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The 27-year-old former One Direction frontman opened the ceremony with a jazzy version of his hit “Watermelon Sugar.”
Last modification: March 15, 2021, 01: 15hs
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Harry Styles opened the ceremony with a “Watermelon Sugar” (Photo: AP)
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The person in charge of opening the 63rd Grammy Awards ceremony was Harry Styles, who surprised with an acoustic version of his hit “Watermelon Sugar” that some media have described as “jazzy” or “relaxed.”
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In his first performance at the Grammys, The former leader of One Direction was accompanied by eight musicians on stage. Dressed in a leather suit and a green feather boa, in the middle of the song he opened his shirt and showed his shaved chest to the delirium of his fans. From the side of the stage, I followed his steps and looked at him with approval. Billie Eilish, who had her turn on stage immediately afterward.
Styles won best pop solo performance for “Watermelon Sugar” and lost in the categories of best pop vocal album to Dua Lipa and best video for “Adore You” to Beyoncé.
Fury in the networks for the presentation of Styles
Styles’ presentation became one of the topics this Sunday on social networks. Both his name and the phrase QUÉ HOMBRE became trending topics on Twitter.
The journalist and influencer Lizardo ponce joined the messages in support of Styles and was one of the most emphatic.
I can’t find words to describe harry styles.
– lizardo (@lizardoponce) March 15, 2021
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Music, humor and protocol
“Tonight is going to have to do with uniting as only music can do, music and vaccines. Tonight we are going to celebrate music and hopefully we can forget about all our problems, unless one of our problems is being obsessed with Harry Styles, because that is only going to get worse “, said the presenter of the awards, Trevor Noah, at the beginning of the gala and before saying that it is “incredible” that Styles comes from the same country as Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The comedian said there is more tension in the room than a family gathering at Buckingham Palace and also joked that it was the largest outdoor event this year after the assault on the Capitol.
The ceremony, which takes place in el Los Angeles Convention Center, is done this time no audience due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are four stages, surrounded in turn by small groups of people in which are the nominees, their guests and a few people in the open air.
“It cost us more money than usual,” he said. Acting President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Harvey Mason Jr, a Variety. “I don’t have the exact number but the Covid protocol is only costing us millions and millions of dollars. We also have to do it with a social distancing protocol and having changed the date from January 31 to March 14 was costly too, “he added.
And he remarked: “Anyway we felt it was important because we didn’t want to risk anyone’s health for a tv show”.
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