During the lead-up to this year’s Grammys, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak made it clear that they wanted their new supergroup, Silk Sonic, to perform during the broadcast. They made a big stink about it on Twitter, trying to convince the Recording Academy to give them a performance slot during the 2021 ceremony. As many surely suspected, it seemed the pair’s faux-bellyaching seemed to have been a ploy to drum up attention for their performance, which the Academy announced days later was locked in.
So, Mars and .Paak took the stage tonight and busted out a rendition of their sole single so far, “Leave The Door Open.” The duo was joined by a pair of background singers and they all made perfect use of the stage, with .Paak and Mars joining their backing cohorts towards the back of the space when they weren’t on lead vocals.
Bruno Mars just killed it with some
new song. #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/sexLayFfaC
— ReceeCupz (@receeYES) March 15, 2021
@Trevornoah Now this is Amazing. #GRAMMYs #BrunoMars pic.twitter.com/Mk8TOWsnnW
— Junior Lasso (@lassobeli) March 15, 2021
Mars has been relatively quiet over the past few years and consequently, he doesn’t have any Grammy nominations this year. .Paak has a couple of nods for 2021, though: “Lockdown” was nominated for for Best Melodic Rap Performance while that song’s visual is up for Best Music Video.
Watch Silk Sonic’s Grammy performance above and find the full list of this year’s Grammy winners and nominees here.
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