In a shock move, Bruno Mars has announced that he and Anderson .Paak are withdrawing their collaborative Silk Sonic submissions from the forthcoming GRAMMY Awards 2023.
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The pair, who won awards at the 2022 ceremony for ‘Leave The Door Open,’ were considered favorites for the 2023 event where the song’s album ‘An Evening with Silk Sonic’ and the material contained were all eligible for nomination.
However, in a dramatic twist, Mars has revealed that he and .Paak will not be entering the project into the race. In a statement to Rolling Stone, the performer said:
“We truly put our all on this record, but Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly and most importantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this year. We hope we can celebrate with everyone on a great year of music and partake in the party. Thank you for letting Silk Sonic thrive.”
He continued:
“Andy and I, and everyone that worked on this project, won the moment the world responded to ‘Leave The Door Open.’ Everything else was just icing on the cake,” he says. “We thank the Grammys for allowing us to perform on their platform — not once but twice — and awarding us at last year’s ceremony. We’d be crazy to ask for anything more.
Thank you to everyone that supported this project and championed it.”
With that, what are…
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Too much hubris lol
I think they knew they wouldn’t win any awards with Adele & Beyoncé in the running, Which is a shame lose with grace
Or maybe it adds to the competition of Adele and Bey. They would have took votes from Beyoncé most definitely.
I think it’s the other way around. Silk Sonic had a very cohesive album that they wrote, produced, and played instruments themselves. the Grammys has proven to favor the duo by gracing them with a clean sweep the previous year and let’s not forget how historically, male artists usually dominate on grammy night. Hence, why I think they said they are bowing out “sexually” in their statement. I also would argue to say Beyonce’s camp may have reached out to Silk Sonic and spoke as they are friends of Beyonce. This feels very political and or based on the relationship between Beyonce and Bruno.
Adele, Kendrick, Bey. My rankings on how the votes will go.
I know they are getting an earful from Taz..I bet she is big mad
Bruno is prob gearing up for his next release and don’t want it to interfere
Please, this has Beyoncé and co. written all over it! They withdrew to heighten Bee’s chances of winning, and that was a stupid idea!
🎤 I’m a leave my legs ooooopen 🎤