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Lawana Stuckert
Vampire Weekend performs live in celebration of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, Only God Was Above Us, under the rare occurrence of a total solar eclipse. The show is available to watch on-demand, exclusively for VEEPS All Access subscribers.
Along the course of play, I've acquired some seemingly miscellaneous objects - a 'normal watch', several rings (labelled brass ring, fancy ring, and so on)- do I sell them or will I need them later on?
Rings, fancy and normal watches, car stereos, morphine, prescription meds, and such like are vendor trash. They exist purely to make you money. Raising your Haggle feat increases how much you get paid by vendors and lowers the price of stuff they sell you.
The drama of the moment revved up as (fake) blood started pouring from Rodrigo's arm and the flowery backdrop on stage after the first chorus, with the singer's face and chest eventually smeared red by the song's tense ending.
The lead single off the 2022 Best New Artist winner's angsty sophomore studio set GUTS, "vampire" bowed atop the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release last summer. The slow-burning piano ballad became the singer's third No. 1 hit, following the record-shattering "drivers license" and "good 4 u" from her 2021 debut SOUR, and even, remarkably, returned to the top of the all-genre tally for a second time 10 weeks after its initial debut.
2024 was a banner year for the GRAMMYs. Music heroes returned to the spotlight; across Categories, so many new stars were minted. New GRAMMY Categories received their inaugural winners: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording. Culture-shaking performances and acceptance speeches went down. Those we lost received a loving farewell via the In Memoriam segment.
For more information about the 2025 GRAMMY Awards season, learn more about the annual GRAMMY Awards process, read our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section, view the official GRAMMY Awards Rules and Guidelines, and visit the GRAMMY Award Update Center for a list of real-time changes to the GRAMMY Awards process.
The cost to produce a GRAMMY Award trophy, including labor and materials, is nearly $800. Bob Graves, who cast the original GRAMMY mold inside his garage in 1958, passed on his legacy to John Billings, his neighbor, in 1983. Billings, also known as "The GRAMMY Man," designed the current model in use, which debuted in 1991.
While Los Angeles is the headquarters of the Recording Academy and the GRAMMYs, and regularly the home of the annual GRAMMY Awards, GRAMMY trophies are produced at Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado, about 800 miles away from L.A.
Approximately 600-800 GRAMMY Award trophies are produced per year. This includes both GRAMMY Awards and Latin GRAMMY Awards for the two Academies; the number of GRAMMYs manufactured each year always depends on the number of winners and Categories we award across both award shows.
In an interview featured in the 2024 GRAMMYs program book, two-time GRAMMY winner Lauren Daigle spoke of the value and impact of a GRAMMY Award. "Time has passed since I got my [first] GRAMMYs, but the rooms that I am now able to sit in, with some of the most incredible writers, producers and performers on the planet, is truly the greatest gift of all."
"Once you have that credential, it's a different certification. It definitely holds weight," two-time GRAMMY winner Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of the Roots added. "It's a huge stamp as far as branding, businesswise, achievement-wise and in every regard. What the GRAMMY means to people, fans and artists is ever-evolving."
As Billboard explains, artists will often see significant boosts in album sales and streaming numbers after winning a GRAMMY or performing on the GRAMMY stage. This is known as the "GRAMMY Effect," an industry phenomenon in which a GRAMMY accolade directly influences the music biz and the wider popular culture.
In addition to financial gains, artists also experience significant professional wins as a result of their GRAMMY accolades. For instance, after she won the GRAMMY for Best Reggae Album for Rapture at the 2020 GRAMMYs, Koffee signed a U.S. record deal; after his first GRAMMYs in 2014, Kendrick Lamar saw a 349% increase in his Instagram following, Billboard reports.
While AAPI Month is a U.S. holiday, the Recording Academy takes a global approach in celebrating artists and creators from across the Asian and Asian American diaspora. This aligns with the Recording Academy's growing mission to expand its reach on a global scale and celebrate international creators outside of the U.S.
Musicians of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage have not only helped establish the music industry, but have transformed it. From Diljit Dosanjh being the first artist to play a Coachella set entirely in Punjabi to Laufey winning a GRAMMY for her jazz-inspired pop, AAPI artists continue to influence music by both honoring tradition and reshaping modern standards.
Roan played an evening set on the Gobi Stage on April 12, and is set to return for Weekend 2. Fans clad in everything from cowboy boots, Sandy Liang-inspired bows and, perhaps most importantly, jorts, gathered to celebrate their shared love of Roan's radiance, karmic kink and gay cowgirl doctrine.
Throughout her performance, bubbles breezed through the air as Roan belted out her infectious (and aptly titled) track "Femininomenon," which speaks to lover girls forced to live in an online-dating hellscape. "Ladies, you know what I mean?/ And you know what you need and so does he/ But does it happen? No!" Following collective screams of pure joy, the already enlivened crowd roused to match Roan beat-for-beat, shouting back in perfect unison, "Well, what we really need is a femininomenon!"
In an era of bedroom pop and sad-girl music, Roan has been hailed by both critics and fans for bringing fun back to pop music. Along with her staunch sense of self, Roan's penchant for explicit lyrics that are equally parts introspective and horny makes her dance-pop anthems all the more infectious.
Her fearlessness was on full display during her first Coachella set, where the words emblazoned on her bodysuit read "Eat Me." She talks the talk, and walks the walk (in fabulous, knee-high boots, of course), matching her unabashed aesthetic with equally bold career moves; for one, the openers for her headlining tour are local drag queens.
I ended up signing [with Island Records in 2023] because this project honestly got too big to be independent anymore. I just wasn't willing to give up anything, any creative control or for any amount of money.
Being an independent artist was really special because I proved to myself that I could do all these hard things that I had never done. I built it with an entire friend group and many, many years of work. So it wasn't just me, but it proved a lot to me.
Music allows me to express anything, even things that I've never experienced before. It allows me to express queerness, even if it was only daydreams at that point. It allows me to express parts of me that I'm not even ready to accept yet.
I have freedom because now [singing] is my full-time job. It provides for me now. As the project grows, I can do bigger shows and be like, I want outfit changes now, and I want more lights, and I want confetti. I can afford confetti now!
I stand up for myself, I would say, every day. Sometimes, you get this opportunity, a huge opportunity with a lot of money on the table. [Yet,] I'm just like, That just doesn't make sense creatively. That doesn't align with my values. I'm not doing that.
One huge creative decision was I stood up and pushed the entire headlining Midwest Princess tour back to the fall. The album was supposed to come out while we were on tour. I was like, "This is a horrible idea!"
[After the first weekend of Coachella] I am feeling very relieved. I was so stressed about many things. How is the outfit going to work? Will the crowd really be engaged? It went so well, I have no qualms with anything. I loved every second of it.
Interview with the Vampire is a benchmark in its genre. The first entry in Rice's Vampire Chronicles series was published in 1976 and reshaped vampire lore. She added a romantic element to the mix, giving a newfound air of humanity to these inhuman creatures. Nearly five decades later, her creative stamp on the popular horror bracket has remained strong.
Delainey Hayles stars alongside Anderson and Reid as child vampire Claudia in season 2 of Interview with the Vampire, replacing Bailey Bass, who previously played the role. Eric Bogosian returns as journalist Daniel Molloy and Assad Zaman will be more prominent in the new episodes as vampire Armand. Ben Daniels joins the series in season 2 as Santiago, the lead vamp of Paris's Theatre des Vampires.
Viewers in the US and Canada can watch Interview with the Vampire season 2 on the AMC cable channel or the AMC Plus streaming app, which is also available via Apple TV, Prime Video, DirecTV and more.
Interview with the Vampire is an AMC original that's available via most cable providers as well as several cord-cutter-friendly streaming services, including Sling Orange and Sling Blue. Prices start from $40 a month for either service.
Subscribe to AMC's premium streaming service to watch season 2 of Interview with the Vampire. AMC Plus is also available in Canada, with the service set to release new episodes of the show in tandem with the US.
Sling is one of the best live TV streaming services for cord-cutters, and AMC is included with both Sling Orange and Sling Blue, as well as with the combined Sling Orange & Blue package, so you can watch Interview with the Vampire season 2 and gain access to many more cable channels. Prices start at $40 per month for individual Sling Blue or Sling Orange packages.
It's not great news for UK fans of the franchise, with no confirmed broadcaster so far announced for the region. If you're a US or Canadian resident traveling in the UK, a VPN will let you stream AMC Plus like you would back home.
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