After cleaning up at the Grammy Awards last year, Billie Eilish had planned to make a decidedly minor shock at the 63rd annual Sunday night ceremony. That is, until the final award of the evening was announced.
In addition to picking up a single trophy for his James Bond track “No Time to Die” and a properly grumpy performance at the start of the show, Eilish seemed happy to play the second violin to the other nominees of the night, including Megan Thee Stallion , who won several awards at the ceremony.
Thus, when Beatles drummer Ringo Starr announced that he had won the Grammy of Record of the Year for the second year in a row, a shocked Eilish and his brother, Finneas, took the stage.
Eilish said he never expected to take home the award, seemingly stunned to win over competitors, including Doja Cat (“Say It”), Dua Lipa (“Don’t Start Now”), Post Malone (“Circles”), DaBaby and Roddy Ricch (“ROCKSTAR”), Black Pumas (“Colors”), Beyoncé (“Black Parade”) and Megan Thee Stallion’s remix “Savage,” which also features Beyoncé.
In her acceptance speech, the 19-year-old singer clearly stated that rapper “Savage” was much more deserving of victory.
“That’s really embarrassing to me,” Eilish said at the end of the speech. Megan, girl … I was going to write a speech about how you deserve this, but then you would say to me, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be chosen,’ I would say, ‘It’s hers.’ You deserve it. You go to have a year I think you can’t get over.You’re a queen.I want to cry thinking about how much I love you.You’re so pretty.You’re very talented.You deserve it all in the world.I think of you constantly.Root for you always He deserves it, sincerely ”.
He then asked all the scarce audiences to cheer on Megan before calling her team.
“I really appreciate it,” Eilish concluded. “Thanks for watching me.”
At the 2020 ceremony, Eilish became the youngest artist to sweep the “Big Four” categories: Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year for “Bad Guy” and album the year for “When We all fall asleep, where are we going? ”
At the time, she said she also felt deserved for the award and said to the crowd after winning, “Can I say I think Ariana Grande deserves this?”
Her move on Sunday night, however, reminded many viewers of watching the 2017 ceremony at home, where Adele dedicated her victory to Beyoncé’s Album of the Year, taking advantage of most of her time. on stage to make a leap over the musical superstar.
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