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]]>Eilish started teasing her new album with a series of billboards featuring the lyrics from different songs. She then added all of her Instagram followers to her “Close Friends” list and used the stories to drop hints about her next project.
This strategy earned her millions of new followers, and it eventually culminated in the album announcement. She shared the cover of her next LP Hit Me Hard and Soft, which sees her floating underwater, and announced it will be released on May 17.
In an official statement announcing its release, Eilish described Hit Me Hard and Soft as her most daring body of work to date, adding it offers “a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs, ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end.”
2024 has been a pretty busy year for Eilish, even before the album announcement. She collected several awards alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell for their Barbie song “What Was I Made For?”, including their second Oscar for best original song.
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]]>With a Grammy and a Golden Globe already under her belt, Eilish is entering the Oscars as the front-runner for the best original song with for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. Her brother Finneas O’Connell will join her on stage for another moving rendition of this reflective ballad.
After weeks of speculations about his involvement, Ryan Gosling is officially bringing Kenergy to the Oscars. He’ll join forces with Mark Ronson for a live performance of “I’m Just Ken”, another major best original song contender from Barbie.
The list of performers will also include Becky G, belting out Diane Warren’s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste with “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, plus Scott George and the Osage Singers, performing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.
The 2024 Academy Awards are coming back to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10 with the host Jimmy Kimmel. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is leading this year’s list of Oscar nominees, with a total of 13 nods.
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]]>Eilish already has seven Grammys under her belt, and she received an additional six nominations at this year’s ceremony. “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie earned her five nods alone, including song and record of the year.
The three-time Grammy winner Dua Lipa also owes her most recent two Grammy nods to the Barbie movie. She’s in the running for song of the year and best song written for visual media with her disco-inspired bop “Dance the Night”.
The fellow three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo is coming into this year’s Grammy Awards as one of the main contenders, with an impressive six nods. She scored nominations for album of the year with Guts, plus song and record of the year with its lead single “Vampire”.
The 2024 Grammy Awards are set to take place on February 4, and the rest of the performers will be announced in the coming weeks. SZA will enter the ceremony as the front-runner with nine nominations, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea with seven each.
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]]>SZA kicked off 2023 on a high note—by dropping an epic music video for her revenge anthem “Kill Bill” that would even put Quentin Tarantino to shame.
Speaking of music videos that knocked us off our feet in early 2023, Miley Cyrus created quite a commotion when she dropped a visual for her self-love anthem “Flowers”, sparking countless fan theories and think pieces along the way.
Troye Sivan gave us one of the catchiest songs of 2023 with “Rush”, and its music video went on to receive a Grammy nod – in addition to starting a conversation about body image in the queer community.
Another music video nominated for a Grammy, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” is both a love letter to Barbie and the past eras of the young singer’s career.
Kylie Minogue’s career experienced quite a renaissance this year, and none of that would have been possible if the music video for “Padam Padam” hadn’t become a viral hit on social media.
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]]>“What Was I Made For?” was a part of Barbie: The Album’s historic success in the UK upon its debut, when it became the first soundtrack in history to simultaneously chart three songs within the top five. It now became Eilish’s second No. 1 single in the UK, following the success of the theme song from the last James Bond film No Time To Die.
“What Was I Made For?” is a part of “the summer of girl power” on the UK Singles Chart, which includes the top six songs from solo female performers for the first time in history. Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night”, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire”, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer”, Peggy Gou’s “(It Goes Like) Nanana”, and Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right” also made the cut.
Dr Jo Twist, chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, said it feels great to see solo female artists make this historic achievement and expressed hope this marks the beginning of a new trend on the UK Singles Chart.
“This increased representation is something we hope becomes commonplace rather than exceptional. For now, it’s a milestone that we should celebrate, reflecting a year when the market has been dominated by women artists from the UK and globally representing multiple genres,” said Twist in a statement.
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]]>The self-directed video shows Eilish channeling her inner Barbie with a blonde ponytail and retro yellow dress. She tries to put her doll-sized clothes on a tiny rack, all inspired by the singer’s iconic outfits from past years, but wind and rain repeatedly knock it down before she decides to pack it all up and walk out of the frame.
Eilish admitted she was facing a writing block before Greta Gerwig approached her to write a song for the soundtrack, and the lyrics eventually ended up reflecting both Barbie’s and her own journey.
“I did not think about myself once in the writing process. I was purely inspired by this movie and this character and the way I thought she would feel and wrote about that. And then, over the next couple of days, I was listening and I was like… I’m writing for myself and I don’t even know it,” Eilish told Zane Lowe.
“What Was I Made For?” will be one of the songs featured on star-studded Barbie: The Album, set to come out on July 21, along with the film.
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]]>The 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Tomorrow X Together, and Karol G round out the list of headliners for the upcoming edition of Lollapalooza. In addition to covering many different genres, this year’s lineup is pretty historic in terms of diversity.
Karol G, who recently hit No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with Mañana Será Bonito—the first all-Spanish album by a woman to achieve this milestone—is the first female Latin artist to headline Lollapalooza. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is also making history, as the first K-pop group to headline the iconic four-day festival.
Around 170 performers will hit the stage at Lollapalooza this year, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Rina Sawayama, Pusha T, Lil Yachty, 30 Seconds To Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Diplo, Maggie Rogers, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Fred Again… The festival will take place across nine stages at Chicago’s Grant Park between August 3-6.
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]]>From debuting new songs to bringing Shania Twain and Lizzo on stage, Harry Style gave us some of the festival’s best moments and he was definitely the king of Coachella. His performance was a great way to tease his upcoming album Harry’s House since it featured the first live performances of songs “As It Was”, “Boyfriends”, and “Late Night Talking”.
We can count on Eilish to knock it out of the park with each new live performance, and she took things to a whole new level at Coachella. She was also joined by a few special guests including Hayley Williams for a special rendition of Paramore’s hit song “Misery Business”.
Anitta didn’t join Coachella as one of the headliners, but that didn’t stop her from stealing the show. Snoop Dogg, Saweetie, and Diplo were some of the special guests who joined the Brazilian pop star on stage and helped her turn her set into a party to remember.
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]]>In a touching Instagram post, Eilish revealed her next album will hit the shelves on July 30th, and said she can’t wait for her fans to hear what it has in store.
“This is my favorite thing I’ve ever created and I am so excited and nervous and EAGER for you to hear it. I can’t even tell you. I’ve never felt so much love for a project than I do for this one. Hope you feel what I feel,” she wrote on Instagram.
Some of the songs from Happier Than Ever were released long before the record was announced. The album is set to feature a total of 16 tracks, including the previously released songs “My Future”, “Not My Responsibility”, and the lead single “Therefore I Am”. Eilish will also tease the release of her sophomore album by dropping the titular track “Happier Than Ever”, set to come out on April 29th.
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]]>In addition to topping the list of winners, Beyoncé also made Grammys history as the most rewarded woman with a career total of 28 Grammy wins. She’s currently tied with Quincy Jones as the artists with the second-most wins.
The album of the year award was collected by Taylor Swift with her critically acclaimed LP Folklore, making this her third win in this category. Billie Eilish collected her second record of the year award with “Everything I Wanted”, after winning it with “Bad Guy” last year.
Megan Thee Stallion was right behind her “Savage” collaborator Beyoncé with a total of three wins, including the best new artist. H.E.R. came out victorious in the song of the year category with “I Can’t Breathe”, beating the likes of Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Roddy Ricch.
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards took place in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14th, with Trevor Noah hosting for the first time.
Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
I Can’t Breathe
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Record of the Year
Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Best R&B Performance
Black Parade
Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa
Best Rap Song
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé
Best Pop Solo Performance
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
Best Country Album
Wildcard
Miranda Lambert
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)
Best Country Song
Crowded Table
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 Hours
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Solo Performance
When My Amy Prays
Vince Gill
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal
The Strokes
Best Rock Song
Stay High
Brittany Howard
Best Metal Performance
Bum Rush
Body Count
Best Rock Performance
Shameika
Fiona Apple
Best Rap Album
King’s Disease
Nas
Best Rap Performance
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Lockdown
Anderson .Paak
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard
James Taylor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Rain on Me
Lady Gaga ft. Ariana Grande
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love
John Legend
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is
Thundercat
Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined
Robert Glasper ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You
Ledisi
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|
Data Lords
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are the Best Stories
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Comedy Album
Black LMitzvah
Tiffany Haddish
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Rachel Maddow
Best Children’s Music Album
All the Ladies
Joanie Leeds
Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy
Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough
Toots & The Maytals
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Folk Album
All the Good Times
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito
Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw
Bobby Rush
Best Bluegrass Album
Home
Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz
Best American Roots Song
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Best American Roots Performance
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Best Song Written For Visual Media
No Time to Die [From No Time to Die]
Billie Eilish
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
|Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet
Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio
Fito Paez
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘Babi Yar’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Remixed Recording
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King
Kanye West
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ
PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
There Was Jesus
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories
Jim “Kimo” West
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
He Won’t Hold You
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Donna Lee
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Instrumental Composition
Sputnik
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba
Kaytranada
Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
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]]>Eilish started teasing her new album with a series of billboards featuring the lyrics from different songs. She then added all of her Instagram followers to her “Close Friends” list and used the stories to drop hints about her next project.
This strategy earned her millions of new followers, and it eventually culminated in the album announcement. She shared the cover of her next LP Hit Me Hard and Soft, which sees her floating underwater, and announced it will be released on May 17.
In an official statement announcing its release, Eilish described Hit Me Hard and Soft as her most daring body of work to date, adding it offers “a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs, ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end.”
2024 has been a pretty busy year for Eilish, even before the album announcement. She collected several awards alongside her brother Finneas O’Connell for their Barbie song “What Was I Made For?”, including their second Oscar for best original song.
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]]>With a Grammy and a Golden Globe already under her belt, Eilish is entering the Oscars as the front-runner for the best original song with for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. Her brother Finneas O’Connell will join her on stage for another moving rendition of this reflective ballad.
After weeks of speculations about his involvement, Ryan Gosling is officially bringing Kenergy to the Oscars. He’ll join forces with Mark Ronson for a live performance of “I’m Just Ken”, another major best original song contender from Barbie.
The list of performers will also include Becky G, belting out Diane Warren’s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste with “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, plus Scott George and the Osage Singers, performing “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.
The 2024 Academy Awards are coming back to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10 with the host Jimmy Kimmel. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is leading this year’s list of Oscar nominees, with a total of 13 nods.
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]]>Eilish already has seven Grammys under her belt, and she received an additional six nominations at this year’s ceremony. “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie earned her five nods alone, including song and record of the year.
The three-time Grammy winner Dua Lipa also owes her most recent two Grammy nods to the Barbie movie. She’s in the running for song of the year and best song written for visual media with her disco-inspired bop “Dance the Night”.
The fellow three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo is coming into this year’s Grammy Awards as one of the main contenders, with an impressive six nods. She scored nominations for album of the year with Guts, plus song and record of the year with its lead single “Vampire”.
The 2024 Grammy Awards are set to take place on February 4, and the rest of the performers will be announced in the coming weeks. SZA will enter the ceremony as the front-runner with nine nominations, followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea with seven each.
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]]>SZA kicked off 2023 on a high note—by dropping an epic music video for her revenge anthem “Kill Bill” that would even put Quentin Tarantino to shame.
Speaking of music videos that knocked us off our feet in early 2023, Miley Cyrus created quite a commotion when she dropped a visual for her self-love anthem “Flowers”, sparking countless fan theories and think pieces along the way.
Troye Sivan gave us one of the catchiest songs of 2023 with “Rush”, and its music video went on to receive a Grammy nod – in addition to starting a conversation about body image in the queer community.
Another music video nominated for a Grammy, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” is both a love letter to Barbie and the past eras of the young singer’s career.
Kylie Minogue’s career experienced quite a renaissance this year, and none of that would have been possible if the music video for “Padam Padam” hadn’t become a viral hit on social media.
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]]>“What Was I Made For?” was a part of Barbie: The Album’s historic success in the UK upon its debut, when it became the first soundtrack in history to simultaneously chart three songs within the top five. It now became Eilish’s second No. 1 single in the UK, following the success of the theme song from the last James Bond film No Time To Die.
“What Was I Made For?” is a part of “the summer of girl power” on the UK Singles Chart, which includes the top six songs from solo female performers for the first time in history. Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night”, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire”, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer”, Peggy Gou’s “(It Goes Like) Nanana”, and Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right” also made the cut.
Dr Jo Twist, chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, said it feels great to see solo female artists make this historic achievement and expressed hope this marks the beginning of a new trend on the UK Singles Chart.
“This increased representation is something we hope becomes commonplace rather than exceptional. For now, it’s a milestone that we should celebrate, reflecting a year when the market has been dominated by women artists from the UK and globally representing multiple genres,” said Twist in a statement.
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]]>The self-directed video shows Eilish channeling her inner Barbie with a blonde ponytail and retro yellow dress. She tries to put her doll-sized clothes on a tiny rack, all inspired by the singer’s iconic outfits from past years, but wind and rain repeatedly knock it down before she decides to pack it all up and walk out of the frame.
Eilish admitted she was facing a writing block before Greta Gerwig approached her to write a song for the soundtrack, and the lyrics eventually ended up reflecting both Barbie’s and her own journey.
“I did not think about myself once in the writing process. I was purely inspired by this movie and this character and the way I thought she would feel and wrote about that. And then, over the next couple of days, I was listening and I was like… I’m writing for myself and I don’t even know it,” Eilish told Zane Lowe.
“What Was I Made For?” will be one of the songs featured on star-studded Barbie: The Album, set to come out on July 21, along with the film.
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]]>The 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Tomorrow X Together, and Karol G round out the list of headliners for the upcoming edition of Lollapalooza. In addition to covering many different genres, this year’s lineup is pretty historic in terms of diversity.
Karol G, who recently hit No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with Mañana Será Bonito—the first all-Spanish album by a woman to achieve this milestone—is the first female Latin artist to headline Lollapalooza. Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is also making history, as the first K-pop group to headline the iconic four-day festival.
Around 170 performers will hit the stage at Lollapalooza this year, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Rina Sawayama, Pusha T, Lil Yachty, 30 Seconds To Mars, Sabrina Carpenter, Diplo, Maggie Rogers, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Fred Again… The festival will take place across nine stages at Chicago’s Grant Park between August 3-6.
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]]>From debuting new songs to bringing Shania Twain and Lizzo on stage, Harry Style gave us some of the festival’s best moments and he was definitely the king of Coachella. His performance was a great way to tease his upcoming album Harry’s House since it featured the first live performances of songs “As It Was”, “Boyfriends”, and “Late Night Talking”.
We can count on Eilish to knock it out of the park with each new live performance, and she took things to a whole new level at Coachella. She was also joined by a few special guests including Hayley Williams for a special rendition of Paramore’s hit song “Misery Business”.
Anitta didn’t join Coachella as one of the headliners, but that didn’t stop her from stealing the show. Snoop Dogg, Saweetie, and Diplo were some of the special guests who joined the Brazilian pop star on stage and helped her turn her set into a party to remember.
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]]>In a touching Instagram post, Eilish revealed her next album will hit the shelves on July 30th, and said she can’t wait for her fans to hear what it has in store.
“This is my favorite thing I’ve ever created and I am so excited and nervous and EAGER for you to hear it. I can’t even tell you. I’ve never felt so much love for a project than I do for this one. Hope you feel what I feel,” she wrote on Instagram.
Some of the songs from Happier Than Ever were released long before the record was announced. The album is set to feature a total of 16 tracks, including the previously released songs “My Future”, “Not My Responsibility”, and the lead single “Therefore I Am”. Eilish will also tease the release of her sophomore album by dropping the titular track “Happier Than Ever”, set to come out on April 29th.
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]]>In addition to topping the list of winners, Beyoncé also made Grammys history as the most rewarded woman with a career total of 28 Grammy wins. She’s currently tied with Quincy Jones as the artists with the second-most wins.
The album of the year award was collected by Taylor Swift with her critically acclaimed LP Folklore, making this her third win in this category. Billie Eilish collected her second record of the year award with “Everything I Wanted”, after winning it with “Bad Guy” last year.
Megan Thee Stallion was right behind her “Savage” collaborator Beyoncé with a total of three wins, including the best new artist. H.E.R. came out victorious in the song of the year category with “I Can’t Breathe”, beating the likes of Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Roddy Ricch.
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards took place in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14th, with Trevor Noah hosting for the first time.
Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
I Can’t Breathe
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Record of the Year
Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Best R&B Performance
Black Parade
Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa
Best Rap Song
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé
Best Pop Solo Performance
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
Best Country Album
Wildcard
Miranda Lambert
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)
Best Country Song
Crowded Table
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 Hours
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Solo Performance
When My Amy Prays
Vince Gill
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal
The Strokes
Best Rock Song
Stay High
Brittany Howard
Best Metal Performance
Bum Rush
Body Count
Best Rock Performance
Shameika
Fiona Apple
Best Rap Album
King’s Disease
Nas
Best Rap Performance
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Lockdown
Anderson .Paak
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard
James Taylor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Rain on Me
Lady Gaga ft. Ariana Grande
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love
John Legend
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is
Thundercat
Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined
Robert Glasper ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You
Ledisi
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|
Data Lords
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are the Best Stories
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Comedy Album
Black LMitzvah
Tiffany Haddish
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Rachel Maddow
Best Children’s Music Album
All the Ladies
Joanie Leeds
Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy
Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough
Toots & The Maytals
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Folk Album
All the Good Times
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito
Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw
Bobby Rush
Best Bluegrass Album
Home
Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz
Best American Roots Song
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Best American Roots Performance
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Best Song Written For Visual Media
No Time to Die [From No Time to Die]
Billie Eilish
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
|Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet
Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio
Fito Paez
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘Babi Yar’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Remixed Recording
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King
Kanye West
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ
PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
There Was Jesus
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories
Jim “Kimo” West
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
He Won’t Hold You
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Donna Lee
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Instrumental Composition
Sputnik
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba
Kaytranada
Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
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