How powerful music can be.Everything about Sunday’s Grammy Awards pointed to how desperately it was seeking – what, exactly, approval? Validation? – from the hip-hop community, including the early mention from host James Corden that this year had the “most diverse nominees in Grammy history.” I have suffered at the hands of sexual harassment more times than I can count, so this really hit home for me. Every woman around me was bawling and trying to clean her makeup after the performance. This song, which further supports the #metoo movement, brought me to sobbing tears and an ugly cry. Kesha cried, screamed and pleaded with the audience to not keep silent at the hands of abuse. You could have heard a pin drop in the audience as everyone allowed the song's meaning to wash over them. She was joined on stage by Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Andra Day, Bebe Rexha and Julia Michaels. Kesha has always been one of my favorite performers, but this cut me right to the bone. My favorite performance by far, however, was Kesha singing "Praying." I was not emotionally prepared for the experience. Everyone around us was dabbing tears and there was SILENCE in the stadium as people took in the lyrics. More tears were brought on by Logic with Alessia Cara and Khalid performing "1-80." This suicide awareness and prevention song was especially moving when a group of suicide survivors and family members of suicide victims joined the stage in "You are not alone" shirts.
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