The Weeknd Says "Forget Awards Shows" After Recent Grammys Snub

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30.01.2021 - 22:29

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After Hours and topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Blinding Lights" and "Heartless." The Weeknd isn't being shy about his feelings about the Recording Academy and now is going so far as to shut down awards shows in general.“I use a sucker punch as an analogy,” The Weekend, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, says in an interview with . “Because it just kind of hit me out of nowhere.

I definitely felt... I felt things. I don’t know if it was sadness or anger. I think it was just confusion. I just wanted answers.

Like, ‘What happened?’ We did everything right, I think. I’m not a cocky person. I’m not arrogant. People told me I was going to get nominated.

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