Kanye’s Absence From Grammys: Good for Him, Bad for Us
A noticeable bottle of Hennessy was absent from the red carpet for the Grammys this year. That’s right, Kanye West decided to be absent from the biggest musical award show. Award shows have become synonymous with West so it was confusing to us all that he wasn’t there.
Leading up to the award show, it was announced that Lil’ Wayne, Eminem, and Drake would be performing together. Naturally we all knew they would more than likely be performing “Forever,” but why no West?
The rumors started spreading and it became apparent West was not going to be attendance, but instead in Hawaii as he continues his work on his upcoming album.
That’s good news West is hard at work on his album as it’s one of the most-anticipated albums to drop this year. However, the worriment that Grammys won’t be as exciting without him started to grow.
As the show trudged on, it was very bland. The Grammys seemed to be aware of this problem. The focus of the award show has really steered away from the award presentation and towards the performances. In fact, a lot of the winners were even announced before the show even started since they wouldn’t be aired. The show was packed full of performances. Some were good, some were bad. But on everyone’s mind was West. Even without being there, West’s name still appeared on Twitter’s trending topics alongside all the artists who were actually at the show.
West’s decision to forgo the Grammys this year was a good one on his part. He stays true to his word about staying out of the limelight and gets to focus on his album without the distraction of an award show. He wasn’t there to walk the red carpet and have people look at him and speculate how drunk he was or what crazy antic he’d pull this time. By not going to the Grammys he also adds more buzz to his album. People will get more excited for his album since it was important enough to West to ditch the Grammys in order to work on it some more. But, most importantly, it allows him to simply lay low. He is free from distraction, controversy, and the paparazzi.
As much as we should be happy West is making good decisions for his image, a lot of disappointment lingers for us. West in attendance could have fixed a rather dull show and the “Forever” performance would have been even more epic. West does have the second best verse on that song after all.
Imagine the awesome camera cuts that could have been. Imagine the hilarity of the possible camera cut to West after Taylor Swift won album of the year. It would have made for some great jokes. Even without him being there, chances are a lot of us imagined West making some extravagant entrance, like propelling down from the rafters of the auditorium, kicking down Swift and proclaiming that Beyonce had one of the best albums of all time.
Whether you hate or love West, he’s a spark that can ignite something dull, into grand fireworks.
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Bradley Kevin MacDonald can be contacted at brad@theurbanian.com
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