How the 2024 Grammy Awards unfolded
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Eilish, a favourite of the Recording Academy, still looked overwhelmed as she was announced as the winner of Song of the Year, for her contribution to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie soundtrack, “What Was I Made For?” open image in gallery Billie Eilish with her brother FINNEAS at the Grammys “I was in a really dark place, really, really dark place and it’s kind of hard to think back to it,” she told reporters in the winners room after the ceremony. “Honestly, from then on we were just creative again, it woke us up and got us back on our thing and it was really special and powerful and I hold it deep, deep and dear to my heart.” Eilish also said she felt “seen and heard” after releasing the track What Was I Made For?. I was completely blown away by the way I felt understood and this just goes even farther than that.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up open image in gallery Taylor Swift accepting her Grammy for Album of the Year Jay-Z accepted the Dr Dre Global Impact Award at the 2024 Grammy Awards, then used his speech to call out the organisation for never awarding his wife Beyoncé with the Album of the Year prize. Disgraced Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow could “rot in piss”, she said, seemingly referring to Portnow’s notorious claim in 2018 that women needed to “step up” if they wanted to be recognised by the Recording Academy.
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Phoebe Bridgers told ex-Grammy CEO to 'rot' as women dominated this year's awards
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Grammys 2024: A true celebration of women in music (and it atoned for Harry Styles)
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Grammys 2024: Here Are All The Winners
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Grammy Awards 2020: Billie Eilish and brother Finneas O'Connell pose up with their 10 trophies
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