The Weeknd acting on the Grammys stage was certainly not on any of our 2025 bingo playing cards. After talking out towards the Recording Academy in 2021 when his After Hours album obtained zero nominations, The Weeknd started his boycott of the Grammys, bowing out of any awards submissions. Nevertheless, on the heels of his Hurry Up Tomorrow launch, the musician took to the stage as a shock visitor to finish his boycott of the present throughout final evening’s 67th Grammy Awards.
He carried out a charming medley of Hurry Up Tomorrow fan-favorites “Cry For Me” and “Timeless,” bringing out collaborator and tourmate Playboi Carti for the latter of the 2.
“I keep in mind waking as much as the headlines that The Weeknd known as out the academy for lack of transparency in our awards. I heard him and I felt his conviction,” Grammys chief Harvey Mason Jr. mirrored on The Weeknd’s 2021 remarks, noting it was the groundwork for ample Grammys adjustments.
“What all of us need is a corporation devoted to the well-being of all music makers, and one which displays the complete music neighborhood, for now, and for future generations. So over the previous few years, we’ve listened. We’ve acted. And, we‘ve modified. We’ve launched initiatives just like the Black Music Collective, Ladies within the Combine, Academy Proud, and others. We’ve got fully re-made our membership, including greater than 3,000 ladies voting members. The Grammy citizens is now youthful, practically 40% individuals of colour, and 66% of our members are new since we began our transformation.”
