldn’t. We did the best we can to make sure that it’s a representative and balanced show.”
Recording academy president Neil Portnow added fuel to the fire when he suggested that women simply need to “step up” to the level of men.
“There’s no way we can really deal with everybody,” Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich said backstage after being questioned by journalists about Lorde’s absence. “She had a great album. Album of the Year is a big honor, but … sometimes people get left out that shouldn’t. We did the best we can to make sure that it’s a representative and balanced show.”
Recording academy president Neil Portnow added fuel to the fire when he suggested that women simply need to “step up” to the level of men.
- 1/29/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
We hate to share this news, but it doesn't look like Lorde will be performing at music's biggest night. While fans were hopeful that the "Green Light" singer was going to sing at the 2018 Grammys, multiple reports say it just won't happen this year. TMZ reports that Lorde was hoping to perform one of her songs from her nominated album Melodrama. After all, she is nominated for Album of the Year. But according to Variety, Lorde was only approached to perform with other artists during the tribute to the late Tom Petty. The song she was reportedly offered to sing was "American Girl." Ultimately, it appears the singer and the Grammys were...
- 1/28/2018
- E! Online
Lorde is now the second nominee out of 5 for Album of the Year who won't be performing at the 'Grammys' Sunday, and it's all because the offer she got from producers was a slap in the face ... TMZ has learned. Sources close to Lorde tell us ... the singer decided not to play after a heated back and forth with the Grammys about her involvement in the show. We're told Lorde wanted to perform one of...
- 1/28/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Music makes such a huge difference when it comes to enjoying TV’s top shows, on a level that goes well beyond a theme song. Great composers create an aural language that’s as tangible and essential as the actors or sets on screen, aided by music supervisors who discover undiscovered tracks as well as essential classic gems —without which the show’s most powerful moments would have no impact.
Even the Television Academy agrees: For this first time, this year the Emmy Awards handed out a prize for outstanding music supervision. Susan Jacobs won the award for the “Big Little Lies” episode “You Get What You Need.”
There were so many shows that changed the way music was used on television this year — whether it was Tom Petty’s “American Girl” becoming a shout of protest, an obscure Elvis Presley cover becoming one of our favorite tunes of the year,...
Even the Television Academy agrees: For this first time, this year the Emmy Awards handed out a prize for outstanding music supervision. Susan Jacobs won the award for the “Big Little Lies” episode “You Get What You Need.”
There were so many shows that changed the way music was used on television this year — whether it was Tom Petty’s “American Girl” becoming a shout of protest, an obscure Elvis Presley cover becoming one of our favorite tunes of the year,...
- 12/27/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen, Steve Greene and Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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