Chapter 1231 Intermission
Ahhhh, ahhhh!
The cheers and shouts continued from the stage to the backstage. At this moment, the staff standing backstage also temporarily stopped their busy pace to witness with their own eyes when the band received the trophy on August 31, and then with the most solemn ceremony The warmest gesture welcomes them on their triumphant return.
The bustling crowd stood on both sides, raising their hands spontaneously to welcome the band members on August 31st.
High five!
cheer!
jump!
The heat wave spread across the board, and even the auditorium in front of the Staples Center could feel the commotion. They couldn't help but look sideways, stretching their necks, curious about the scene there——
What's going on behind the scenes?
This scene is truly novel.
People have long been accustomed to "rules" at award ceremonies.
Grand and serious, rigid and dignified, it is an adult world, it is a formal occasion, everyone must show a formal side, even Grammy, who is getting younger and younger, is no exception. There are routines for everything, from From dressing to words to behavior, everyone must put on an invisible shackles, unknowingly slip into the shackles of rules, and show their "mature" side.
Over time, those faces began to become the same, and everyone quietly hid their original delicateness, so the edges, colors, joys, sorrows, and joys were all tightly wrapped up by the public relations image and could no longer be seen, and the award ceremony was slowly lost. of vitality.
Rules are indeed necessary. Without rules, there is no rule; however, when rules become a shackles, you may eventually forget the method of breathing.
This year's Grammy, especially so——
All because of an accident, an accident exactly a week ago.
On the stage of the Super Bowl, the grandest and most important professional football event of the year in North America, under the gaze of more than 100 million viewers, a shocking accident happened around the world.
On the Super Bowl halftime show stage, top superstar Janet-Jackson, the sister of Michael Jackson, served as a guest performer. This is the most important annual feast stage in North America and is known as the "American Spring Festival Gala" .
Jenny invited Justin Timberlake, who had just gone solo from Superboy, to sing a song with her.
At the end of the performance, Justin suddenly reached out to the left side of Jenny's chest and tore off half of the leather bra on that side without warning, resulting in a X-rated moment that was broadcast live across the United States.
Because of the strong influence of the Super Bowl, this event caused a sensation.
Afterwards, it even triggered an official FBI investigation, and this became the famous "Super Bowl incident."
Although both Jenny and Justin responded immediately, the truth was not clarified, but instead fell into a maze.
Some people say this is Jenny's self-promotion, some say this is a performance conspired by Jenny and Justin to rehearse in advance, some say this is a pure accident, some say this is Justin's little prank that turned into a vicious incident.
Wait, wait.
However, the result couldn't be more obvious. Jenny suffered from unofficial low-key treatment for many years, and her career collapsed; Justin, on the other hand, went smoothly and his career flourished.
Taking this as an opportunity, all live broadcasts in the United States are required to be delayed, at least for thirty seconds or even one minute, to leave time for TV stations to respond to unexpected incidents.
The influence is always there.
Later, after a full lapse of fourteen years, Justin performed on stage again at the 2018 Super Bowl halftime show, but Jenny had already found this person.
It is precisely because of this that after the Professional Football League announced the guest performer, Justin was once again surrounded by the media, including the league.
Some media even asked the NFL whether to ban Janet Jackson, and the league officials had to respond, "There is no ban order." In an interview, Justin also said that he has been trying to save Janet Jackson's career, but unfortunately to no avail, revealing remorse and regret in his words.
The side also confirmed the speculation. This was a sudden move by Justin. It was purely a personal prank, but it caused unimaginable chain effects.
Later, in 2021, Justin publicly admitted for the first time that the Super Bowl incident was his mistake and publicly apologized.
For more than two decades, the "Super Bowl incident" has had a profound impact——
But right now, what happened happened exactly one week before the Grammys, so one can imagine the sensation throughout North America.
People often have the illusion that the North American continent is open to these topics because of the "scale" of Hollywood movies. However, the reality is not the same. The conservatism and harshness inherited from the Puritans can still be deeply felt here; in terms of openness and scale, Europe That is true boldness and calmness.
Therefore, the impact of the "Super Bowl incident" on the Grammys is very intuitive.
CBS announced that the live broadcast will be delayed by five minutes, which means there is a five-minute gap between what the audience in front of the TV sees and the live footage, which shows the seriousness.
At the same time, the Grammy Awards originally arranged for Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross to collaborate on the stage as the opening performance of the second half, but now Janet was directly blocked. Janet was absent from the awards ceremony, and the Grammy Awards had to temporarily adjust the order of performances. .
However, the absurd thing is that the culprit of everything, Justin Timberlake, still attended tonight's awards ceremony unscathed.
It is against this background that tonight's awards ceremony has always been filled with an indescribable tension and anxiety, and CBS TV station is on full alert.
That kind of restraint, that kind of oppression, is more severe than ever in previous years.
Until the appearance of the band on August 31st.
It was different from the moment he appeared on the red carpet, and then disappeared. The exuberant vitality of running wildly, laughing and crying, emerged vigorously and tenaciously through the restraints, flaunting the vitality of youth and sweeping the whole place like a hurricane. , firmly grasping the gaze and concern.
Break free from the constraints of frameworks and rules, find yourself, find purity, and enjoy happiness.
Involuntarily and uncontrollably, I began to look forward to it, and my curiosity emerged from the cracks in the rocks and bloomed proudly.
This feeling has been long gone. It’s really been a long time.
The first half of the Grammy Awards ceremony came to an end amid a hustle and bustle, and the entire Staples Center was abuzz.
However, what is interesting is that the focus of everyone's discussion is not Beyoncé, who appeared twice in the first half to give wonderful performances, nor Justin, who showed up at the awards ceremony as if nothing was wrong, but disappeared throughout the entire process and still no one knows what happened. What's going on with the band August 31st.
In addition——
After Jenny missed the opening show in the second half of the year, who did the Grammys arrange as a substitute?
"...August 31st Band?" Someone in the crowd made a guess.
But they were quickly rejected, "How is it possible?", "They are not qualified enough", "Is there a temporary adjustment tonight?", "Guessing is interesting but please be more reliable", "If they serve as substitutes, they will definitely not cause trouble again." ?”.
If not, "Then what on earth are they doing?"
Bah bah bah, the scenes in front of and behind the scenes at the Staples Center were still very lively even during the break, and there was an incredible surge of energy.
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