Gracie Abrams on How Songwriting Is ‘Like Breathing,’ Touring With Friend Olivia Rodrigo and Making New Music With Aaron Dessner

Pop documentaries are almost always marketed on the allure of proximity – allowing the viewer the privilege of being up close and personal with an artist despite that intimate feeling often being crafted within a space that still holds the audience at an arm’s length. In the new Disney+ documentary-concert film Driving Home 2 U, Olivia Rodrigo looks back on the making of her debut album Sour through in-studio footage captured on a GoPro tucked in the Los Angeles studio where she wrote and recorded the album with producer Dan Nigro.

WME said Thursday that is has promoted seven agents to partner and 17 more staffers to agent in the company’s Music division, news that comes after it saw clients from Silk Sonic and Olivia Rodrigo to Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters and Jazmine Sullivan score victories at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

The stars and sun aligned on the Grammy red carpet this warm Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prominent artists and entertainers arrived in iridescent one-pieces, print dresses and colorful suits in anticipation of a spectacular evening.

Grammys Awards are quickly approaching and scheduled to air live on 3 April. While the awards ceremony’s location has been the Crypto. com Arena – formerly the Staples Center – in Los Angeles for the majority of the past 20 years, the forthcoming show will be hosted at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The music industry hands out its top honors on Sunday with acts from teen sensation Olivia Rodrigo to awards darling Billie Eilish and rapper Lil Nas X competing at a star-studded Grammys ceremony in Las Vegas.Grammy watchers say it is tough to predict who will take the biggest prizes other than best new artist, which is widely expected to go to 19-year-old Rodrigo. Her song “drivers license” went viral in early 2021.Rodrigo also is nominated for album, song and record of the year.

Grammy Awards performers such as Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste have a chance to carve their names in the show's history books Sunday.Through her song “Happier Than Ever,” Eilish could become the first artist ever to win record of the year three times in a row, and the only artist along with Paul Simon to take home the award three times. She’s in position to join Adele as the only artists to ever win three major categories — record, song and album of the year — twice.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The biggest names in music will gather in Las Vegas this Sunday for the 2022 Grammy Awards, which will take place on April 3 at 5 p.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTony Bennett, whose duets album with Lady Gaga is up for five Grammys, has confirmed that he will not be performing with her at the show on Sunday night. Gaga was announced as a performer this morning; the pair are up for two of the top categories, Record of the Year and Album of the Year, for the song “I Get a Kick Out of You” and the album it comes from, “Love for Sale.”Danny Bennett, Tony’s son and longtime manager, says in a statement to Variety:“Tony is beyond thrilled, particularly at the young age of 95, to once again be recognized along with his musical collaborator  and  dear friend Lady Gaga by the Recording Academy for their album ‘Love for Sale.’  To have the album nominated in six categories including Album of the Year and Record of the Year is an incredible honor.

2022 Grammys — not just because of the hot-button exorbitance characteristic of the Red Carpet, but for the gift bags.That’s right — I mean, what else would you expect us, the New York Post Shopping team, to gloss over?The yearly gift bag, layered like a tiramisu with the best luxury gifts, is a treat in and of itself. This Sunday, April 3, attending celebrities like Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X (all of whom will be performing) will receive a goody bag that’s better than any gift basket you’ve ever seen.Truth be told, we’ve been all over TikTok and social platforms to compile the official list of what will be given in those wishful-thinking Grammys gift bags.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLady Gaga has joined the lineup for this year’s Grammy Awards, taking place Sunday night in Las Vegas, the Recording Academy and CBS announced this morning. The 12-time Grammy-winner is up for another five awards this year, including two of the top categories, Record of the Year and Album of the Year, for her duets with Tony Bennett on the song “I Get a Kick Out of You” and the album it comes from, “Love for Sale.”The album is the second collection of duets from the pair, who performed a song from the first, “Cheek to Cheek,” on the Grammys in 2014.

Grammys Awards are quickly approaching and scheduled to air live on 3 April. While the awards ceremony’s location has been the Crypto. com Arena – formerly the Staples Center – in Los Angeles for the majority of the past 20 years, the forthcoming show will be hosted at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Christina Milian looked every inch the proud parent as she treated her daughter Violet to a red-carpet extravaganza. The pop star/actress, 40, was spotted alongside her 12-year-old baby girl at the Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film) premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 24). The adorable duo rocked pink ensembles for the event, as they hugged each other and smiled for the shutterbugs.

Turning back time. Olivia Rodrigo reflected on her past relationship and alluded to the Joshua Bassett drama in her SOUR film Driving Home 2 U.

A moment for the music! Stars far and wide rolled up for the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Tuesday, March 22. And while the evening was all about the industry’s tremendous talent, it was the next-level red carpet that sent Us spiraling. 

Michele Amabile Angermiller The ninth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards took place tonight (March 22) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Broadcast live on Fox, the show was hosted by LL Cool J and featured performances by Megan Thee Stallion, Jason Aldean, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Billy Porter and Måneskin.LL Cool J opened the evening with a medley of some of his biggest hits.