Will the2023 Grammysbe a repeat of the 2017 ceremony, whereAdele’s25beat outBeyonce’sFormationfor Album of the Year?
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And on the flip side, what do you hope to be able to lean more into this year?
Grammys host Trevor Noah.Michael Schwartz/CBS
And that is, some of the greatest talents of a generation are performing live in front of you.
And that’s something that’s truly special.
So I got to enjoy that.
I got to see artists enjoying other artists.
Will we hear a Trevor Noah compilation of all the year’s nominated songs?
Ben, have you tried to get him to sing?
BEN WINSTON:[Laughs] I have not.
I mean, I dunno, Trevor, have you got it in your locker?
I was cut out of the group.
And we’ve handled that offline.
So maybe I’ll see if she has something for me, and then I’ll go from there.
But I’m also not the kind of person to upstage anybody on their night especially.
Ben, Trevor mentioned Lizzo being one of the performers.
We also know Bad Bunny, Brandy Carlile, among others.
WINSTON:Yeah, it’s a fair question.
On the Grammys, everybody’s Grammy-nominated, everybody feels an A-lister, and they usually are.
So you are building huge structures in literally three or four minutes.
So, it’s a really complicated show.
And so it’s a very, very strange experience, quite an out-of-body experience.
What can you tease about some of the elaborate sets this year?
WINSTON:I absolutely never would, because it’s not for me to say what they are.
So I’m not.
I wouldn’t do any of that.
We want to create these performances that are really memorable.
I think about just even moments like Harry Styles opening a couple of years ago wearing a feather boa.
So I think that speaks a lot to the defining moments that we have.
And so I think that’s what’s really exciting about what we are doing.
And hopefully we’ll continue to do this year.
WINSTON:Oh, that’s such a clever way of asking.
I have so much respect for you that you’ve nearly tricked me into something.
Well, I don’t know yet.
I think we’ve got some really exciting performer announcements coming up over the next few days.
What I can tell you is that if Ruby Winston is asked to perform, she 100 percent will.
However, I will never allow that to happen.
And I can categorically say that.
As much as she would love it, it’s never going to happen.
But yeah, it’s beautiful.
It’s a really lovely thing that will always be a lovely thing for her.
The big question everyone wants to know is whether Queen Bey will be there.
So on a scale of one to 10, what is the likelihood of a Beyonce performance?
WINSTON:Never answering that in a million years.
WINSTON:Great question.
I promise you that it’s going to be a show that is really worth watching.
