.JonBatiste saluted the power of music while accepting the award for Album of the Year at tonight's GRAMMYs: 'It’s like a song or an album is made and it almost has a radar to find the person when they need it the most'
, and though Jon Batiste ultimately took home one of the night’s most coveted Gramophones, he wants the audience to know there are no superlatives when it comes to art. In fact, as you can see in the video below, he appeared genuinely confused when presenter Lenny Kravitz revealed the winner on Sunday at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena. Of course, that shock gave away to pure joy soon after.
Batiste led the 2022 Grammy nominations with a whopping 11 nods, including Record of the Year for “Freedom,” which he performed earlier in the night. His energizing set started with a piano, included backup dancers galore decked out in multicolor suits, and ended with him dancing on Billie Eilish’s table, as one does.“I just put my head down, and I work on the craft every day. I love music, I’ve been playing since I was a little boy.
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