Music Review: Sweet but Sour Grammy Awards, Being 'Invisible' and One Direction's More Wild Side.

Hey there!
I know I haven't posted for a while, though I hope this post makes up for the lost time. Ugh. It wasn't lost--I think I may have wasted it.

Okay, so as you may know the musical community has been in a buzz about some of the latest musical releases and shows. About 2 weeks ago were the Grammys where Daft Punk won some 10000 awards, that in my opinion, they didn't deserve, Hunter Hayes released his wonderful new song Invisible and One Direction released their questionable video for 'Midnight Memories'. In this blog post I will be talking about these things plus an end note on Sherlock.

Okay, so I admit I didn't actually watch the Grammys on the actual night that they were played. I did hear the outcomes and I was happy and disappointed with many of the results. I completely loved the fact that Macklemore won 4 Grammys including Best Rap Album. I did though, take the time to watch their performance of 'Same Love' which was absolutely OUTSTANDING.
'Royals' won Song of the Year, which it deserved but should've won, The Most Overplayed Song of the Year. Michael Buble won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album which was the best judgment of the Grammy committee in the entire show. 2 robots, Daft Punk, won BIG even though the only lyrics 'Get Lucky' have are "We're up all night to get lucky." Darius Tucker won Best Country Solo Performance which I just ignored since Hunter Hayes was up for the award too and well,...you know how I love Hunter Hayes. 'Merry Go Round' won Best Country Song which I have to applaud because Kacey Musgraves is beyond amazing. She has such great songs with awesome messages that I can't help but agree with. Musgraves also went home with Best Country Album which she no doubt deserved after years of work and great music.

 

Macklemore's Grammy performance of 'Same Love' where 30 couples were wed.

Hunter Hayes was involved in this year's Grammys. He debuted his newest song 'Invisible' during the show and blew away faithful fans and listeners with the song's message. It reviews his past when he was bullied. "There were a lot of messages about fitting in with music and how purposeful music can be — this sense of having a place where you always fit in and music being that place," Hayes told USA Today. "There's a lot of soul-searching on this next record." 'Invisible' is extremely different from Hayes' past singles. It explores a darker side but not to the point where it kills off the young fans of his music. I am personally a fan of this new song, and I am eager to see where his new album will land him. Hayes was also named as Billboard's new artists to keep an eye on during one of their more recent podcasts.

On the talk of music to keep an eye on, One Direction's newest music video, their somewhat obnoxious song, 'Midnight Memories', was released on the 31st of January. Let me start this part of the post by saying that the song 'Midnight Memories' simply alarmed me. It not only has a very loud rock sound but it also has the lyrics like, "People talk shhh but we don't listen". Also after the reading the article, 9 Times One Direction Break the Law in Midnight Memories' Video it started my questioning the song in general. One Direction are at a turning point in their lives and we understand that, but is it really necessary to break, destruct and make a mess of everything they do in their video? It is quite annoying at this point, considering they also did this in 'Best Song Ever' their summer anthem. I am not a huge fan of the video for 'Midnight Memories' and let's hope they won't regret having a wonderful video for 'Story of My Life' released only months before this "bad-boy" tune.

To end this post, I'd just like to say the game is on--oh my gosh, the game is on.

Until later,

xxBaileyxx