I'm honestly shocked I really didn't think she was going to get nominated. She really deserves this. I hope this makes her change her mind and not take too much time off from music.
Yup I hope they ride the Grammy momentum and we get a new single around spring time!
Same! I think when she performed at the Grammys last year she really impressed the Grammy panel. Demi better attend and I would love for her to perform somthing!
HAVING A LISTENING PARTY RIGHT NOW and reviving my Stan Card the ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR punch that is Don't Forget (Dark) -> Here We Go Again (Rock) -> Unbroken (RnB/Pop) -> DEMI (Mainstream Pop) -> Confident (GRAMMY nominated) wow im shook
I fear that this Grammy nomination will make her throw herself into making more music like what was displayed on Confident. I mean, I'm all for more Cool For the Summers but . . . the album isn't even in her Top 2 or even 3 for me.
Confident is her best album imo. And if Body Say is any indication of what D6 will sound like, she's going in the right direction. She just needs to work on her single choices.
Reading her reaction on twitter made me slightly emotional tbh. I bet Demetria is having the best day today
Here We Go Again is her best vocally, Don't Forget is the most cohesive, Unbroken is the most experimental (for her), DEMI is just a collection of pop bops, Confident... I don't know wtf Confident is but Cool for the Summer and Wildfire are amazing.
Confident is her best album imo as well. Her next album should be a mix of Body Say/Wildfire (and a bit more upbeat songs) + Stone Cold-soulful type of ballads.
And thinking about the Grammy now, the album really HAS the Grammy appeal with songs like Stone Cold, Lionheart, Yes, Father and I'd even say For You too.
I find her voice really grating on a majority of Confident. Unbroken is her best vocal showing for me. Lightweight, Fix A Heart, and MLILAS alone just >>>>>>
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I fear that this Grammy nomination will make her throw herself into making more music like what was displayed on Confident. I mean, I'm all for more Cool For the Summers but . . . the album isn't even in her Top 2 or even 3 for me.
I would feel the same way if she had gotten a nom for something other than vocals and Stone Cold hadn't been the song that helped get her the recognition. I think this will make her and her team go for more emotional songs (which is her lane anyway) instead of forcing the generic pop.
If she's going on an emotional route she better bring some big serious collabs. I need that Fix a Heart remake that Sam Smith and she teased on twitter. I need that Kelly Clarkson collab now that she's also going on a soulful route. I want that collab with Ariana as well. Hell, I'd even love a collab with Jamie Foxx (their performance together is just brilliant).
So many good collabs she could snatch and neither is impossible for her.
I'm so happy for her. It hasn't been the easiest ride for her with the amount of attention on her and all the unnecessary hate she gets which is often undeserved but at times because of her outspokenness, but her talent was never in question which is why I was ALWAYS convinced that she'd get a Grammy nomination one day even when a lot of people laughed at such a suggestion. Her 'break' better be over.
I need her in the studio, WRITING AND COMPOSING.
I need her to fire her current management team and start contributing more to her creative output. Less Nick and more professionals.
I basically need a concept album. I hope she watched what Beyonce did with Lemonade closely, and blows us away with a personal album about her struggles the past year, because there's plenty to write about (break up + MET Gala fiasco) with a lot of interesting visuals.
I'm so excited for her career and I really think this nomination will inspire her to do better!
I do think she'll perform, and I hope it's not another performance of Stone Cold, but a medley of Wildfire/CFTS and she drops a video on the same night!