The 2023 Grammy Awards
Music’s most important night always leaves disappointment in its wake
By Cole O’Brien
At this point in time, I can be certain of two things. First, I will always approach the bus stop just in time to watch the Campus Connector drive away, ultimately rendering my attempts at making it to class on time useless.
And secondly, the annual Grammy Awards will always come around and leave a slew of angry Twitter stans and music snobs in its wake. It seems like every time the Grammys roll around, it is inevitable to find trending phrases such as “snubbed” or “Scammys” everywhere you look. The aftermath of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, which took place on February 5th, created a ‘trending now’ page that looked no different. With constant backlash from viewers, it is peculiar why the Recording Academy—a committee of 12,000 voting members and 3,000 non-voting professionals—still holds so much power over the general music industry.
Regardless, millions worldwide tuned in for “music’s biggest night of the year” only to be let down again, resorting to Twitter to spew hate and confusion at the artists who edged out their obviously more deserving faves. Whether it be disappointment from something as trivial as the overall-lackluster performances of today’s ‘biggest stars’ or from the much more consequential, repeated racial bias evident in the lack of non-white winners in the mainstream categories, it seems as though it is “about damn time” for music lovers and artists to begin to view and appreciate music as the art form that the show originally intended itself to be.