Alessia Cara took a trophy home from the Grammys 2018 for the Best New Artist. While Alessia has poured in a lot of efforts into creating music that has won several hearts she faced severe backlash by a segment of the audience that felt that the title should have been awarded to someone else. They were of the view that SZA or Khalid deserved it more than Cara.
After maintaining a bit quiet, the 21-year-old songstress took to Instagram to speak her heart out. She started with discussing how she wasn’t the one who had submitted her name to the Grammys and then proceeded to say that she was not going to be upset for achieving something that she had worked so hard for, something that she had dreamt for since her childhood.
People who were unhappy with the win felt that the Canadian singer was not exactly new to the industry. However, it must be noted that she was not nominated in Grammys 2017 despite her being one of the top artists even then. Since her entry, she has become a darling of music lovers around the world.
In her Instagram speech, Cara didn’t just talk about herself and her win, but she also urged people to support and acknowledge other musicians. “There are some incredible artists out there that are making incredible music that deserve to be acknowledged that don’t always get acknowledge because of popularity contests or numbers games. And that’s kind of unfortunate,” she wrote. “So I just want to encourage everyone to support real music and real artists because everyone deserves the same shot.”
Like the previous Grammys, this year as well, there were a lot of factors that had music junkies disappointed. However, instead of pulling other artists down because of whatever reasons, the focus should lie on uplifting those who win and even those who don’t.