Last night's Grammys really had us scratching our head. To be fair, most things do when you're the hosts of Who? Weekly, a semi-popular podcast based on the conceit that people are either Them— I know them!—or Whos— Who are they?Our goal is to shed light onto the various people you see in the tabloids while you wait in the supermarket check-out aisle, sure, but we're finding that the Who dilemma extends beyond tabloids and into all facets of pop culture. Especiallymusic.
Music changes quick—artists come out of nowhere to win big awards, genres create bubbles in which stars become famous in their own circles (see: much of country music), and the Best New Artist award is often awarded to someone who isn't really "new" at all. It's weird! And sometimes it's a silly! But that doesn't mean we can't dig in and decipher some of these truly confounding Grammys notables, some of which you already know, and others that you don't. But if you did find yourself asking "who?" last night, we're here to (hopefully) make some sense of things. Because obviously recognizing celebrities and garden variety famous people is very important business.
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