Lana Del Rey Scores 5 Grammy Noms For “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Other than the now disgraced and (nearly) defunct Golden Globes, the Grammys are perhaps the most corrupt and meaningless awards in all of entertainment. To give you an idea of the people who run the shitshow, their chief executive had to quit a couple years ago for being a psychotic misogynist, and now he’s being sued for drugging and raping a woman. And yet, for some stupid reason, it’s still nice to see some of the great talent and music receiving nominations today. Namely, Lana Del Rey.
Lana Del Rey scored five noms for her excellent “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” including Album of the Year, Best Alternative Album, Song of the Year (for the iconic “A&W,” a fan-made video is embedded above), Best Pop Duo (for “Candy Necklace”), and Best Alternative Song (again for the sprawling masterpiece “A&W”). Of course, the Grammys failed to give Del Rey her deserved Album of the Year Grammy for “Norman Fucking Rockwell” (one of the top 10 albums of this century) back in 2020, so there’s no reason to believe they’ll get it right this year. Still, it’s fun to hope, I guess. The best track on the album, the sublimely sweet “Sweet”:
List of several nominees is below, including a gay-as-hell battle between Kylie Minogue and Troye Sivan in a dance category, and plenty for the eternally worthless Taylor Swift, who has singlehandedly destroyed the music industry over the last decade by managing (with her greedy corporate record label’s help) to hypnotize pathetic teen girls and brain dead gays into being obsessed zombies, despite the fact that Swift is the most empty, useless, and absolute worst “singer” and “performer” in history.
Select categories (full list here):
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste – Worship
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Album of the Year
Boygenius – The Record
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
SZA – SOS
Taylor Swift – Midnights
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best New Artist
Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Best Pop Solo Performance
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So Alone
Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand Miles
SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)
Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Taylor Swift – Midnights
Best Pop Dance Recording
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – One in a Million
Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding – Miracle
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me
Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
Troye Sivan – Rush
Best Rock Performance
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Paramore – This Is Why
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays – Belinda Says
Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
Boygenius – Cool About It
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Paramore – This Is Why
Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
Boygenius – The Record
Gorillaz – Cracker Island
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
Coco Jones – ICU
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to Love
SZA – Kill Bill
Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – ICU
Halle – Angel
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to Love
SZA – Snooze
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
