Album, and, in a stab at transparency, made its rules and qualifications available publicly for the first time.) Why can’t we just be in pop?” (Though “urban” is not included in the guidelines for the Best Rap Album category, the Grammys have nonetheless struggled with the term, which some once considered to be an acceptable euphemism for nonwhite this year, the Academy changed the category of Best Urban Contemporary Album to Best Progressive R. To me, it’s just a politically correct way to say the N-word. “But, also, it sucks that whenever we, and I mean guys that look like me, do anything that’s genre-bending, they always put it in a rap or urban category.” He continued, “I don’t like that ‘urban’ word. “I’m very grateful that what I made could just be acknowledged in a world like this,” he said backstage. Last year, Tyler, the Creator won Best Rap Album for “ IGOR,” a complex, often radical concept record about a devastating love triangle. This isn’t the first time an artist has bucked against the specifics of a nomination. Those determinations are confidential and, of course, fallible. Whether an album belongs in one category or another (Rock or Alternative? Folk or Americana or American Roots?) is debated, often hotly, by nomination committees assembled by the Academy. Although some awards-Comedy Album, Spoken Word Album, Liner Notes-feel relatively unambiguous, most are inherently vague. It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album, which is very strange to me.” There are eighty-three categories at this year’s Grammy ceremony. “With that being said, I set out to make an R&B album. “I am very meticulous and intentional about my music,” Bieber wrote on Instagram. His fifth studio album, “Changes,” was up for Best Pop Vocal Album, a major category. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.Ĭasey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.When the newest batch of Grammy nominations were announced, in late November, Justin Bieber expressed displeasure with the way his music had been identified by the Recording Academy. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.īut then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. Synopsis: For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. But in terms of writing, plot, and everything else, this book was wonderful and I’d absolutely recommend it to anyone and everyone! I only rated it a smidgen below Red, White and Royal Blue because of how special that book was to me. For many readers, this representation was super important and I’m glad she took this route for her second novel.Īll in all, I loved this book. I was disappointed to see certain reactions online to the fact that this was a WLW story. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t talk about the bi representation in this book! In addition to August being bi, Jane is lesbian and many of the characters were queer and/or BIPOC. Some of this was a bit predictable, but I enjoyed it all the same! I loved watching August and Jane’s slow-burn romance develop as they Nancy Drew’d Jane’s past by picking up pieces of her life and putting them back together. The concept of Jane being stuck on the Q since the 1970s was actually quite well done, especially considering this is a romance first and foremost. The people August met along the way created a warm blanket to wrap around her when she needed it most. That’s something I consistently enjoy about Casey’s writing: their ability to create strong secondary characters. Casey McQuiston does this exceptionally well in this novel, creating a beautiful ensemble of characters who were individually intriguing.
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