Teddy Swims caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly and Rania Aniftos on the 2025 GRAMMYs red carpet.
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00:00I don't think I could ever be more proud of a human than I am of Teddy Swims, my brother,
00:05the Grammys. How's it feel, Best New Artist? I'm just honored to be here, man. Just, just justified,
00:09you know? And then, I mean, talk about Best New Artist. We both know you've been around for a
00:13long time. You're not new to us then, no. So how's it feel to get that particular nomination? I think
00:18that's, you know, that's one of the big four, baby. And I think with this, like, this rookie
00:22class of Best New Artists, it's all legacy guys, you know? So I'm, I'm super honored to be a part
00:26of this, like, Best New Artist category of all time, I think. So, you know what I mean? It's
00:31awesome. And speaking of justified, what a gorgeous, justified year it's been for you,
00:35and your karma's coming back tenfold. Fatherhood is on the horizon for you. You're expecting your
00:39first baby with your girlfriend. Yeah. Hi, are you excited? I know your father means a lot to
00:43you and your relationship with your father. Yeah, he'll be here today, too. So he's excited to come,
00:47man. We, we, we was already crying in the hotel together about this. You know what I mean? I'm
00:51really honored, and I can't wait. I think fatherhood is the, gonna be the most beautiful
00:55thing, you know? I'm already, I'm, I'm already just thinking about everything differently,
01:00you know? And then I gotta talk to you about Lose Control, because that's 75 weeks on the Hot 100.
01:05And I keep thinking every week, I'm like, do you check it to be like, am I gonna be 76, you know?
01:09Yeah, well, you know, it's so funny. I love, I love always watching your updates,
01:12but it's like, here comes Teddy Smith. I hope you never stop saying that, brother.
01:17I will never stop as long as they let me, baby. I'm grateful. And I mean, with everything coming
01:23up, like you said, crazy class of best new artists. Is there someone who has been particularly
01:28inspiring to you this year? Yeah, man. My sweet baby,
01:30Rach, over there, man. You know what I mean? Just somebody that is like, I mean, helped me
01:35heal and, and relearn love and unlearn a lot of habits and things. And, you know, therapy has been,
01:41my therapist has been a really big inspiration for me. So shout out to Dr. Adwai. You know,
01:46just, I'm doing good. I'm really happy. You're doing real good. Well, good luck tonight. I better
01:50see you walk up on that stage. You know it, baby. Congratulations.
01:54Oh, man. It's something to give you on something. We're trying, we're trying to do an EP together
01:57after he gets his album. He's, he's putting an album. He's like working on it now. So,
02:01but we're trying to do a whole record together. Listen, there you go. Billboard.