67th Grammys: A Night of Wins, Repaired Bonds, and Only Slight Nudity
Frankie Colao-Pineyro
She/Her
Arts and Entertainment Editor
2/6/25
From old beef reconciled to public indecency, the 2025 Grammys will definitely be one for the books. The award ceremony started off with a bang when Kanye West and wife Bianca Censori showed up to the red carpet uninvited. Censori revealed her quote-on-quote outfit to the cameras, which was essentially nothing but a tulle skirt, and exposed her entire body. Her and West were then kicked out.
Sabrina Carpenter and Chappel Roan won their first, well-deserved grammys. Carpenter won best pop solo performance for “Espresso”, and best pop vocal album for “Short n’ Sweet.” Roan went home with the best new artist award, which is an understatement for the level of fame she’s reached in her breakout year.
In her acceptance speech, however, she chose to do something incredibly unique. Roan took the opportunity to criticize record labels and the music industry as a whole for not providing healthcare to developing artists, “It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized to not have help.” She finished her speech with a question that challenged the very basis of the music industry, “Labels, we got you, do you got us?”
Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo’s alleged beef was officially squashed when a clip of the two hugging surfaced on the internet. For those who don’t know, the supposed feud started when Rodrigo released her debut song “Drivers License” about her ex Joshua Bassett, where Carpenter was referenced in the lyric “And I bet you’re with that blonde girl.” However, many years have gone by since then. Carpenter and Rodrigo are both thriving in their careers, and no one even thinks about Bassett anymore.
Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” won no Grammys this year, to which many fans were shocked by. Some say that she didn’t deserve to win anyway because she already had too many awards, while others may argue that awards shouldn’t be decided by how many the artist already has but by the merit of their art. Many also believe that Billie Eilish was snubbed, but there’s one thing that everyone seems to be able to agree on; there is no way Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” deserved to win album of the year. Many have reason to believe she only won the prestigious award because of Jay-Z’s complaint at last year’s Grammys.
Shockingly, The Beatles also took home an award for their song “Now and Then”. This was a one of a kind win given that the band has several dead members. The song was a demo which was then engineered by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Peter Jackson to include John Lennon’s voice. All in all, the 67th annual Grammys were definitely one to remember.