I wasn't going to write about this. I swore to myself that I wouldn't, that I'd let the glittering parade of Musicians I Don't Know and Stars I Don't Recognize march off into the LA sunset with nary a now-traditional "the Grammys sure suck at metal" piece from yours truly. But then Lady Gaga had to go and play a song with Metallica, and it all went to shit.
Don't get me wrong—I have no inherent problem with Lady Gaga. On the contrary, I think she has a killer voice, and appreciate her outspoken support for the LGBTQ community. I watched her Super Bowl thing, and hummed along to "Bad Romance," and appreciate that she's tried to branch out into country, sort of. I am most emphatically not a hater, but I've got to be honest with you, when I saw her onstage with Metallica, all spangled and bedazzled and googly-eyed, I was bummed. She has a chance to flex her rock'n'roll chops, and to pay tribute to one of her self-professed favorite bands… so of course, instead, she chose to act like a frickin' weirdo. I know that that's what Lady Gaga does—it's her entire brand—but it would've been great to see her abandon the manic pixie nightmare act and embrace a genre she actually loves, and that the Academy has a longstanding tradition of giving less than zero fucks about.
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