“It’s exciting, it’s different, it’s probably the best concert of the year,” Noah said in a behind-the-scenes video about why he loves hosting music’s biggest night. “Where else are you going to have the best in country, the best in hip-hop, the best in pop, the best in R&B, all on the same stage, all on the same night, everybody coming together ? It’s an easy one to say yes to.”
Among the twists in store for the evening, he teased “a little surprise” in how the performances by the Best New Artist nominees would unfold. And “on a sad but then also beautiful note,” there will be a star-studded tribute to prolific producer (and 28-time Grammy winner) Quincy Jones, who died in November.
In addition to emceeing, Noah is a co-producer of the telecast and he’s a nominee for Best Comedy Album, for Where Was I.
“I don’t think it ever gets old,” Noah said. “I’ve seen Beyoncé win her however-many-eth award and have a look in her face that says, ‘This is so special.’ And I’ve seen people winning their first award. Like I remember Victoria Monet‘s face when she received her Grammy, it was otherworldly.”
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