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Grammys Will Be Grammys: Another Show Ends With a White Winner Apologizing to the Black Artist They Defeated

By Steve Pond | 15 March 2021

THE WRAP (MSN) — A few minutes away from pulling off a triumphant awards show during a pandemic, the Grammys reverted back to their old habits. And for the second time in the last four years, the show ended with a white winner apologizing to the Black artist she’d defeated for the top award of the night.

In 2017, it was Adele telling Beyonce that she “can’t possibly accept” the Album of the Year Grammy for “25,” because Beyonce deserved it for “Lemonade.” And this year, it was Billie Eilish telling Megan Thee Stallion that she thought about writing an acceptance speech that would explain why Megan deserved the Record of the Year award for “Savage,” but abandoned that idea because she was so sure that “Savage” would win.

But “Savage” didn’t win — Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted” did, a year after she had swept all the top awards at the 2020 Grammys. While the teenage star to all appearances enjoyed her victories last year, she was clearly troubled by her win this year — and maybe the Recording Academy should be, too, because it simply continues the trend that Black artists have more trouble than they should winning in the four general categories — Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist. […]

3 Comments on Grammys Will Be Grammys: Another Show Ends With a White Winner Apologizing to the Black Artist They Defeated

  1. ” apologizing to the Black artist she’d defeated for the top award ”

    Above and beyond the politically correct groveling and virtue signaling , I thought competition was for horses ?!?

    If for every lil achievement you gonna have a contest , you gonna have many losers , because … by definition … if there is a winner , there is bound to be a loser ( or rather … several losers !!! )

  2. Today exaggerated deference paid by Whites to non-whites is just another kind of performance art — in that sense (alone) it’s not entirely inappropriate that there are exhibitions of it at entertainment ‘industry’ awards ceremonies like the Grammys.

  3. I had never heard either song until I read this and found them. Not particularly fond of “Everything I wanted”, but compared to “Savage”, it was like comparing Mozart to Run DMC.

    Not just the words (Savage is but a bunch of ‘nigga’ music; to use her lyrics). Without the lyrics, I couldn’t understand any of the jungle-eze.

    I just cannot for the life of me fathom how or why anyone listens to that jungle music.

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