Harry Styles won the award for Album of the Year. Image Source: Pitchfork
Harry Styles wins big at the Grammys.
The 65th annual Grammy Awards were held on February 5th at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, where host and comedian Trevor Noah served as the host for the third time.
Harry Styles won the award for Album of the Year for "Harry’s House," and during his acceptance speech, that working on Harry's House was one of the most enjoyable experiences of his life, he said, trying to add that creating it with two of his best friends and going to perform it for people was the happiest moment he could have asked for. Harry went on to thank Rob, Jeffrey, Tommy, Tom, Tom, Tyler, and everyone who inspired the album, saying he is appreciative to everyone, including all of his mates who have supported him all through the process, and that he would not be here without their support.
Trevor Noah presented the award, and a superfan, grandmother Reina who had championed her work all through the broadcast, Harry Styles, could not hold back his tears as he tried to approach the microphone and ended up saying shit before cracking a smile.
Harry Styles also thanked his fellow nominees, including Adele, Brandi Carlile, Beyonce, and others, for being a constant source of inspiration for his music. He said that he has been inspired by every artist nominated in the category and added that at a lot of different times in his life, he has listened to everyone in the category when he is alone.
The singer-actor also took a moment to recognize his surprise win in a crowded category, saying that there's no such thing as "best in music" on nights like tonight and that he doesn't assume any of the artists sit in the studio making decisions on the basis on what will get them any of these pointing towards the Grammy. In closing his speech, the star expressed gratitude to the Recording Academy once more, saying that this is very kind. This does not come to pass very often to people like him, and it is very nice. Thank you kindly.
On Sunday night, Harry Styles was nominated for six Grammys, including record and song of the year; earlier in the telecast, the star won the Grammy for the best pop vocal album. Before taking to the stage to accept one of the evening's biggest awards, he decided to show off his musical skills by rocking out to his successful and popular song "As It Was." Harry performed on a circular red platform along with his group of backup performers grooved to the song.
After winning the award, Harry Styles spoke to Variety backstage, saying that he and his co-writers Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson have always been busy writing and that they have consistently tried not to stop writing since it feels like one has this big stop and then they come back to it and can feel like they're either attempting to demonstrate something or follow anything up. Harry adds that they have always written and tried to maintain the same purpose behind their work.
Harry also spoke to Entertainment Tonight, stating that he is "a little overwhelmed" at present, adding that he was not intending to be recognized for anything like this, and that "being acknowledged by your peers and stuff" feels like the victorious part. It's extraordinarily nice to receive this, but he doesn't believe it's the factor any of the individuals in the room do it. Harry gives thanks that they thought their album was worthy of the honor. And, greater than anything, he believes it confirms that one is currently on the right track.
Former One Direction band member and singer Liam Payne took to his social media to share a picture of Harry Styles with the caption wow, the image is something to wake up to and added that when someone writes music as Harry does, they deserve every millisecond of that moment looking down smiling at the trophy he has earned. Liam added god bless brother congratulations. Niall Horan also took to his story to share a picture of the iconic moment stating that he is very proud of Harry Styles as well.
Reina, the superfan who presented Harry Styles with the award went viral online and her granddaughter took to TikTok to celebrate the full-circle moment that came when Harry Styles embraced Reina onstage. She wrote that she secretly recorded her grandmother talking about Harry Styles and a moth later, she is on-stage presenting him with a Grammy.
The singer has begun a residency tour across the country. However, in November, the singer postponed three of his Los Angeles residency dates. He announced at the time that he became ill near the end of the show on Wednesday and had been lying in bed with the flu ever since. Harry continued by stating that he had done everything he could to be able to perform for the people who had made the journey to see him perform, but now he is leaving everything to the doctor, and he is heartbroken that it is simply not possible.
Harry Styles went on to say that in the 12 years, he has been touring, he has never had to cancel a show due to illness. He apologized to the fans and said that if there was any way he could still do the show, he would. The singer expressed regret that the news came so close to show time, but that it was his great belief to be able to perform for the fans tonight, recognizing that he knows several of them had scheduled trips to LA to see the show, which means the world to him.
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