ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEVIN WALLACE
Drawing the Grammys
A GAYLETTER look at the Grammy Awards
The Grammy’s last night were quite frankly one of the weirder awards shows we’ve seen in a while. Not weird in a MTV Video Music Awards kind of way — there were no shocking performances, no controversies — just weird in its representation of where music is today. The “stars” of the show could not have been more diverse. From Lorde‘s teenage goth performance to Queen Latifah officiating a large scale wedding of same sex couples to Pharell Williams winning literally every award wearing the hat from the Arby‘s logo. There was just something so awkward about the whole night. It was such a clash of cultures. Which I guess is inevitable when you try to honor so many genres of music at one time.
Our friend, and GAYLETTER contributor from the UK, Devin Wallace stayed up late to live draw the event last night (it’s like live Tweeting, but way more creative). We asked him to let us share his favorite moments from the show.
Daft Punk are like the Banksy‘s of the music world. I guarantee you there’s nothing cute going on under those robot masks.
Pink is really famous in Australia. Nobody knows this in the US, but she once toured Australia for a whole year. She did 30 shows in Melbourne alone. Random, right?
Pink needs a new party trick, hanging upside down from a rope like a damn Rhesus monkey is getting old.
Cyndi Lauper. My cable shut off during this part so I have no idea what she won that for…let’s go with funkiest hair for a post menopausal lady.
Austin Mahone. Watch your back Justin Bieber there’s a new boy in town, and he’s dreamy.
Hunter Hayes. Who is he and why was he flashing quotes from Steve Jobs during his performance?
Paris Hilton’s publicist deserves a raise for getting her an invite to the Grammy’s. She must have just followed around Clive Davis sucking his dick the whole of his pre Grammys party to get that ticket.
Madonna in a white suit holding a cane performing on stage.
Madonna and her black son. #Discracker.
Katy Perry. Really nothing to say about her…nope, coming up blank. Nice bun I guess.
Lorde. Love her music. But she seems so meek and timid whenever I’ve seen her being interviewed. She needs a hype man, like Missy Elliot to pump her up. Missy could follow her around and introduce her wherever she goes. Be her life coach and beat up Tyler the Creator for her.
Lorde performing. Low camera angles are not flattering to anyone except Beyonce. Beyonce looks good from every angle. Beyonce could have a colonoscopy and it would probably look prettier than how Lorde looked on stage.
Taylor Swift. Remember when this happened? That was funny.
Macklemore. This article sums up how I feel about Macklemore, yet I won’t lie, his weird performance/live wedding did make me tear up a little. Although I am jet-lagged, it was probably just the jet-lag.
Stevie Nicks. All hail the queen.
Who is this guy? Did Taylor Swift sleep with him? I have a vague memory she slept with him when she was going through her ginger phase. Ed Sheehan I think is his name.
Rihanna at the Pre-Grammy gala. She kind of sat out these Grammy awards. Love the outfit. so much skin for January which is weird cos I read somewhere when you smoke weed you go into stage one hyperthermia, and you know she is high as fuck 24/7.
Miley Cyrus and Jared Leto. Ok.
Miley and Kelly Osbourne. We meet Kelly last year at a party during Art Basel, she is way different in real life than she is on Fashion Police. In real life she has a total potty mouth. She was talking so much trash to us about some girl who used to date her boyfriend. At one point I believe the phrase “smash her head in” was uttered. Cute hair.