-Good evening, everybody,
and welcome to the 63rd annual Grammy Awards.
My name is Trevor Noah, and I'll be your host tonight
as we celebrate the last 10 years of music
that got us through the last 10 years of coronavirus.
Right here, in this elegant open-air tent,
we will be presenting the most prestigious,
sought-after peer-voted trophies in music.
♪ I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm ♪
♪ Where the music don't stop for life ♪
♪ Not what you'd think ♪
♪ And if I'm being honest ♪
♪ It might have been a nightmare ♪
-Ah, there you are.
♪ "They don't deserve you." ♪
♪ Playing hide-and-seek and ♪
♪ Giving me your weekends ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ I knew you ♪
♪ Your heartbeat on the High Line ♪
-We just want to thank the fans.
You guys met us in this imaginary world that we created,
and we can't tell you how honored we are forever by this.
Thank you so much.
And thank you to the Recording Academy.
We'll never forget that you did this for us.
Thank you so much.
-And I really want to say thank you to my mama.
She is not here with me today,
but I know she here with me in spirit.
And she always believed I could do it.
So thank y'all so much.
♪ Get inside of me I tell him where to put it ♪
♪ Never tell him where I'm 'bout to be ♪
♪ I'll run down on him 'fore I have a -- ♪
♪ running me Talk your -- Bite your lip ♪
♪ Ask for a car while you ride that -- ♪
♪ Really ain't never gotta -- him for a thang ♪
♪ He already made his -- ♪
-Did you see that?
! Wow!
Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion!
That was amazing! Wow, that was amazing!
It was the whole thing, the giant shoe!
♪ Sassy, moody, nasty ♪
♪ Acting stupid, what's happening? ♪
♪ What's up? What's happening? ♪
♪ I'm a savage ♪
First of all, I have to keep thanking God,
because without God, none of us would be here today.
-As an artist, I believe it's my job
and all of our jobs to reflect the times.
And it's been such a difficult time.
So I wanted to uplift, encourage,
and celebrate all of the beautiful
Black queens and kings that continue to inspire me
and inspire the whole world.
♪ I don't know if I could ever go without ♪
♪ Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar high ♪
♪ Watermelon sugar high ♪
-"I Can't Breathe," HER.
♪ If we all agree that we're equal as people ♪
♪ Then why can't we see what is evil? ♪
-That fight that we had in us the summer of 2020 --
keep that same energy.
Thank you. -Thank you, Trevor.
And the Grammy goes to "Wildcard," Miranda Lambert.
♪ And if the whole wide world stops singing ♪
♪ And all the stars go dark ♪
♪ I'll keep a light on in my soul ♪
♪ For a G63, ain't no more free Lil Steve ♪
♪ I gave 'em chance and chance and chance again ♪
♪ I even done told them please ♪
♪ I find it crazy the police'll shoot you ♪
♪ And know that you dead but still tell you to freeze ♪
♪ But true to the travesty ♪
♪ You've been robbed of your empathy ♪
♪ Replaced with apathy ♪
♪ I wish I could magically ♪
-And, of course, I believed it.
I didn't have much choice.
[gunshot]
♪ Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John ♪
♪ He claim he has the misery, ♪
♪ but he's havin' a lot of fun ♪
♪ Oh, baby ♪
♪ Yeah, baby ♪
♪ Whoo, baby ♪
♪ I'm your knight in shining armor ♪
♪ And I love you ♪
♪ I've been down this road before ♪
♪ I remember every tree ♪
♪ Every single blade of grass ♪
♪ Holds a special place for me ♪