Taylor Swift‘s evening on the 2024 Grammys proved to be memorable because the singer not solely made historical past but additionally dropped a shock announcement.
For this yr’s Grammys, Swift was nominated for six awards, together with for greatest pop vocal album for Midnights, greatest pop solo efficiency for “Anti-Hero” and greatest pop duo/group efficiency for “Karma” with Ice Spice, who acquired a greatest new artist nom.
Swift, who was proven on digital camera all through the evening dancing and singing alongside to the array of performances, took residence the Grammy for greatest pop vocal album for her 2022 album Midnights.
When accepting the award, Swift shocked followers and the viewers by asserting that she is releasing a brand new album in April.
“That is my thirteenth Grammy,” Swift mentioned when accepting the award, acknowledging her proclaimed fortunate quantity. “I wish to say thanks to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this manner, however I do know that the best way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the eagerness of the followers. So I wish to say ‘thanks’ to the followers by telling you a secret that I’ve been maintaining from you for the final two years — which is that my model new album comes out April 19.”
The album might be known as The Tortured Poet’s Division — Swift additionally shared the album’s cowl on social media shortly after profitable. Forward of the present, followers had speculated on-line that some form of announcement was going to be made by Swift, particularly the rerecording of her status album given the numerous Easter Eggs seemingly hinting on the album, together with a tweet from the Empire State Building tweeting a lyric from one of many album’s songs.
Nonetheless, in true Swift style, she had one other shock in retailer with the album announcement.
“All’s honest in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19,” she wrote alongside the quilt that featured the singer laying on a mattress.
Swift additionally shared a photograph on-line of her handwritten notes that additional teased the album, “And so I enter into proof / My tarnished coat of arms / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of affection bombs / My veins of pitch black ink / All’s honest in love and poetry.”
She then ended her message with, “Sincerely, The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Division.” The album has 16 songs on the usual tracklist, as teased on Swift’s web site.
In a while within the evening, Swift gained the coveted the album of the yr Grammy, making historical past as the primary performer to win album of the yr 4 occasions. Swift beforehand gained album of the yr 3 times for her albums Fearless in 2010, 1989 in 2015 and folklore in 2021.
Swift and Adele are the one girls to have taken residence an award on this class greater than as soon as — Adele gained for albums 21 and 25. Frank Sinatra, Stevie Surprise and Paul Simon have gained the album of the yr award 3 times.
“I might like to inform you that that is one of the best second of my life. However I really feel this pleased after I end a tune or after I crack the code to a bridge that I like or when i’m shotlisting a music video or when i’m rehearsing with my dancers or with my band or on the brink of go to Tokyo to play a present,” she mentioned throughout her album of the yr acceptance speech. “All I wish to do is hold with the ability to do that. I find it irresistible a lot. It makes me so pleased.”
Along with being a nominee, Swift was additionally the subject of dialog throughout host Trevor Noah’s opening monologue. After Swift took her seat, Noah took a second to defend the singer-songwriter who has acquired criticism from some NFL followers for being persistently proven on digital camera throughout Kansas Metropolis Chiefs video games (Swift is relationship Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce.)
“Like she’s controlling the cameras on the video games, proper? Let her dwell,” Noah mentioned. “In reality, tonight on Taylor’s behalf, you realize what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna give her a break. Each time they point out Taylor Swift, I’m gonna get revenge. Each time somebody says Taylor Swift, I’m gonna minimize the cameras to somebody who performed soccer,” he joked, earlier than reducing to Terry Crews sitting within the viewers. Swift might be seen laughing in response to Noah’s joke.
“You want that, Terry Crews? You higher repair your face, Terry,” Noah continued. “Do you’re employed for the CIA, Terry? I can learn lips, Terry. You higher watch what you say.”
For this yr’s Grammys, feminine acts made up seven of the eight nominees within the high three classes — with SZA main with 9 total nominations adopted by Victoria Monét and Phoebe Bridgers with seven nominations. In the meantime, Swift, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo earned six nominations apiece.
The Grammy Awards telecasted dwell from L.A. on Sunday on the CBS Tv Community. It additionally streamed dwell and on-demand on Paramount+. Trevor Noah hosted.
