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
