Three Hundred and Forty Six Dazzled

"... Ladies and gentlemen, the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, here we come!"

The whole venue was dimly lit, with only dots of star-like lights dotted above the stage. The bright yellow and dark red interlaced lights weaved a wonderful atmosphere like Halloween, and then a clown wearing a high hat rode a car with auxiliary A low-slung bicycle with a wheel, babbling and babbling, appeared from the left side of the stage.

"Tell the abandoned, 'Never look back'; tell the hurt, 'Never look back'; tell the brave, 'Never look back, never look back'."

The clown, walking horizontally from left to right, murmured words, as if appearing from the cold and dark underground world, entered a swirling smoke, and then pulled the rope hanging on his head, and the torch evolved into a spray gun. Fire lamps, whistling flames brighten up the whole stage.

Accompanied by the chilling laughter of the clown, the performers took to the stage.

Taylor Swift!

One of the most representative singers of today's new generation, from sales to awards to popularity, he leads the pop music scene in all aspects. Although the past two years have witnessed Adele's strong rise, Taylor still has a brilliant business operation. strategy, the market foundation remains unbreakable.

This year, Taylor debuted at the Grammys with his single "We'll Never Go Back". Dedicated a hilarious opening performance.

All kinds of exotic costumes, dazzling lights and fireworks, full of firepower, shining the audience, really being in it, you can't help but get excited.

However, Ollie leaned slightly towards Ronan and said in a low voice, "I don't like her scene."

Objectively speaking, Taylor Swift's live performance is still a little unstable, the breath disorder destroys the transmission of voice power, and the appeal of the overall performance has not been able to explode, and Taylor's own voice is not an aura in the first place The fully-opened power type, under the background of the noise of the audience, looks thinner and weaker, and the performance presented is difficult to achieve the expected effect.

Tonight's opening looks like a lot of flowers, but the content is lower than expected.

Ronan knew that Ollie was decompressing himself. After all, tonight's performance of the One Day King was also under tremendous pressure-every performer standing on the Grammy stage is highly anticipated, and no one can be an exception , "I think the song selection is not appropriate."

"We will never go back", the chords of this song are already light and soft, and after the re-arrangement, they have not been able to show the layers and momentum, which also makes the style of the song and the stage effect have a sense of separation, even if Taylor Swift Te tried his best to show the oppressive feeling of controlling the audience, but he was still unable to do so.

However, this is not surprising. The selection of songs for the Grammy performances was originally based on commercial considerations. "We will never go back" is still hitting the charts. Taylor naturally needs to further promote it at the Grammys. It's hard to give up; and there are still a few selected songs that boldly give up the hit singles and perform in style like King for a Day.

Jeremiah, who was sitting on the other side, also leaned over, "Obviously, tonight's wonderful performances are all behind."

The meaningful words caused Ronan and Jeremiah to exchange glances, and there were smiles in the depths of their eyes.

Then, tonight's host LL-Cool-J came on stage.

The hip-hop singer, formerly known as James-Todd-Smith (James-Todd-Smith), debuted in 1989, won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance twice in 1992 and 1997, and won nine nominations before and after. One of the representatives of American East Coast hip-hop.

However, James is also a typical amphibious entertainer. He has starred in the movies "SWAT", "Ambush", "Hollywood Deal" and so on. In 2009, he became one of the double protagonists of the TV series "NCIS: Los Angeles". ,

It has firmly established itself in the industry early on.

Last year, "LL-Cool-J" James debuted as the host of the Grammy Awards, and because of his outstanding performance, he will serve as the host of the ceremony for the second year in a row.

"Welcome to the biggest music event in the world, the Grammy Awards."

James stood at the forefront of the stage, and the circular auditorium was spread out in front of his eyes. The closest to the stage were undoubtedly the popular superstars. A comfortable way to enjoy tonight's show.

Then other guests and nominees stretched out in a patchwork manner.

One Day King and Shining Band, as newcomers, were also assigned to the area obliquely in front of the right side of the stage, where the front lights could not cover. Only when the director specially moved the camera, the lights could follow and capture specific faces. Even the sight of the stage is inevitably affected.

Although it is said that One Day King led the Grammys with seven nominations, but the nominations are just nominations. At the award ceremony, they are completely newcomers, and they are naturally treated as newcomers. Looking at the top popular superstars from a distance, they are shrouded in Under the dazzling golden lights.

"What a show Taylor Swift just gave, right? In Taylor's song, she sings, we'll never go back, but the truth is, at the Grammys, we'll always go back to the same It is precisely because of this that the Grammy's historical position has been established."

At the Golden Globes or Oscars, entertainment episodes are interspersed, and the host needs to take on the task of shaking the burden; but at the Grammy Awards, performance is a major event, and the host cannot take away the demeanor of the performers. So he doesn't need to shake the burden, and more needs to play the work of threading the needle.

In this regard, James knows very clearly what he should do.

"A year ago, I stood on this stage and served as the host of the Grammy Awards for the first time. I originally planned to start with this sentence, but something unexpected happened, and our music family lost a part of it. A very important person and our ceremony needs to change."

Whitney Houston, whose unexpected death changed all the patterns of last year's Grammys. This is also the reason why James spoke a little deeply at this time, and the guests at the scene also maintained serious expressions. Obviously, such a grand and formal opening is slightly different from the expected carnival feast.

"This year, I want to take some time to tell you why hosting this event is so important to me."

"No matter where you're from, you'll instantly feel why the Grammys are the highest honor in the industry, and for me it was when I saw Michael Jackson holding all the Grammys, do you remember?"

Ho ho ho!

Ho ho ho!

The audience burst into applause and shouts.