Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Music

Fiona Apple Denounces The Grammys For Dr. Luke Nomination

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Fiona Apple shames the Grammys for their Record of the Year nomination of Dr. Luke.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Fiona Apple shames the Grammys for their Record of the Year nomination of Dr. Luke– under the pseudonym Tyson Trax– on Doja Cat’s “Say So.”

In 2018, the Grammys allowed Kesha the platform to perform her single “Praying” (a track believed to be about her experiences with alleged abuser, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald). However, no more than three years following Kesha’s evocative performance, the Grammys nominate Dr. Luke for his work as Tyson Trax on Doja Cat’s “Say So.”

Credit: YouTube / kesha

Kesha sued Dr. Luke in 2014 for sexual assault and battery. In an effort to terminate her recording contract with Dr. Luke’s Sony label, Kemosabe Records, a judge denied Kesha an injunction that would allow this, ultimately dismissing her case. Dr. Luke has sued Kesha for defamation and denies all allegations against him.

Fiona Apple, in a recent interview with The Guardian, calls out the Grammys for Dr. Luke’s nomination which contradicts their support of Kesha’s performance three years prior:

I’m bringing up the Grammys and that’s really something that I shouldn’t be doing, but really, Dr. Luke is nominated? They had [Kesha] up there singing Praying and now they’re gonna go: “Oh but it’s Tyson Trax!” I’m waiting to hear more about what Deborah Dugan [former Recording Academy president] has to say [about the culture at the Recording Academy] because that all reeks to me.

Fiona Apple / The Guardian

Apple expresses her disdain for the Grammys’ hypocrisy saying, “I keep going back to them putting Kesha on stage like, “We believe you” – and I believe her – then two years later, fucking Tyson Trax.” Apple continues, “It’s bullshit.”

Apple is also nominated for three awards including Best Alternative Music Album (for her album, Fetch The Bolt Cutters), as well as Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song (for her track, “Shameika”).

Credit: YouTube / fionaapple

For the first time in Grammys history, the nominees for Best Rock Performance are all women, including Phoebe Bridgers, HAIM, and Brittany Howard. In response to this monumental moment, Apple states, “I wish I was in a room with these ladies and we could celebrate.

“My vision [if Apple wins] was that I would just get up there with a sledgehammer and I wouldn’t say anything, I would take the Grammy and smash it into enough pieces to share and I would invite all the ladies up. My second thought was I wonder if I can get all these ladies to boycott this shit because of Dr. Luke.”

Check out Apple’s full interview here.

Written By

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

A theater filled with viewers look at a screen filled with five horror movie images and the words "Coming Soon."A theater filled with viewers look at a screen filled with five horror movie images and the words "Coming Soon."

Entertainment

With the resurgence of horror icons and stories, which one is at the top of your watchlist? Over the past few years, successful horror...

TV & Film

After a break, the MCU is back and bigger than ever. What's in store for our heroes?

Stills of Chlothegod from her latest music videos "My GF H8s Me" and "Digging Around" from her EP "I Feel Different Everyday". Her Shirt is pink and reads "Anti-Princess".Stills of Chlothegod from her latest music videos "My GF H8s Me" and "Digging Around" from her EP "I Feel Different Everyday". Her Shirt is pink and reads "Anti-Princess".

Music

At the heart of I Feel Different Everyday, chlothegod lays it all out—raw, unfiltered, and exactly what we hoped for (and more).

Entertainment

Ethel Cain kicks off 2025 with a couple of controversies, both musically and politically. “#KillMoreCEOs,” says Ethel Cain on her Instagram story in reply...