@@agexien it's one of her best. You're entitled to your opinion but Taylor's recent album is just mainstream pop, fun but not as much depth as Lana has been giving especially in her recent album. Lana has been a huge inspiration for Taylor and her music.
I dont think its horrible but lyrically it isn't the greatest thing you would listen, it didn't do anything for me, but I actually was happy when she got the award, she looked fabulous and her performance was unexpectedly better than the original studio version in my opinion, but maybe its bc she's charismatic and can do her thing very well
I'm not a huge Lana fan, but I fully acknowledge that she's a very talented and creative music artist. It's really disappointing that she doesn't get the respect from the Grammys that she deserves.
I like Taylor but I’m tired of every award show being a Taylor Swift party. Her career is gonna take a hit if she stays overexposed like this. Midnights didn’t deserve AOTY. Edit: even worse, she totally blew off Celine Dion when she won her undeserved AOTY award
move out the way white gay!!! midnights DID deserve album of the year, even though Ocean Blvd was the best nominated album and it deserved AOTY more than any other album.
@@squeallymaniac good thing she's being awarded for her songwriting skills and not her vocals baby. hating on her wont take your mattress off the floor!
@@lucillemenace3556Yeah but from time to time someone comes on stage and whine about & play victim card on behalf of Beyonce for not giving her even more Grammy. She doesn't win AOTY because she doesn't write her own music. So, get over it.
It wasn't 😅 According to record sales, number one's songs being on Repeat and not getting boring SZA definitely deserved Winning album of the year!taylor has already won it 4 times but yet Beyoncé NOR no black woman at all has won since 1999. Which is racist and ridiculous af!
Yeah that's true, from what I've read in swifite spaces. I also agree with this take, Midnights is not bad, but it's kinda boring if you compare it to Folklore or 1989. But I thought that the Grammys would recognize that too. I was so wrong
I agree partially, but that award is based on the quality of the song not the popularity. And as he said, flowers is the weakest song in that category.
i agree. miley was certainly long overdue for a grammy. i was happy that she won and did expect her to win in one of the pop categories, but i was a little surprised she won record of the year given who she was up against. so happy for her though!
The way the Grammys have snubbed Lana for years is so infuriating. She has dominated the alt genre. She redefined an entire genre of music and brought in an entirely new audience for it, all to get beaten by artists who were influenced by HER.
Miley deserved better than mid ass flowers. Plastic hearts deserved more. Lana had a great year, she deserved better. SOS deserved AOTY. Guts deserved best pop vocal. And Taylor, I like her a lot actually, but fr can she stop dominating and let other artists shine? When she announced another album, I’m like oh my god here we go
Taylor doesn't have to "stop" being good at what she's doing so other people can be seen. Her peers should keep on trying and putting the effort. It took a 15+ year-long career for Taylor to achieve the level she has right now, she won't relax just because someone we might forget in 3 years can´t "shine"
Midnights did not deserve the album of the year. Even as a Swiftie I know this and Swiftologist actually did a video discussing it in better detail than I can. But the overall songwriting, narrative, and storytelling in Midnights was nowhere near her best work. I feel like it's her least cohesive album so far. Rather than personal midnights thoughts, we got a jumble of scratching the surface narratives that perhaps become a tad bit deeper if you know the "lore", but even then it's not much,
Midnights is her most cohesive album ever. Each track seamlessly blends into eachother and the sound is consistent. It’s my favorite album of hers I’m shocked that in retrospect so many people are still hating on it
It was disappointing to see Lana and Olivia not take home any Grammys. They both released one of the best albums of 2023 (In my opinion before y’all say anything) and should’ve won a Grammy
Your opinion dosnt matter , olivia album was exacly the same as her old one but worse , no improvement nothing , and lana can go to hell for supporting genocide
I think the main Grammy categories were voted based on what is predictable, marketable, safe, and based on how successful the artist is in their career
Not all the time though. Nobody was expecting Kacey Musgraves to win AOTY for Golden Hour over Dirty Computer (Janelle Monae) or Scorpion (Drake). Or even We are by Jon Batiste over Sour (Olivia Rodrigo) or Happier Than Ever (Billie Eillish). Politics play the most integral part in the decision-making process of the Grammy's voting system & it is quite hard to determine the components involved in each year's visions that they'd like to accomplish. But what's certain is really the white supremacy element that takes full effect especially in the main categories. I do believe that Midnights do not deserve AOTY over Lana or SZA either.
also money plays a huge part. taylor takes out full spreads on the LA times and heavily lobbies for these votes. also sends voters packages and deals. i don't think sza or lana or even liv's teams are that savvy or resourceful. additionally, the category specifies not being a popularity contest but has been a lot :/ @@mohamadfirdausbinmat2577
No not necessarily. Madonna was very popular in the early 90s and didn't even win her first Grammy for her music until 1998. She only has 7 I believe and has been making music since '82
SOS SHOULD'VE WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. But this is nothing new....black women continue to get robbed in the AOTY category for 2 DECADES....it's not surprising. 🤨
Nahhhhh lies they win awards but sometimes ppl like other ppls music better, it goes both ways, as the ppl who complain are MILLIONAIRES, not oppressed
Honestly, I feel like Taylor has to win just out of default. She isn’t bad and I don’t dislike her but it just seems so predictable that she wins despite being weak in comparison to other albums nominated in the same category
I think the thing that bothers me about Taylor winning Album of the Year is, well first Midnights is a boring album and most importantly, the Grammys won’t give Beyonce album of the year cuz they said say has too many, while at the same time having no problem giving Taylor a fourth album of the year Grammy
People say that Grammys don't look upon the commercial or critical success of a song or album but I'm genuinely asking what do they look into choosing album or song as winner
Who they are friends with. But seriously I wonder how many of the voting members actually listen to all the songs and albums in the categories they are voting for.
I honestly think it’s worse for Lana. Olivia at least got three Grammys already while Lana has none and she’s been in the industry longer. It’s so crazy how artists like Olivia and Billie have named her an inspiration yet they have more Grammys than her.
Same dude. In my opinion, Midnights is by far her weakest record because it just sounded very repetitive to me. Sonically cohesive yet it was missing something.
@@shirley444The point went over your head. Go watch it again. Abd it wasn't just about Beyoncé either. It's bigger than her, him, DMX, Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Fresh or SZA who lost to Taylor Swift
Ridiculous that they paid Lana dust again. I dont even listen to Lana like that, but even I know that she literally shifted the pop industry, and had her entire style adopted by bigger artists, and has received nothing for it in return. Also, Olivia deserved something, imo.
I hate how the grammy show so much bias towards artists like taylor ,and billie but artists like lana , SZA , olivia ,and Dua get snubbed all the damn time no matter how much effort they put in jay z was right the scrammy are based on popularity not music anymore.
Nah c’mon don’t do that to Billie. She deserves her awards (imo) What was I made for? That song was stunning. As for Taylor, I’m sick of her and this overexposure of her this year. Taylors writing style and music is boring and underwhelming. Sza deserved that damn AOTY award. SOS had us all in a chokehold and still does.
Billie deserves her awards, but not Taylor for MIDnights lmao. That decision was just outrageous. Even Taylor knows she didn’t deserve that over Lana’s best album or SOS which absolutely ruled the charts in late ‘22 and all of last year.
@@crystalclear675 Why do you need to bring down other female artists to uplift your own favs? Just because you dont like her music, doesnt mean her writing style and music is boring.
@@tazo9521just because she’s your fave doesn’t mean her writing style and music isn’t boring. Shes got a new album coming out after breaking up with another guy. Wonder what the album is gonna be about 😂
Midnights is a good album, but not AOTY worthy, especially not against SOS in the same category. TS did deserve the AOTY for Folklore and 1989, but Midnights was honestly not the best album realised in 2023
@@agexienthis is probably one of her best albums in my opinion due to her raw talent in all of the songs so I don’t agree so much but everyone is entitled to their own opinion
I don't get the hype for Taylor swift. Especially recently since 2021 , it's like she got a whole new wave of bandwagons. Her music is mid to me. Even her most popular songs don't stick out to me.
have u listened to folklore or evermore? i think the thing that makes her stand out is her songwriting and overall storytelling but her overexposure is def making people dislike her
Call me an old head but Taylor having more album of the year wins over Stevie wonder is gross. Especially cause the albums he won for are all time classics and on every best album list. Midnights? Please 😂 and the fact he he wrote and produced and played on his songs by himself too. It’s just lame to me Taylor is the one almost 40 years later to break his record
@@Renegade-kf8fpyou could make the argument for her work on fearless being groundbreaking for a teenage girl to get so much recognition and appreciation for her skill. 1989 is pop Bible status and it’s an immensely career defining moment for Taylor, and Folklore being some her best writing and another big shift in her career released at the perfect time for her and the consumers. Midnights is just not as good as a whole body of work compared to her other albums, and albums she competed against this year. Anything Taylor puts out it’s a commercial success, but that does not mean everything is excellent. It’s not a terrible record is just not that amazing. Midnights is mostly recognized because of the success of her career and the eras tour. I don’t think it’s an album that can really stand by itself. It’s more of the person behind it. But I do see how the comment above feels like it really discredits Taylor as an artist. It’s 2024 it’s not cool to deny her skill as a business woman and artist. However her new album looks super interesting, even more detail oriented than midnights.
If you take a look at the work ethic and consistency in creating music he was not even near Taylor so stop whining. That woman is working her a*s off over a decade and here you are criticizing and complaining about her success. Do better plz
I remember saying to a friend last year, it was SO weird how miley dropped the best album of her career and it underperformed on charts as well as being shut out of award season. Then she leaves her label, signs a new deal, drops flowers and it instantly exploded with millions of streams on day one, I was like “where we’re all these millions of people when she dropped the equally good ‘midnight sky’?” That was so fishy. Endless Summer Vacation was also a weaker album than plastic hearts but got 6 Grammy nominations. Someone at her new label clearly knew how to get Miley back topping charts and network her those 2 Grammy wins. I feel like it’s taken a whole decade to get the stink of bangerz off and claw her way to legitimacy so I was really happy for her finally being embraced!
Do you think the record told her she needs to do more generic pop? Flowers is one of the most generic songs I’ve heard and I think the album didn’t have any impact besides flowers
@@Zach27727 nah, ESV has a whole has still done okay. Streaming numbers are solid, and Used To Be Young (4th single) has actually had a good chart run, peaked around 10 and has been stable. That said, PH deserved this success.
Biggest snub: Olivia Rodrigo for the main categories, personally it should have beat flowers in record of the year... Biggest surprise: Midnights winning over SOS...
I usually don’t grumble when Taylor Swift wins AOTY, but this one was the most egregious. It was one the weakest albums on the shortlist, and it *still* won. It’s just…sad.
Weakest to whom? Cause midnights (till dawn edition) has 8.1 billion streams, midnights (3am edition) has 7.7 billion streams and midnights 6.5 billion streams on Spotify added up midnights has 23 billion streams on Spotify. Beyoncés renaissance has 2.7 billion streams on Spotify, SZA SOS has 6,9 billion streams on Spotify and Lana del Rey Did you know there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd has 890 million streams on Spotify. So why shouldn’t she win her impact was enormous
@@GayTiktokI don’t think the grammys votes based on music quality (as we all know) but if they did, midnights wouldn’t have won. The amount of sales and streams an album got does not make it a winner nor does it say anything about its quality.
It's quite serendipitous how she manifested the Hannah Montana scene of receiving record of the year, which is now one of her very first Grammy's making it truthfully a full circle moment being awarded her flowers in the music industry❤
as someone who went to the SOS tour sza 100% deserved album of the year!! SOS was amazing and really showed sza's progression as an artist. great vid again btw honest.
Lana wore all black and it turned out to be in mourning for another season of loss and dismissal. She wrote her heart into that album, opened up, gave us absolutely impeccable poetry in lyricism, varied production styles, she submitted, even campaigned. It was such a testament to Lana’s artistry, and would have been so nice to see her finally get the recognition for it. The other categories carried less weight for me, as long as she got AOTY because it truly was just that. Just because she doesn’t have the exposure of Taylor or Olivia, or SZA should not have been a factor on the clear merits her album had for winning AOTY. My biggest fear for Lana is that she will never be appreciated or recognized for the industry titan she has quietly been - at least until it’s too late. Truly a shame. Congrats to all the winners, though.
Are there any artists who award as easily as Taylor Swift ... like I'm genuinely asking. It's feels like if you're in the same category as her at this point, and you don't put in twice the quality, you're screwed. + During her documentary, her comments about how if she made a "better album" it would get AOTY nominated show how fairly she's been treated by the academy and how she+swifties take it for granted.
midnights wasn’t horrible but wasn’t great either. not enough to win a grammy idk that could’ve gone to anyone else that was nominated i js feel like they chose midnights js cuz it’s taylor and taylor always wins that category
The only thing I knew about the Grammy’s this year is that one of the winners called for a ceasefire, but that was overshadowed by Taylor Swift. I get she’s popular, but announcing her new album after winning feels a bit out of place to me.
When it comes to Record Of The Year, the focus will be the Commercial artists: I would have put Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire as the winner. Miley Cyrus was ok, but it did not blow me away. Winner of album of year confused me as Taylor Swift - Midnights was released in October 2022. Bend the rules, why not call the category, Album Of Over A Year. Personally, I felt Olivia Rodrigo - Guts was more suitable, especially as it was released in 2023. This is just an example how Grammys is a complete joke. Song of the year, Billie Eilish track is ok, not spectacular. Olivia Rodrigo has really been snubbed. How am I not surprised Metallica won best Metal performance. I am sad for Spiritbox as they have taken Metal to another level. Problem with Grammys they have a Best Rock Album, but don’t have Best Metal Album or Song category. For me Grammys prove to be a joke to glorify the over-hyped, just like the MTV and Brit Awards.
Olivia was definitely snubbed this year! Guts is a classic album! I’m rooting for her to win big time next year! 2024 is going to be her year especially with her tour!
Olivia Rodrigo was snubbed so bad!! GUTS was such a great album, musically and lyrically. I love Taylor, but I don’t think Midnights deserved Album of the Year. Flowers, I agree is such a mid song. But good for Miley I guess
Progressive R&B is "alternative" basically and I am glad it's there. So many artists, especially some amazing women, get shut out of deserved recognition because they aren't mainstream crossovers and are pushing the envelope.
Taylor Swift is an incredible songwriter and businesswoman and I enjoy her music a lot (and have since before she went pop) and appreciate how calculated and merciless she is (there's also things I don't love but that doesn't matter) but I am getting some serious Taylor Swift fatigue. Midnights is faaaaar from her best work, Swifties acting like her announcing an album is literally solving world hunger is obnoxious and delusional, and her false modesty is getting old ("I don't need awards" then why do you submit your work for nomination?) as well as her constant need for sidekicks (god forbid she didn't have someone with her to outshine). It's getting obnoxious. Also there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire.
just wait, there will come the time for oblivion, it comes for everyone, literally everyone, no matter how successfull, no matter how rich. People simply grow TIRED of artists, like they grow tired of anything else. There will be a time when people will have a hard time in trying to even remember who Taylor Swift was. Don't tell this to the hardcore Swifities though. Their fanaticism gives them comfort and a purpose in life.
Midnights is actually my fave Taylor album but even I was shocked she won AOTY, I think she was shocked too hence the album reveal during her first award like she thought that would be it. I thought it'd be SOS (imo more deserving) fr.. and Flowers is mid, could've gone to most the other songs in that category for ROTY easily, Midnights deserved pop vocal 100% though.
Since Taylor likes being fake humble by doing performative stuff like not releasing her tour revenues, I would LOVE to see her refuse to submit her next couple of albums for AOTY consideration at the Grammys. Let other artists who aren't the academy's default pick share the accolade.
Why even tune in if it's the same artist winning album of the year like every year? I know Grammys are a joke because they're just there to award records that were commercially successful anyway (instead of those of high quality but without mass-appeal). Yet this year was absurd even by their own standards. Giving aoty to the same person for the 4th time while there are so many genius artists that did not get even one minor Grammy..!
I honestly think that Taylor Swift's "Midnights" is a pretty mediocre and boring album, it went towards the easy and commercial. While Lana del Rey or Olivia Rodrigo, with excellent jobs, have lost it's ridiculous but very sad. The Grammys are just a mediocre award that never goes to those who deserve it
Everyone says Sza was robbed but I wanted Lana Del Rey to win. The songwriting on that album was superior to midnights, category after category, Lana just kept coming up short. She’s 0/11 nominations. What does she have to do to win a Grammy?
Did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd what's the best album that was released this year how Midnight's one album of the year is beyond me Lana was definitely snubbed this year
I feel like the Grammys is a scam because literally why would taylor change her profile to black and white, and then suddenly announce a new album like she knew she’d win. Like what?
She didn’t think she was gonna win AOTY so that’s why she announced it earlier. If she didn’t announce it at the Grammies it would have been announced at night 1 of the Tokyo shows this week
I feel like the Grammy's are stuck with an outdated "how do you do fellow kids" mentality, so they pick whatever they think will be a safe and popular choice and they miss everytime.
I love Taylor but I was totally rooting for Sza and Lana. Midnights was not her best work. I think they just gave it to her because who she is at this point and she’s the safest option
The grammys have a hate boner for lana. They did her SO foul this time
No one deserves anything of anything
ocean boulevard resonated with all the right people...go listen to Me! or something weirdo
@@agexien you're joking right? Ocean Blvd is in her top three best albums.
@@agexien it's one of her best. You're entitled to your opinion but Taylor's recent album is just mainstream pop, fun but not as much depth as Lana has been giving especially in her recent album. Lana has been a huge inspiration for Taylor and her music.
@@agexiengurl shut up like u can have opinion but its definetlly is not her worse the fuck one the best
“Flowers” kept playing absolutely every where I went in the last year. Ugh.
Trash song
right...I know all the words unwillingly... but im happy for her! shocking to hear that was her first grammy like what? 😮
Unfortunately
I dont think its horrible but lyrically it isn't the greatest thing you would listen, it didn't do anything for me, but I actually was happy when she got the award, she looked fabulous and her performance was unexpectedly better than the original studio version in my opinion, but maybe its bc she's charismatic and can do her thing very well
Get help, you boring woman
Lana was robbed, the impact she has on music, her style, she build an empire and was not recognized yet, that’s sad
Wasn’t robbed if she don’t own it
@@BentleyReedsshe was so are slow
@@indica666_ had a stroke trying to read this
@@indica666_We don't see her name being carved on the Grammy award so that's obviously not hers. Be mad that z*onist flops.
Agreed!
Sza should’ve won AOTY even Billboard said she was snubbed.
Facts ❤
exaclty.
Exactly.
Cry
TRUTH 🗣️❗
I'm not a huge Lana fan, but I fully acknowledge that she's a very talented and creative music artist. It's really disappointing that she doesn't get the respect from the Grammys that she deserves.
Lana is Clyde drexler
@@Renegade-kf8fp😂😂😂don’t do my Lana like that😂😂
it's annoying when people complain about Lana and Travis not winning.
@@saulcontrerasOfficialhow is it any different than when people complain about others not winning? 💀
@@silvereyeshopingforparadise it is when they spam "justice for Travis/Lana" on posts that have nothing to do with them.
Sza is going to be like Beyoncé ..winning all the R&B but never main awards
It's already happening. She won 4 awards and they were ALL in the rnb categories and not in the major ones
J speech says it all.
lol let’s not compare her to Beyoncé
@@mickey4346 calm down behive looney what the comment said was facts. All those grammy beyonce has and she hasn't won not one aoty
@@impacc4182 and?
I like Taylor but I’m tired of every award show being a Taylor Swift party. Her career is gonna take a hit if she stays overexposed like this. Midnights didn’t deserve AOTY.
Edit: even worse, she totally blew off Celine Dion when she won her undeserved AOTY award
They said the same thing about Michael Jordan and Tom Brady
@@Renegade-kf8fpshe’s not an athlete… it doesn’t work that way lol
move out the way white gay!!! midnights DID deserve album of the year, even though Ocean Blvd was the best nominated album and it deserved AOTY more than any other album.
@@vdrrco wt also like :D 💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@squeallymaniac good thing she's being awarded for her songwriting skills and not her vocals baby. hating on her wont take your mattress off the floor!
Since when did the Grammys ever not disappoint😂😂
Lana Del Rey should’ve came home with something that night.
Midnights winning AOTY over her or SZA’s SOS album is a *JOKE.*
I agree even though I like Taylor
Joke like Beyonce's Writing Capabilities.
@@stellamagdalene3521haha so funny. Cause she sittin at home w her 32 Grammys while you’re on her internet being a weirdo
Uhh....in your opinion I guess?
@@lucillemenace3556Yeah but from time to time someone comes on stage and whine about & play victim card on behalf of Beyonce for not giving her even more Grammy. She doesn't win AOTY because she doesn't write her own music. So, get over it.
Midnights winning was predictable
Even her own fans don't think Midnights was that great. So it's surprising
It wasn't 😅 According to record sales, number one's songs being on Repeat and not getting boring SZA definitely deserved Winning album of the year!taylor has already won it 4 times but yet Beyoncé NOR no black woman at all has won since 1999. Which is racist and ridiculous af!
@@monejohn9973 you're being racist now !
Yeah that's true, from what I've read in swifite spaces. I also agree with this take, Midnights is not bad, but it's kinda boring if you compare it to Folklore or 1989.
But I thought that the Grammys would recognize that too. I was so wrong
@@monejohn9973 midnights was so messy and didn't deserved it and sos by sza was robbed and I'm so mad about it
Midnights was not one of her best works but still, it was far more great than other average albums in this category
I think the awards Miley won were very deserving, you cannot deny it was long overdue for Miley and flowers was that song that defined the year
I agree partially, but that award is based on the quality of the song not the popularity. And as he said, flowers is the weakest song in that category.
Flowers is a weak song. She didn’t deserve the Grammy just simply for being Miley Cyrus.
i agree. miley was certainly long overdue for a grammy. i was happy that she won and did expect her to win in one of the pop categories, but i was a little surprised she won record of the year given who she was up against. so happy for her though!
Flowers is such a boring song, she can do way better and Miley has been boring since Bangerz. A dead corpses heart has more life that Flowers.
@@asdfghjkl3003 Well, the nominations itself are not based on quality but popularity for the most part
I adore Midnights but I was kinda shocked Taylor took it home. SZA deserved it absolutely
There is always next year
Taylor buys awards . Everybody know this . She has been doing this since forever
@@ghitarakik8508 why wouldn't she buy herself an award for Song of the year then? Yall just makimg stuff up
@@hardcoreloo1139 idk . Go ask her
@@ghitarakik8508y’all reaching 🤣
I think Miley's Grammy was long over due but this was definetely not her best work
It is the best she ever made
Agreed
It is without no doubt her best work ever
You are damn tone deaf, a musical illiterate
@@eternityfreeblue6377 nah, Plastic Hearts was waaaay better.
And Jaded is the best single from Endless Summer Vacation, not Flowers
Flowers is my song, but I'm still mad Plastic Hearts was done dirty 😭😭😭
Me too😭😭😭
Plastic Hearts is a GREAT album but so is the album Flowers came from?! Idk I love both 😭
Agreed
I still listen to flowers, it was a great come back song for her. I agree plastic hearts was robbed.
SO DIRTY
The way the Grammys have snubbed Lana for years is so infuriating. She has dominated the alt genre. She redefined an entire genre of music and brought in an entirely new audience for it, all to get beaten by artists who were influenced by HER.
sos deserved album of the year... grammys never disappoint to snub
No
PERIOD. JAY Z WAS RIGHT TAYMONKEY FLOPPED SOS DESERVED🤮🐒💀🤡
@@joemekael6173Yes. go cry about it
@@joemekael6173Awhhh triggered lil gay white boy go cry😂😂
@@joemekael6173midnights is trash shut the hell up
The grammy's is losing relevance in my opinion but they aren't gonna go down without a fight. 😂 its been YEARS since I personally have watched/cared.
Yet y’all keep talking about it and watching it
@@Renegade-kf8fpwho ?
@@Renegade-kf8fpwho's watching it? You? Not me
@@EmmaxoOCEthis video…??
@@mysteriousdora6914 I didn’t watch or care about the Grammys, I just wanted to hear the opinion of honest.
Miley deserved better than mid ass flowers. Plastic hearts deserved more. Lana had a great year, she deserved better. SOS deserved AOTY. Guts deserved best pop vocal.
And Taylor, I like her a lot actually, but fr can she stop dominating and let other artists shine? When she announced another album, I’m like oh my god here we go
Lmaoooo my thoughts exactly
That’s be if someone asked lebron to stop making the finals in his prime because it’s supposedly not fair for everyone else
Taylor doesn't have to "stop" being good at what she's doing so other people can be seen. Her peers should keep on trying and putting the effort.
It took a 15+ year-long career for Taylor to achieve the level she has right now, she won't relax just because someone we might forget in 3 years can´t "shine"
@@Renegade-kf8fpno we are just asking her to stop buying awards
@valeriab4100 facts
Grammys always fucks up Album of the Year. ALWAYS.
I love Taylor but even she was like “I don’t know, man”
People can’t comprehend Greatness in real time till after the fact
@@Renegade-kf8fpwe comprehend Beyonce just fine
@@WHITEPPLHATER breathe gurl
greatless LOL@@Renegade-kf8fp
I mean, we all wanted Sza but Taylor also deserves it tbvh.
Midnights did not deserve the album of the year. Even as a Swiftie I know this and Swiftologist actually did a video discussing it in better detail than I can. But the overall songwriting, narrative, and storytelling in Midnights was nowhere near her best work. I feel like it's her least cohesive album so far. Rather than personal midnights thoughts, we got a jumble of scratching the surface narratives that perhaps become a tad bit deeper if you know the "lore", but even then it's not much,
A lot of her success does revolve around Taylore
You should listen to the other albums before you justify ur words, those albums were also no better
@@dz00100sos and guts ate right there waiting for their grammy. Way more deserving
@@sarahjh4364 *In your opinion
Midnights is her most cohesive album ever. Each track seamlessly blends into eachother and the sound is consistent. It’s my favorite album of hers I’m shocked that in retrospect so many people are still hating on it
It was disappointing to see Lana and Olivia not take home any Grammys. They both released one of the best albums of 2023 (In my opinion before y’all say anything) and should’ve won a Grammy
💯
Your opinion dosnt matter , olivia album was exacly the same as her old one but worse , no improvement nothing , and lana can go to hell for supporting genocide
i was very happy for Victoria Monet and Coco Jones! Both well deserved and long overdue!
Snubbing Plastic Hearts is disgusting.
White women wins award for the 10th time
If Sza won
People still be complaining
@@Renegade-kf8fpwho’s people?Cause I’m pretty sure everyone was rooting for sza here
Usa is white democracy lol
They can't help they are so talented
@@justshutup100so is sza lol
I think the main Grammy categories were voted based on what is predictable, marketable, safe, and based on how successful the artist is in their career
Like a popularity thing Right?🤦
Not all the time though. Nobody was expecting Kacey Musgraves to win AOTY for Golden Hour over Dirty Computer (Janelle Monae) or Scorpion (Drake). Or even We are by Jon Batiste over Sour (Olivia Rodrigo) or Happier Than Ever (Billie Eillish). Politics play the most integral part in the decision-making process of the Grammy's voting system & it is quite hard to determine the components involved in each year's visions that they'd like to accomplish. But what's certain is really the white supremacy element that takes full effect especially in the main categories. I do believe that Midnights do not deserve AOTY over Lana or SZA either.
also money plays a huge part. taylor takes out full spreads on the LA times and heavily lobbies for these votes. also sends voters packages and deals. i don't think sza or lana or even liv's teams are that savvy or resourceful. additionally, the category specifies not being a popularity contest but has been a lot :/ @@mohamadfirdausbinmat2577
No not necessarily. Madonna was very popular in the early 90s and didn't even win her first Grammy for her music until 1998. She only has 7 I believe and has been making music since '82
@@gregory7567 the times are different now, hun
SOS SHOULD'VE WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. But this is nothing new....black women continue to get robbed in the AOTY category for 2 DECADES....it's not surprising. 🤨
Nahhhhh lies they win awards but sometimes ppl like other ppls music better, it goes both ways, as the ppl who complain are MILLIONAIRES, not oppressed
Cry louder
@@dz00100why are you commenting again?
@@justshutup100um
It's weird how they award Black women. They only win in the R&B or hip hop categories but never the main categories
Honestly, I feel like Taylor has to win just out of default. She isn’t bad and I don’t dislike her but it just seems so predictable that she wins despite being weak in comparison to other albums nominated in the same category
I think the thing that bothers me about Taylor winning Album of the Year is, well first Midnights is a boring album and most importantly, the Grammys won’t give Beyonce album of the year cuz they said say has too many, while at the same time having no problem giving Taylor a fourth album of the year Grammy
They are rigged, biased and racist
I AM BAFFLED, how did GUTS not win BPVA and SOS not win AOTY. these were the biggest snubs of the night tbh.
@baniz4447 GUTS was the worst album I have ever heard, so glad Olivia didn't win. A couple songs were good, but the rest of the album was garbage.
@@Anonymous-io9vpNO
@@Anonymous-io9vpit clearly wasn’t for you becuase that album was a lyrical masterpiece
Vampire is a master piece. It's so good, musically, vocally and lyrically.
People say that Grammys don't look upon the commercial or critical success of a song or album but I'm genuinely asking what do they look into choosing album or song as winner
Who they are friends with. But seriously I wonder how many of the voting members actually listen to all the songs and albums in the categories they are voting for.
Popularity, that what I noticed
To me, Tinashe is always snubbed. "Needs" is a total banger.
You never miss. SOS deserved AOTY hands down, and Olivia & Lana being snubbed was so depressing to watch. I hope they don’t snub Olivia in the future
I honestly think it’s worse for Lana. Olivia at least got three Grammys already while Lana has none and she’s been in the industry longer. It’s so crazy how artists like Olivia and Billie have named her an inspiration yet they have more Grammys than her.
@@Mtv20O1 just shows you how rigged it is LOL
Yeah, Taylor didn't deserve that Grammy and i say that as a Swiftie
Than u ain’t a swiftie
@@jio06shut up
@jio06 real fans can be honest
As a swiftie I absolutely agree with you. I was praying for midnights not to win when sos and guts was right there
Same dude. In my opinion, Midnights is by far her weakest record because it just sounded very repetitive to me. Sonically cohesive yet it was missing something.
the Jay-Z speech was the best part of the night lol he said nothing wrong
I loved it 😂 iconic
I didn’t. Beyoncé doesn’t need AOTY when she already has 33 Grammys and is the most awarded Grammy winner of all time
@@shirley444The point went over your head. Go watch it again. Abd it wasn't just about Beyoncé either. It's bigger than her, him, DMX, Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Fresh or SZA who lost to Taylor Swift
Maybe, but I cant take the messenger seriously. Who pays or who gets paid for Beyonce to even participate/submit in the awards?
JUSTICE FOR LANA
Ridiculous that they paid Lana dust again. I dont even listen to Lana like that, but even I know that she literally shifted the pop industry, and had her entire style adopted by bigger artists, and has received nothing for it in return. Also, Olivia deserved something, imo.
I hate how the grammy show so much bias towards artists like taylor ,and billie but artists like lana , SZA , olivia ,and Dua get snubbed all the damn time no matter how much effort they put in jay z was right the scrammy are based on popularity not music anymore.
Nah c’mon don’t do that to Billie. She deserves her awards (imo) What was I made for? That song was stunning. As for Taylor, I’m sick of her and this overexposure of her this year. Taylors writing style and music is boring and underwhelming. Sza deserved that damn AOTY award. SOS had us all in a chokehold and still does.
Billie deserves her awards, but not Taylor for MIDnights lmao. That decision was just outrageous. Even Taylor knows she didn’t deserve that over Lana’s best album or SOS which absolutely ruled the charts in late ‘22 and all of last year.
@@crystalclear675 Why do you need to bring down other female artists to uplift your own favs? Just because you dont like her music, doesnt mean her writing style and music is boring.
@@tazo9521just because she’s your fave doesn’t mean her writing style and music isn’t boring. Shes got a new album coming out after breaking up with another guy. Wonder what the album is gonna be about 😂
@@cmyskinsfan is probably about her love life and how the public hates her. typical poster child for white feminism
i really love midnights AND taylor however it ain’t worth the hype
I know, I didn’t hate it. But it’s not a revelation by any means.
MIDnights didn't deserve that award should've gone to Lana or SZA
@@agexienyou said a whole bunch of nothing anyway sos deserved to win 🤷♂️
@@jaycrews4034fr 😭
@@agexien Me in my blabbering nonsense era ❤😍😍😍🥰
Cry louder
Or Olivia
Can’t lie as a massive Taylor swift fan I’m massively surprised she won AOTY, I was rooting for SZA’s album
Midnights is a good album, but not AOTY worthy, especially not against SOS in the same category.
TS did deserve the AOTY for Folklore and 1989, but Midnights was honestly not the best album realised in 2023
@@TheJosman whole heartily agree
lana deserved WAY more than taylor and boygenius
@@agexienthis is probably one of her best albums in my opinion due to her raw talent in all of the songs so I don’t agree so much but everyone is entitled to their own opinion
@@agexienstop barking
100%!
@@agexien ocean blvd is her definitive work thus far. the lyricism is unmatched. the vocals are the best they’ve ever been. i need you to relisten.
@@agexienme when I’m wrong
Lana being snubbed was criminal.
😂
I don't get the hype for Taylor swift. Especially recently since 2021 , it's like she got a whole new wave of bandwagons. Her music is mid to me. Even her most popular songs don't stick out to me.
have u listened to folklore or evermore? i think the thing that makes her stand out is her songwriting and overall storytelling
but her overexposure is def making people dislike her
I only like her reputation and red album other than that her musuc predictable
@@gracebediako8357 i def wouldn’t call the folklore love triangle/fictional story predictable
in fact literally no one was expecting it lol
I dny get the hype around SZA.
@@gracebediako8357And SZA music isn't predictable?
Call me an old head but Taylor having more album of the year wins over Stevie wonder is gross. Especially cause the albums he won for are all time classics and on every best album list.
Midnights? Please 😂 and the fact he he wrote and produced and played on his songs by himself too. It’s just lame to me Taylor is the one almost 40 years later to break his record
Maybe she is just that good
They said the same shit about all of the greats
@@Renegade-kf8fpyou could make the argument for her work on fearless being groundbreaking for a teenage girl to get so much recognition and appreciation for her skill. 1989 is pop Bible status and it’s an immensely career defining moment for Taylor, and Folklore being some her best writing and another big shift in her career released at the perfect time for her and the consumers. Midnights is just not as good as a whole body of work compared to her other albums, and albums she competed against this year. Anything Taylor puts out it’s a commercial success, but that does not mean everything is excellent. It’s not a terrible record is just not that amazing. Midnights is mostly recognized because of the success of her career and the eras tour. I don’t think it’s an album that can really stand by itself. It’s more of the person behind it. But I do see how the comment above feels like it really discredits Taylor as an artist. It’s 2024 it’s not cool to deny her skill as a business woman and artist. However her new album looks super interesting, even more detail oriented than midnights.
@@sklymenko!
If you take a look at the work ethic and consistency in creating music he was not even near Taylor so stop whining. That woman is working her a*s off over a decade and here you are criticizing and complaining about her success. Do better plz
love your long well thought comment@@ashleymc7959
I remember saying to a friend last year, it was SO weird how miley dropped the best album of her career and it underperformed on charts as well as being shut out of award season. Then she leaves her label, signs a new deal, drops flowers and it instantly exploded with millions of streams on day one, I was like “where we’re all these millions of people when she dropped the equally good ‘midnight sky’?” That was so fishy. Endless Summer Vacation was also a weaker album than plastic hearts but got 6 Grammy nominations. Someone at her new label clearly knew how to get Miley back topping charts and network her those 2 Grammy wins. I feel like it’s taken a whole decade to get the stink of bangerz off and claw her way to legitimacy so I was really happy for her finally being embraced!
Do you think the record told her she needs to do more generic pop? Flowers is one of the most generic songs I’ve heard and I think the album didn’t have any impact besides flowers
@@Zach27727 nah, ESV has a whole has still done okay. Streaming numbers are solid, and Used To Be Young (4th single) has actually had a good chart run, peaked around 10 and has been stable. That said, PH deserved this success.
Biggest snub: Olivia Rodrigo for the main categories, personally it should have beat flowers in record of the year...
Biggest surprise: Midnights winning over SOS...
I usually don’t grumble when Taylor Swift wins AOTY, but this one was the most egregious. It was one the weakest albums on the shortlist, and it *still* won. It’s just…sad.
Not sad just annoying and fulfilling an agenda
Weakest to whom? Cause midnights (till dawn edition) has 8.1 billion streams, midnights (3am edition) has 7.7 billion streams and midnights 6.5 billion streams on Spotify added up midnights has 23 billion streams on Spotify. Beyoncés renaissance has 2.7 billion streams on Spotify, SZA SOS has 6,9 billion streams on Spotify and Lana del Rey Did you know there’s a tunnel under ocean blvd has 890 million streams on Spotify. So why shouldn’t she win her impact was enormous
@@GayTiktokI don’t think the grammys votes based on music quality (as we all know) but if they did, midnights wouldn’t have won. The amount of sales and streams an album got does not make it a winner nor does it say anything about its quality.
Flowers is the most mid, average song I’ve ever heard
EFF FLOWERS ARE TAYMONKEY SHITT
TikTok made it famous
Its also carried by payola and tiktok
GenZ is awful that's why
And Miley had the nerve to be like, “IK you guys know the words to this songs.” mid-performance.
I would’ve been satisfied if SZA or Olivia Rodrigo won AOTY. SOS and GUTS was so raw. I hope they win AOTY and ROTY at the AMAs and VMAs.
It's quite serendipitous how she manifested the Hannah Montana scene of receiving record of the year, which is now one of her very first Grammy's making it truthfully a full circle moment being awarded her flowers in the music industry❤
No, she won the first of the night which is best pop vocal performance. Then later she won record of the year.
Everything was going fine until AOTY. I also think Olivia and Lana should’ve won something 😔
Smiley Virus winning multiple awards for Flowers was definitely also not fine 💀
@@f4gsforpele I'm stealing this lmfaooo. 😭
LANA DESERVED AOTY .... this was SO disappointing
Ik I feel bad for Lana
no sza did
I think lana deserve an award but not album of the year SZA's SOS is great
@@rodsitamara listen they both did
Yes! It's truly special and taking her craft to the next level
I don't know what I was thinking, thinking that miley or sza would win album of the year lol taylor is Thanos in this music shit
Jordan esque
@@Renegade-kf8fpshe’s more like Larry bird than Jordan lmao
as someone who went to the SOS tour sza 100% deserved album of the year!! SOS was amazing and really showed sza's progression as an artist. great vid again btw honest.
Lana wore all black and it turned out to be in mourning for another season of loss and dismissal. She wrote her heart into that album, opened up, gave us absolutely impeccable poetry in lyricism, varied production styles, she submitted, even campaigned. It was such a testament to Lana’s artistry, and would have been so nice to see her finally get the recognition for it. The other categories carried less weight for me, as long as she got AOTY because it truly was just that. Just because she doesn’t have the exposure of Taylor or Olivia, or SZA should not have been a factor on the clear merits her album had for winning AOTY. My biggest fear for Lana is that she will never be appreciated or recognized for the industry titan she has quietly been - at least until it’s too late. Truly a shame. Congrats to all the winners, though.
Are there any artists who award as easily as Taylor Swift ... like I'm genuinely asking. It's feels like if you're in the same category as her at this point, and you don't put in twice the quality, you're screwed. + During her documentary, her comments about how if she made a "better album" it would get AOTY nominated show how fairly she's been treated by the academy and how she+swifties take it for granted.
Adele and Billie Eilish I feel like they get awarded a lot. And I'm not saying they don't deserve it, just an observation.
😭😭😭 “Whatever this category means.” Exactly!
The music industry elevates who they want to elevate. The Grammys are a joke.
midnights wasn’t horrible but wasn’t great either. not enough to win a grammy idk that could’ve gone to anyone else that was nominated i js feel like they chose midnights js cuz it’s taylor and taylor always wins that category
Sza deserved album of the year. I love SOS so much ❤❤❤ its a beautiful album. i even learned to play some of the songs on guitar
The only thing I knew about the Grammy’s this year is that one of the winners called for a ceasefire, but that was overshadowed by Taylor Swift. I get she’s popular, but announcing her new album after winning feels a bit out of place to me.
I’m shocked Olivia rodrigo didn’t win not one of her categories she was nominated in especially with the succes her sour album had last Grammys
Midnights is mid. Evermore was a masterpiece and the fact that midnights won AOTY and not Evermore will always piss me off
Honestly. Evermore is a highly Grammy deserving album. So rich, complex, and poetic!
@@oyeludeaminatyetunde2068 Evermore has a richness and depth to it both sonically and lyrically that I had never heard before or since
@@agentredfbi9626 Same here! It's my best album of all time!
Kylie taking a Grammy at this stage shows that pop fans and critics are not ageist the way Madonna would want us to believe
That was a highlight for me. I'm so glad she got a second one! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Grammys became more predictable than an x/o game.. Like I already knew the nominations and who would win
When it comes to Record Of The Year, the focus will be the Commercial artists: I would have put Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire as the winner. Miley Cyrus was ok, but it did not blow me away. Winner of album of year confused me as Taylor Swift - Midnights was released in October 2022. Bend the rules, why not call the category, Album Of Over A Year. Personally, I felt Olivia Rodrigo - Guts was more suitable, especially as it was released in 2023. This is just an example how Grammys is a complete joke. Song of the year, Billie Eilish track is ok, not spectacular. Olivia Rodrigo has really been snubbed. How am I not surprised Metallica won best Metal performance. I am sad for Spiritbox as they have taken Metal to another level. Problem with Grammys they have a Best Rock Album, but don’t have Best Metal Album or Song category. For me Grammys prove to be a joke to glorify the over-hyped, just like the MTV and Brit Awards.
Olivia was definitely snubbed this year! Guts is a classic album! I’m rooting for her to win big time next year! 2024 is going to be her year especially with her tour!
No one will have a chance to win if Taylor releases another album this year. The Grammys are a joke
Olivia will surely make a great comeback Im claiming it!!!!
Taylor Swifts new album is going to win 2025 grammys probably. ❤
Olivia Rodrigo was snubbed so bad!! GUTS was such a great album, musically and lyrically. I love Taylor, but I don’t think Midnights deserved Album of the Year.
Flowers, I agree is such a mid song. But good for Miley I guess
Progressive R&B is "alternative" basically and I am glad it's there. So many artists, especially some amazing women, get shut out of deserved recognition because they aren't mainstream crossovers and are pushing the envelope.
Taylor Swift is an incredible songwriter and businesswoman and I enjoy her music a lot (and have since before she went pop) and appreciate how calculated and merciless she is (there's also things I don't love but that doesn't matter) but I am getting some serious Taylor Swift fatigue. Midnights is faaaaar from her best work, Swifties acting like her announcing an album is literally solving world hunger is obnoxious and delusional, and her false modesty is getting old ("I don't need awards" then why do you submit your work for nomination?) as well as her constant need for sidekicks (god forbid she didn't have someone with her to outshine). It's getting obnoxious. Also there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire.
just wait, there will come the time for oblivion, it comes for everyone, literally everyone, no matter how successfull, no matter how rich. People simply grow TIRED of artists, like they grow tired of anything else.
There will be a time when people will have a hard time in trying to even remember who Taylor Swift was. Don't tell this to the hardcore Swifities though. Their fanaticism gives them comfort and a purpose in life.
I'm sick of Taylor winning every damn year. She could record an album of farts and it would get a Grammy nom.
She got snnubed plenty of times too ...
Never heard any of you complaining
@@subhabaskaran1849 no she didn’t she already has enough grammies. Stop it now.
Don't be mad your fav is flop compare to her
@@Killformeethe same could be said about Beyoncé having over 30 Grammies yet people still think she got snubbed
Taylor Burps the Alphabet ... winner
Midnights is actually my fave Taylor album but even I was shocked she won AOTY, I think she was shocked too hence the album reveal during her first award like she thought that would be it. I thought it'd be SOS (imo more deserving) fr.. and Flowers is mid, could've gone to most the other songs in that category for ROTY easily, Midnights deserved pop vocal 100% though.
Again why did SOS deserve album of tge year?
@@lisah8438 because it's good? idk what you want me to say lmao it's just my opinion
Im so happy victoria finally getting the recognition she deserves.
Every year people complaining about the Grammys and the next year everybody still tune in to watch lol
The real AOTY winner was on that stage, just wasn't Taylor
If commercial success was the reason Midnights won AOTY, then how do you explain Babel, Morning Phase, The Suburbs, Random Access Memories, WE ARE?!
Or self-titled. They keep picking and choosing when to select the quality over the numbers
@@KrissyKayyy Nah, it's obviously based upon what they consider as the safest choice, for themselves, and their out of touch, racist ears.
@@jayfray1235 a lot of the voters have admitted to not voting for artist’s due to personal bias and not the actual albums😭
Since Taylor likes being fake humble by doing performative stuff like not releasing her tour revenues, I would LOVE to see her refuse to submit her next couple of albums for AOTY consideration at the Grammys. Let other artists who aren't the academy's default pick share the accolade.
Grammys should be renamed the Taylor Swift awards!
Why even tune in if it's the same artist winning album of the year like every year?
I know Grammys are a joke because they're just there to award records that were commercially successful anyway (instead of those of high quality but without mass-appeal). Yet this year was absurd even by their own standards.
Giving aoty to the same person for the 4th time while there are so many genius artists that did not get even one minor Grammy..!
“And the Grammy for Album of the Year goes to… Midnights by Taylor Swift!”
[Pretends to be shocked]
I honestly think that Taylor Swift's "Midnights" is a pretty mediocre and boring album, it went towards the easy and commercial. While Lana del Rey or Olivia Rodrigo, with excellent jobs, have lost it's ridiculous but very sad. The Grammys are just a mediocre award that never goes to those who deserve it
Flowers was a great choice for record of the year. Lana del Rey should’ve taken aoty. Period.
Imagine still caring about the grammys
Everyone says Sza was robbed but I wanted Lana Del Rey to win. The songwriting on that album was superior to midnights, category after category, Lana just kept coming up short. She’s 0/11 nominations. What does she have to do to win a Grammy?
Did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd what's the best album that was released this year how Midnight's one album of the year is beyond me Lana was definitely snubbed this year
Honest came thru just in TIME‼️😤
SOS definitely deserved album of the year.
I feel like the Grammys is a scam because literally why would taylor change her profile to black and white, and then suddenly announce a new album like she knew she’d win. Like what?
She didn’t think she was gonna win AOTY so that’s why she announced it earlier. If she didn’t announce it at the Grammies it would have been announced at night 1 of the Tokyo shows this week
she was supposed to announce it at the tokyo show
Guts should've won. Olivia was definitely snubbed.
Olivia Rodrigo was snubbed she should've won something
I really like Midnights but picking that album over SOS is insanity
I feel like the Grammy's are stuck with an outdated "how do you do fellow kids" mentality, so they pick whatever they think will be a safe and popular choice and they miss everytime.
I love how people STILL have expectations for Grammy's that every year they are disappointed lol 😂😂😂
I’ve been looking forward to your video so much!!
Sorry fore you
I do agree with you that Taylor Swift’s win is boring & repititive cause midnights is good but not the best in the category!
is no one gonna mention tyla winning her first award in her career and it being a grammy?? that’s insane!! she deserves it though
im tired of people acting like taylor swift is above criticism or having fun poked at her
as a big swiftie im so happy for taylor and i love midnights but sos or ocean blvd definitely deserved aoty more
If y"all think the Grammys are a measuring stick for greatness, you are sadly mistaken.
I love Taylor but I was totally rooting for Sza and Lana. Midnights was not her best work. I think they just gave it to her because who she is at this point and she’s the safest option