Grammys 2023: Kendrick Lamar & Taylor Swift Are Vying for Finest Music Video. Each Would Obtain Main Firsts If They Received

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar shared a Grammy for finest music video seven years in the past for the visible for his or her smash collab “Unhealthy Blood.” This yr, they’re competing in that class – and each would obtain main firsts in the event that they gained.

Swift, nominated for “All Too Properly: The Quick Movie,” would change into the primary artist to win for a video on which he or she was the only real director.

Lamar, nominated for “The Coronary heart Half 5,” would change into the primary three-time winner as an artist within the class’s historical past and the primary two-time winner as a co-director. He co-directed the clip with Dave Free.

Lamar and Swift are competing in a second class this yr — tune of the yr. Lamar is nominated for co-writing “The Coronary heart Half 5,” Swift for co-writing “All Too Properly (10 Minute Model) (The Quick Movie).”

Let’s take a more in-depth have a look at the competitors within the two video classes, finest music video and finest music movie.

Finest music video

Nominees: Adele’s “Simple on Me” (Xavier Dolan, director); BTS’ “But to Come (Yong Seok Choi, director); Doja Cat’s “Girl” (Baby., director); Lamar’s “The Coronary heart Half 5” (Dave Free & Lamar, administrators); Harry Types’ “As It Was” (Tanu Muino, director); Swift’s “All Too Properly: The Quick Movie” (Swift, director).

4 artists have gained finest music video for movies they co-directed. Missy Elliott co-directed “Lose Management,” the 2005 winner, with Dave Meyers. OK Go co-directed “Right here It Goes Once more” (2006) with Trish Sie. Lamar co-directed “Humble.” (2017) with Free, his associate in The Little Homies and Meyers. Beyoncé co-directed “Brown Pores and skin Woman” (2020) with Jenn Nkin.

However Swift would break new floor, turning into the primary artist to win for a wholly self-directed video.

If Swift wins, she’d change into the seventh artist to win twice within the class (as an artist, with out regard to who directed the clips). She would observe Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Johnny Money, Lamar and Beyoncé. 

If Lamar have been to win, he’d change into the primary three-time winner as an artist. He first gained for “Unhealthy Blood,” which was directed by Joseph Kahn. He subsequent gained for “Humble.,” which he co-directed with Free and Meyers. As famous above, he co-directed “The Coronary heart Half 5” with Free.

Adele might additionally be part of the membership of two-time winners (as an artist). She gained the 2011 award for “Rolling within the Deep.”

Finest music movie

Nominees: Adele’s Adele One Night time Solely (Paul Dugdale, director); Justin Bieber’s Our World (Michael D. Ratner, director); Billie Eilish’s Billie Eilish Reside on the O2 (Sam Wrench, director); Rosalía’s Motomami (Rosalía Tiktok Reside Efficiency) (Ferrán Echegaray, Rosalía Vila Tobella and Stillz, administrators); Neil Younger & Loopy Horse’s A Band A Brotherhood A Barn (Daryl Hannah, director); and the Varied Artists movie Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffera, administrators).

On this class, two artists have gained for movies they co-directed, however once more no artist has gained for a wholly self-directed movie. Alanis Morissette gained for Jagged Little Tablet, Reside (1997), which she co-directed with Steve Purcell. Beyoncé gained for Homecoming: A Movie by Beyonce (2019) which she co-directed with Ed Burke.

Spanish famous person Rosalía might be part of that quick listing this yr. She is nominated for Motomami (Rosalía Tiktok Reside Efficiency), which she co-directed with Ferrán Echegaray and Stillz.

That is Daryl Hannah’s first nomination for an EGOT-level award. The veteran actress and budding director directed her husband Neil Younger’s music movie.