Earlier this week, Ariana Grande spoke out publicly about her determination to not attend or carry out on the 61st Grammy Awards, which can happen on the Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow, Sunday, February 10. She referred to as out Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich, who had given an interview about her absence and stated that the singer “felt it was too late for her to pull something together.” Ariana tweeted that he was “lying”: “I can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken. It was when my creativity & self-expression was stifled by you, that I decided not to attend,” she stated.
Now, Ehrlich has responded to Ariana in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I saw those tweets and what she said. I guess it was a surprise,” he stated. “I will say this, and they don’t want me to say it but I’m going to say it: The thing that probably bothered me more than whatever else she said about me is when she said I’m not collaborative.”
He additionally acknowledged that he “usually does not have this happen,” and that he by no means spoke with Ariana instantly, as a substitute corresponding together with her administration group. “I don’t know if I’m good at anything else, but I understand artists and I can hear other artists in an artist,” he informed Rolling Stone. “I don’t say to people, ‘This is what you should do.’ I approach it casually and say, hey, this might be a good idea, let’s find something in the middle.”
Ehrlich went on to explain different cases wherein he has coordinated Grammy performances with artists reminiscent of Ricky Martin and Mary J. Blige. The full quote reads:
The reality of the matter is — and I really wrote just a little factor in the course of the evening that I’m not going to do something about, however, I imply. You can ask Christina Aguilera, who I requested to do “It’s a Man’s World” for James Brown. You can ask Melissa Etheridge, who completed her most cancers remedy and I put her out on stage, bald, doing Janis Joplin. You can ask Ricky Martin who in a single day turned the creator of the Latin music revolution. Ask Mary J. Blige, who was scared shitless to go on the market and do “No More Drama.” I principally labored together with her to mildew it. Ask H.E.R. who’s on this present.
Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Ken Ehrlich for additional remark. Follow all of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Grammy Awards.
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