This segment originally aired Feb. 13, 2017, on VICE News Tonight on HBO.

The Grammys bill themselves as music’s biggest night — the night where grandparents around the world finally get to see the music of promising upstarts, like Adele and Beyoncé.

This year’s Grammys — like everything else this year — got political, as performing artists competed in an new unofficial category: “Least Subtle Political Statement.”