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00:00When you heard your name nominated, what went through your mind considering who else is nominated?
00:07Come on, who are you up against?
00:09So it's Taylor, Billie, Sabrina, Chappell, Charlie, Andre, and who have I missed out? Taylor? No.
00:17No, you said Taylor.
00:18Taylor, Beyonce, Billie, Sabrina, Chappell, Charlie, and Andre. That's everybody.
00:23Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you.
00:24And me. It's an unbelievable thing. It's a wild, wild feeling.
00:28Have you heard from any of the other nominees?
00:30Yeah, we've sort of been in touch.
00:32Okay, who have you been in touch with? Who are you texting? Are you texting with Taylor Swift?
00:36I wish I could say that.
00:37Are you texting with Chappell?
00:38I'm not texting with Chappell.
00:39Andre?
00:40Not Andre either, but me and Sabrina have spoken, and it's always nice to see Billie.
00:44It's a funny old thing, because I don't think it's possible to be nominated for anything.
00:47Maybe unless you're Taylor or Beyonce.
00:49And be like, yeah, of course.
00:51It's always a total surprise, and we're all just doing our best to make the things that matter to us.
00:56That's all I can say I've done, but I'm so thrilled that an album as weird as mine has been nominated.
01:01It gives me a lot of hope in a weird way.
01:03My album has over 100,000 people on it from all over the world.
01:07It's like this massive community of people that mean so much to me.
01:10So it's really thrilling to be standing on their shoulders in some ways and celebrating all of that today.
01:15Tell me about the blue pin.
01:16Oh, the blue pin is an important pin.
01:18I don't think there's ever been a more important time for music than right now.
01:22I think it has alchemic properties, and it can cut through all the defenses we have as people to heal us in a very specific way.
01:30I'm so proud and honored to be here at the Grammys.
01:33I think at a time where the Grammys has never meant more.
01:36It's never stood for more.
01:37The pivot to support the people in need right now with these crazy fires is an amazing thing to do.
01:42It's a really inspiring thing to witness.
01:43I think there's a slightly different tone to the carpet than there is usually.
01:46I think you probably feel the same, but I love that we're doing what music does best,
01:50which is taking its power and shining a light on something that needs support and love.
01:55We're handing them out at the top of the carpet, right?
01:58They were, and I love that.
02:00What are you working on next?
02:01Do you know what? Right now, I have not yet decided what is next, which is a nice feeling.
02:06I've spent the last 10 years knowing what's going to come next.
02:09This album that's nominated is the fourth volume of a four-album series, so now I'm just chilling.
02:14Who do you want to work with? Who's your dream collaboration?
02:17There are so many people here.
02:18Taylor, Andre, Sabrina.
02:20Ray. I'd love to work with Ray.
02:22I think Ray makes music straight from the chest, straight from the heart, and I love her for that.
02:26She's so grounding and courageous and cool and just badass.
02:31I think she's great.