The Captivating and Energetic Performances at The Grammys

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards had a lot of iconic performances last night ranging from Bruno Mars playing twice to all of the amazing tribute performances, there is a lot to cover, so let's get started.

The Electrifying Performances

The song to open The Grammys was the duo of Rosé and Bruno Mars' performing their smash hit, "APT." It got the Grammys started on the right foot with the duos energetic chemistry and powerful stage presence making everyone in the room fill up with the fuel they needed to start the show. After them, Sabrina Carpenter took the stage to perform her hit, "Man child".Then came all of the newbies, or in more professional terms, the New Artists who all killed it with their respective performances. Other performances that were amazing was Bruno Mars going back on stage to perform his newest single, "I Just Might" that will be on his first album in 10 years called, "The Romantic". Lady Gaga bringing her signature brand of weird to The Grammys with her powerful performance of her dance hit, "Abracadabra". Some of the surprises were that Reba McEntire had her first ever Grammy performance even though she herself has won so many Grammy Awards and has been in the industry for decades. She performed her song, "Trailblazer" in tribute of all of those we lost last year. It was a beautiful and passionate performance from a country legend.

There were so many great performances at The Grammys last night that I could write about it all day! But, there were three performances that stood out to me: The tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the tribute to D'Angelo, Roberta Flack and soul/gospel/R&B music in general and Tyler, the Creator's performance.

The first performance I loved was Ozzy's tribute. It was spectacular as a picture of him hovered over the performers who played arguably Black Sabbath's most iconic song, "War Pigs". The performers included Post Malone on vocals, Slash and producer Andrew Watt on guitar, Duff McKagan on bass and Chad Smith on drums. It was a fitting tribute to the late Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne as Sharon, Jack and Kelly Osbourne all looked on with tears in their eyes as fire raged behind the performers while the rockers shook the stage with the heaviness and power. Black Sabbath's dark and moody music shined on The Grammy stage and made everyone want to head bang and sing along to one of the greatest metal songs ever made. If Ozzy were alive and saw that performance, he would have a big smile on his face and would be banging his head. It was the exact send off that Ozzy deserved.

The second performance happened right after the Ozzy Osbourne tribute was the tribute to D'Angelo, Roberta Flack and soul/gospel/R&B music. It was an amazing performance with Ms. Lauryn Hill making her first appearance on The Grammy stage since 1999. They assembled the gospel/soul/R&B Avengers with performers like John Legend, Lucky Day, John Batiste and Leon Thomas all contributing their voices and instruments. It was a long performance and it was fitting as a lot of the time gospel/R&B/soul performances last a long time. But I don't think anyone was complaining besides CBS! It was a fitting tribute to multiple different amazing R&B artists that we unfortunately lost last year.

The final performance that stood out to me was Tyler, the Creator's amazing performance with his hit songs, "Thought I Was Dead", "Like Him" and "Sugar on My Tongue". He is able to tell a story through his set pieces and have pop star level production without it coming off as corny or overdone. Tyler shook the stage when he went on stage in his character St. Chroma from his album, "Chromakopia" where he performed, "Thought I Was Dead" in the most typical Tyler, the Creator fashion. He brought his typical high energy and stage presence to this performance. Then, the scene changed where a woman was talking to him and "Like Him" was playing in the background. After that interaction, the camera panned out to a fake Ferrari F40 and he changed albums going from "Chromakopia" to "Don't Tap the Glass" by getting in the F40 and hitting St. Chroma. Tyler would move into "Sugar On My Tongue" where he would make a bunch of risque movements while performing for a girl on stage. He would end off the performance by spraying "gasoline" all over the car and the auto shop behind him, lighting TNT and blowing up the station and seemingly himself with it. But he stumbled out, with smoke coming off of him and his clothes charred from the fire. He would then fall down the stairs and collapse on the ground as the cameras went to commercial break. It was a great way to cap off his two big hit albums and a way to end off the characters of those albums.

If you want to read more about the winners, check out this article!