Washington: Singer-songwriter Zayn Malik just lately shared his ideas on the 2021 Grammy Awards and spoke out against the Recording Academy, 4 months after the nominations had been introduced.
The `Pillowtalk` singer took to his Twitter deal with and shared a scathing tweet that learn, “F–k the grammys and everyone associated. Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there`s no nomination considerations. Next year I`ll send you a basket of confectionary.”
As evident from the tweet, the `One Direction` alum was not nominated this 12 months for a Grammy. He by no means obtained a nomination from the distinguished awards ceremony since going solo in 2015, regardless of persistently releasing music almost yearly.
Zayn`s followers took observe and poured in assist for him on social media. One Twitter person wrote,”`Pillowtalk` was the biggest and most-streamed debut in 2016, Mind Of Mine was one of the biggest records in 2016.”
He continued, “`I Don`t Wanna Live Forever` was the most streamed song in 2017, `Dusk Till Dawn` was #1 on charts for weeks in 2018. Yet ZERO nominations for Zayn. rigged system.”Another person added, “no shade to Taylor Swift, but the fact that the Grammys nominated `I Don`t Wanna Live Forever` for best written song & EXCLUDED zayn for no reason SCREAMS racism, even tho he wrote MOST of the song.”
Hours after posting the preliminary tweet, the singer adopted up with a second one, and wrote, “My tweet was not personal or about eligibility but was about the need for inclusion and the lack of transparency of the nomination process and the space that creates and allows favoritism, racism, and networking politics to influence the voting process.”
As per E! News, Zayn is just not alone in talking out against this 12 months`s Grammy nominations. When the nominations had been introduced earlier, The Weeknd was one of many first artists to share that he felt snubbed by The Recording Academy.