Natalia Chi
Harry Styles wins Album of the Year at Grammy Awards It provoked strong reactions during and after the ceremony.
While Styles walked onto the stage, People inside the Crypto.com arena could be heard yelling “Beyoncé.”! ” Beyoncé made Grammy history It was upheld to win her album Renaissance by having the most wins to date that night. She’s the most decorated artist of all time, but she’s yet to win an album of the year award.
As the debate surrounding Styles’ victory continues, online commentators carefully read and scrutinize one line from his acceptance speech.
Harry Styles accepts the Album of the Year Award for “Harry’s House” on stage at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 5, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA . (Photo by Fraser Harrison/Getty Images)
“This is very kind. This doesn’t happen to people like me very often,” he said. “This is very, very good. Thank you very much.”
Online commenters took note of Styles’ reference to “people like[him]” and suggested that he did not acknowledge his privilege as a white man with the line. He pointed out that the majority of Grammy winners of the year are cisgender white males like Styles.
TODAY reached out to Styles’ team for comment.
“This rarely happens to people like me.” Who are the white Britons?one person wrote twitter.
“Harry Styles used to say, ‘This rarely happens to people like me.’ To be honest, I can’t think of the type of person that happens more,” said another. murmured.
People pointed out that the Grammys would win do It happens to someone “like him” in some privileged category. Meanwhile, no black woman has won the division since Lauryn Hill in 1999.
“Harry Styles – ‘This doesn’t happen very often to someone like me.’ It’s wild when a black woman hasn’t won that award since 1999. someone else tweeted.
As this tweet points out, the confusion over what Styles really meant is clear.another person I have written.
Styles hasn’t revealed what he meant by “people like me.” But British journalist El Hunt said he shared one possible explanation.
“To British ears, when Harry Styles said, ‘Things like this don’t happen to people like me,’ this is what he meant,” she said. wrote on twitterLink to a side article she wrote about the spread of “Nepo babyin the ” England With the headline “America’s Nepo Babies Have Nothing for the British”. Nepo his baby is a term used to describe someone who benefited from their parents’ proximity to the entertainment industry. The article argues that the British entertainment system is more rooted in nepotism than its American counterpart because of class privilege.
Styles isn’t the child of industry-connected parents who could step in to him in the music industry. rolling stoneStyles shared that his father worked in finance and divorced his mother when he was seven.
backstage, style was asked How did he feel about his win in light of Beyoncé being endorsed for the night’s biggest award?
“You never know anything like this” he said in a twitter video Share variety. “I can’t help but feel like I could look at any candidate and feel they deserve it. Looking at this category, I think it’s all the people who have inspired me at different times. I don’t understand that someone wins.Yeah, I’m really grateful that they chose us.Thank you.”
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