The Weeknd is done with the Grammy Awards! On Thursday, the 31-year-old artist told The New York Times he will no longer attend the ceremony or submit his work for consideration going forward after his album After Hours and hit single Blinding Lights got snubbed.
But it isn’t just spite — the artist is apparently basing the move off of distrust over the way nominations happen: What does he mean by “secret committees”?
Well, apparently the Grammys use anonymous committees to review the nominees chosen by the Recording Academy’s membership — and have the ultimate say over who gets nominations and who doesn’t.
Um… that kind of flies in the face of democracy, doesn’t it? So… in theory an artist could get more votes than any other from Academy
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