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🎶 The Grammy Rundown
The Grammys were on Sunday, and if you didn’t watch you’re not alone. It was the record lowest number of people watching live. Who wants to sit through 4 hours of cringe when we’ll see the highlights on YouTube the next day? Without further ado, the highlights you need to know so you can convince people you did watch:
Record breaking women, rise! Blue Ivy won a Grammy for Brown Skin Girl (she’s 9, so go ahead and reevaluate your life), Beyonce is the most awarded female musician in history with 28 Grammys, and Taylor Swift is the first female to win Album of the Year three times.
Performances to watch: Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak, Dua Lipa
Performances to skip: Harry Styles, Cardi B and Meghan Thee StallionWho wasn’t there? Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and Drake to name a few. The Grammys are known to be quite political in their awards, so more and more artists are starting to take a stand against them.
💑 Are they, or aren’t they?
Last Friday, gossip outlets announced that JLo and ARod had officially broken up. Then, JLo posted this TikTok seemingly clapping back at rumors (but really she was just showing us all that she’s hotter than we’ll ever be at 50). And now, they’re claiming that they’re very much still together but working on their relationship. My hunch? They broke up, media caught wind of it before they could spin it, and they’re putting up a united front to fend off the rumors that ARod’s supposed cheating is the cause of it. Time will tell, but I don’t have high hopes for this couple.
📱TikTok Trends To Watch
You Have To See This Trend: Now look at this
Friend Trend: Have a drinks party with your friends (safely, of course)
Cheesy Trend: If life events ended like an inspiring sports movie
Relationship Trend: Show off your significant other
What to say at Happy Hour: Can you believe Piers Morgan has been obsessed with Meghan Markle for literal years and she finally got him fired? Justice is served.
That’s it for this week! Do you have any tips? Any drama you want to see reported on? Comment below + let us know!
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