We've been warning you for a while: something is changing in the music industry. And not only in terms of musical styles. The age and appearance of the artists, as well as the pace of releases and the empowerment of single as standalone format they are painting a new decade full of question marks for the business. And all very suggestive. More than ever, it seems that anyone can do it. Yesterday, Billie Eilish wrote and then broke one of those questions into a thousand pieces after keeping it all at the Grammys. And everything is everything.
The news headline is a teenager has won six grammys with an album recorded at home. Before yesterday's event, only two artists had managed to win the Grammy Awards in the first four main categories (album of the year, song of the year, recording of the year, revelation artist of the year) in the same year: Christopher Cross and Adele.
Paradigm of the postposmodernity
There is little to nothing traditional about Billie Eilish. Not even posmo. In addition to her innovative electro-pop proposal (listen only once bad guy and tell me you don't have the song already chasing your brains), Billie Eilish is a clear example of the growing global spectacle of music understood as the showcase of a society (Kanye West, other).
La postposmoDernity is the denial of irony and post-truth to, in exchange, bathe ourselves in a single certainty: we have no certainty. We must return to the origins. We must reconcile ourselves to the idea that 2+2 = Thursday with chocolate
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In a media and cultural landscape with instant communications hijacked by Instagram, the importance of the extra-musical component around an artist is touching new heights. Since she began to gain notoriety, the young Billie Eilish has been surrounded by information regarding her physical appearance and mental pathologies. More than a singer, Billie Eilish is an icon of a showcase mainstream which, for the first time since the founding of the mass media, has stopped demanding and rewarding aesthetic perfection.
Recorded at home at the age of sixteen and with the invaluable help of his brother, Finneas O'Connel, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? lasts barely 42 minutes and consists of 14 cuts, half of which have been Singles of millionaire views on Youtube. Yesterday's roll at the 2020 Grammys is nothing more than the culmination of the latest interplanetary pop phenomenon. Not Rosalia.
Full list of 2020 Grammy winners
Album of the year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | billie eilish
Record of the year
BadGuy | Billie Eilish
Revelation artist
Billie Eilish
Song of the year
Bad Guy | billie eilish
rap performance
higher | DJ Khaled with Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
rap album
Igor | Tyler, The Creator
comedy album
Sticks & Stones | david chappelle
Country performance in duo or solo
Speechless | Dan + Shay
solo pop performance
Truth Hurts | lizzo
producer of the year
Finneas
Pop Album of the Year
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Billie Eilish
traditional pop album
LookNow | Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Pop duo or group performance
Old town road | Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
american album
Oklahoma | Keb'Mo'
american roots song
call my name | I'm With Her
American roots performance
saint honesty | Sarah Bareilles
world music album
Celia | Angelique Kidjo
R&B album
Ventura | Anderson .Paak
R&B song
Say So | PJ Morton Featuring JoJo
Traditional R&B performance
Jerome | lizzo
R&B performance
Eat Home | Anderson .Paak and Andre 3000
contemporary urban music album
Cross I Love You (Deluxe) | lizzo
alternative music album
Father Of The Bride | Vampire weekend
rock album
Social Cues | Cage The Elephant
rock song
this land | Gary Clark Jr.
rock performance
this land | Gary Clark Jr.
metal performance
7emptest | Tools
Theatrical music album
Hadestown baseball cap | Original Broadway Cast
Contemporary classical composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto | Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
classic compendium
The Poetry Of Places | Nadia Shpachenko
classical solo album
songlplay | Joyce DiDonato
Instrumental classical music solo
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite | Nicola Benedetti
Chamber music performance
Shaw: Orange | Attack Quartet
choral performance
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works | robert simpson
opera recording
Picker: Fantastic Mr Fox | Gil Rose, John Brancy, Krista River, Andrew Craig Brown, Edwin Vega & Gabriel Preisser
orchestra performance
Norman: Sustain | Gustavo Dudamel
Classic Producer of the Year
Blanton Alspaugh
rap song
To Lot | 21 Savage and J. Cole
rap performance
Racks In The Middle | Nipsey Hussle and Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Latin tropical music album
opus | Mark Anthony and A Journey Through Cuban Music | Aymee Nuviola
Regional Mexican Music Album
From Yesterday To Forever | Mariachi Los Camperos
Latin rock, urban or alternative album
The Bad Want | Rosalia
latin pop album
#The disc | Alejandro Sanz
gospel album
Long Live Love | kirk franklin
Roots Gospel Album
Testimony | Gloria Gaynor
gospel performance
Love theory | kirk franklin
Contemporary Christian Music Album
Burn the ships for King & Country
contemporary christian music song
God Only Knows for King & Country & Dolly Parton
country album
While I'm Livin' | Tanya Tucker
country song
Bring My Flowers Now | Tanya Tucker
Solo country performance
Ride Me Back Home | willie nelson
latin jazz album
Antidote | Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
ensemble jazz album
The Omni-American Book Club | Brian Lynch Big Band
instrumental jazz album
FindingGabriel | Brad Mehldau
jazz vocal album
12 Little Spells | Hope Spalding
solo jazz improvisation
Alone | Randy Brecker
Instrumental and vocal arrangement
All Night Long | Jacob Collier and Jules Buckley, Take 6 and Metropole Orchestra
Instrumental arrangement or a cappella
Moon River | Jacob Collier
instrumental composition
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite | john williams
Contemporary instrumental album
Mettavaolution | Rodrigo and Gabriela
electronics album
Not Geography | The Chemical Brothers
best dance recording
Got To Keep On | The Chemical Brothers
spoken album
Becoming | Michelle Obama
children's album
Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype | jon samson
reggae album
Rapture | Coffee
Roots Regional Album
Good Time | ranky tanky
folk album
Patty Griffin | Patty Griffin
contemporary blues album
this land | Gary Clark Jr.
traditional blues album
Tall, Dark & Handsome | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana
bluegrass album
Tall Fiddler | michael cleveland
new age album
Wings | Peter Kater
Musical movie
Homecoming | Beyonce
Music video
Old Town Road (Official Movie) | Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
immersive audio album
Luxury | Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor
Remix
I Rise (Tracy Young's Pride Intro Radio Remix) | madonna
historical album
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Peter Seeger
note book
Stax '68: A Memphis Story | Various Artists
Compilation for soundtrack for audiovisual media
A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Song lyrics for audiovisual media
I'll Never Love Again (Film Version) | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Soundtrack for audiovisual media
Chernobyl | Hildur Guðnadóttir