LOS ANGELES — Let’s be genuine: If you just seen the Grammy Awards on TELEVISION, there’s a lot you missedouton.
Sure, you saw Beyoncé endedupbeing the most granted artist in Grammys history. And you saw Harry Styles clinch album of the year, a stunning outcome for the BeyHive who idea she had that classification in the bag. And you saw Bonnie Raitt’s jaw drop after her spectacular win for tune of the year.
But there’s a lot of juicy star minutes that didn’t make it on TELEVISION. That’s where we come in.
USA TODAY had eyes, ears and even fieldglasses inside the live broadcast, on the red carpet and backstage. Here are all the juicy highlights from Sunday night.
Taylor Swift gets half-hug from ex Harry Styles, speaks in hushed tones
In normal awards reveal fashion, the celeb seating location turned into an A-list schmooze-fest the 2nd the broadcast hit a industrial break
James Corden weaved inbetween tables, talking up Olivia Rodrigo, who likewise took some time to talk to SZA. Adele and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson continued to smalltalk long after host Trevor Noah presented them throughout his opening sector, and Lizzo and Adele looked like they had an outright ball, cracking each other up throughout the night.
The occasion likewise saw a reunion inbetween 2 previous lovebirds. During Steve Lacy’s efficiency of “Bad Habit,” Taylor Swift made her method over to Styles, whom she supposedly dated from about 2012 to2013 (Earlier in the night, Swift jammed out to Styles’ efficiency of “As it Was.”)
The 2 talked by Styles’ table, with the previous One Direction member putting his arm around her and welcoming her with a half-hug when she made her method over to him. After about a minute of smiling and talking, the 2 parted, with Swift returning to her table where she sat with her regular partner, Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff.
Beyoncé’s huge win had her otherhalf smiling, bodyguard stressedout
After Beyoncé clinched the title of most granted artist in Grammys history following her win for finest electronic/dance album, celebrities swarmed her table, where she sat with her partner Jay-Z.
Julius de Boer, the couple’s longtime body guard, stood stoically nextto the power couple for almost the whole night — and looked wide-eyed as the mob of A-listers camedown on their table.
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Adele, Lizzo, Bad Bunny and Jack Harlow were amongst those in the crowd waitingfor an audience with Queen Bey. At one point, de Boer shooed away a professionalphotographer who tried to capture images amidst the mayhem.
Still, the vibes remained celebratory. Jay-Z raised a toast with another guest, and Adele snapped a image with a fellow visitor while she waited. At one point in the night, de Boer broken open a bottle of champagne for the couple and broke into a near sprint to aid Beyoncé down the actions in front of the phase after her approval speech.
DJ Khaled, Taylor Swift, JLO, more stars cut loose throughout hip hop homage
Some stars, like Swift, got up and danced to almost every efficiency. Other stars sat easily back in their seats, bobbing their heads along to the music.
But one efficiency that got everybody up on their feet was the 50th-anniversary hip-hop tribute that consistedof Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah and Busta Rhymes, amongst numerous others.
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Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Adele and even Jay-Z went tough dancing, waving arms and bouncing up and down. DJ Khaled ran up from his table to the front of the phase actions to wave a lighter, and, as the set completed, Machine Gun Kelly, who wentto with fiancée Megan Fox, might be seen standing on a chair, inspiteof being well over 6 feet high.
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Harry Styles ‘overwhelmed’ backstage after stunning album of the year win
A sheepish Styles, sporting a trendy combination of a brief shine top under a cream coat and trousers, confessed sensation “overwhelmed” in the press space after scoring the mostsignificant win of the night (album of the year for “Harry’s House,” which likewise won best pop vocal album).
Many hypothesized Beyoncé would lastly win album of the year for her admired “Renaissance.” Styles offered a diplomatic responses when asked how he felt about winning, inspiteof the groundswell for Beyoncé.
“You neverever understand with this things, however you can’t appearance at any of the candidates and not feel like they’re not deserving,” he stated. “When I appearance at this classification I see all individuals who have motivated me at various times. I’m truly grateful (the Recording Academy) picked us.”
Grammys 2023: Harry Styles wins album of the year, Beyoncé breaks all-time record