The first thing that surprises about the Grammy Awards ceremony, at least for an Argentinian, is that the gala
was announced for 9 p.m. and started at 9 p.m. sharp
, not a minute more and not a minute less.
And despite the fact that there are more than 5,000 guests, that there is a prior delivery and a red carpet that lasts more than two hours, it has to start at 9 p.m. and it does.
So, they don't care that the presenter passes by the table shared by Ed Sheeran and producer Mark Ronson and tells them that Meryl Streep (Ronson's mother-in-law) is missing there, because the
most awarded actress at the Oscars appears running
while the situation develops. into the air, salutes and sits down.
All in front of the viewers' eyes.
The same thing happens when host
Trevor Noah
shows the celebrities sitting at each table.
Behind him passes Taylor Swift who, no matter how hard she tries, it is not easy for her to go unnoticed, especially in a place full of music figures.
Noah warns her and although he does not challenge her - it would be too much -
he jokes that in his wake the economies are reactivated and everyone is getting richer
.
Taylor sits near an icon like
Lionel Ritchie
and the presenter takes the opportunity to joke and say that the singer and songwriter (along with Michael Jackson) of
We are the World
is now "richer."
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From the immense stadium The Sphere, the group U2 played live and Bono then announced the winner in the best pop vocal album category: Taylor Swift.
Everyone understand: this has to start at 9 p.m. and if you are not sitting in your places at that time, stick to the consequences, or the jokes.
A blockbuster
The other thing that draws attention is the level of each setting.
It has nothing to do with a question of budget - which is a lot - or production - which is enormous.
You can clearly see the commitment made by the artists
who are going to do a live performance (yes, live, even if there are pre-recorded choirs).
Whatever generation they are, they sing well, very well.
And it's easier to understand why they are where they are and why they are as successful as they are.
Billie Eilish and her brother Phineas sang the song from the movie "Barbie" live, for which she won a couple of Grammys.
Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP
Dua Lipa
starts
, they put her on a stage where one fears she will be thrown into the air, and she sings well.
Billie Eilish
appears
(hey, she was sitting at her table two minutes before) and sings well.
Miley Cyrus wins her first Grammy, after that it's her turn to act, and she sings well.
The same
Olivia Rodrigo
: she sings well.
All with different productions and songs (we go from Billie's intimacy to Miley's exuberance).
And no autotune.
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The award was presented by the famous Mariah Carey and the winner was Miley Cyrus for her hit Flowers.
What do we talk about when we talk about autotune?
Of that vocal effect so fashionable in trap, reggaeton and current urban music, which
matches the voices to make them similar and hides any type of detuning
, because that is the effect that autotune seeks, altering the voices in a way robotic, so it is difficult to understand who sings well and who sings badly.
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The award was presented by the famous Mariah Carey and the winner was Miley Cyrus for her hit Flowers.
And at the Grammys, people from previous generations also sing well.
Tracy Chapman
comes by
in her duet with Luke Coms and sings well.
Stevie Wonder
comes on
and stars in another duet, this time with the late
Tony Bennett
from the screen (yes, they both sing well).
Bono passes
with U2
.
Annie Lennox
shakes us with the memory of Sinead O'Connor and
Nothing Compare 2 You
(Prince's song).
And even
Travis Scott
, a rapper who sets the stage on fire -and doesn't abuse autotune-.
Billy Joel
returns
.
They all sing well.
To take into account
Stevie Wonder, in his tribute to Tony Bennett, during the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake
A couple more facts to take into account in this ceremony that brings together the best and most successful in the music industry.
A kind of
fair play
predominates in the environment .
Win or lose, you'll put on your best face for the camera, even if you're frustrated inside.
You will also celebrate the songs of others:
Taylor Swift, the big winner of the night, stands on the songs of the other artists, she sings them, she dances to them
.
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From the immense stadium The Sphere, the group U2 played live and Bono then announced the winner in the best pop vocal album category: Taylor Swift.
And she is not the only one, there are many who do the same: it seems that they have listened to and learned the topics of others.
And they even seem to enjoy them.
The Grammys, as we said, the most important award in the music industry, also
links with the other great legs of the show
.
We already talked about the presence of Meryl Streep at the ceremony, without a doubt
the female face of the Oscars
(they are awarded on March 10 and televised by the same network that gave the Grammys).
It must also be said that
Ophra Winfrey
, the queen of American television, was also an important part of the Grammys, she presented the tribute to her late friend Tina Turner and, like the rest of the artists, she sang the songs out loud all night. of the others.
It is unfair to compare such a production - worth millions of dollars - with Argentine celebrations such as the Gardel Awards or the Martín Fierro Awards.
They are other budgets, other productions, other leagues.
But you can take some guidelines to repeat later: pay attention to the rest of the artists, smile even when you get lost, be punctual and respectful of the show.
And why not sing well and not abuse autotune.