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We are latching connected to this onstage moment.
Sam Smith and Kim Petras made a lasting people connected the 2023 Grammys with their Feb. 5 show of "Unholy." During the show, Sam donned a red, patent-leather-textured ensemble, portion Kim rocked a red, mini formal paired with matching boots and gloves.
The show had nary shortage of iconic elements from flames, to melodramatic reddish lighting and unthinkable vocals.
While the brace took the signifier to execute their deed track, they besides graced the signifier earlier successful the evening to judge the Grammy grant for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance—a historical win, as Kim is the archetypal openly transgender pistillate to instrumentality location the Grammy successful that category.
"Sam graciously wanted maine to judge this grant due to the fact that I'm the archetypal transgender pistillate to triumph this award," she began her acceptance speech. "I conscionable privation to convey each the unthinkable transgender legends earlier maine who kicked these doors unfastened for maine truthful I could beryllium present tonight."
Others nominated successful the class included ABBA for "Don't Shut Me Down;" Camilla Cabello and Ed Sheeran for "Bam Bam;" Coldplay and BTS for "My Universe;" and Post Malone and Doja Cat for "I Like You (A Happier Song)."
The Grammy information marked a archetypal for Kim—a milestone that brought her to tears erstwhile she learned she was up for the honor.
"My squad yelled astatine maine from downstairs and came into my country and I was getting acceptable and I was like, ‘What!'" The 30-year-old shared during a Jan. 24 quality connected Late Night with Seth Meyers. "And they were conscionable like, ‘You're nominated for a Grammy,' and we each started crying and jumping. It's crazy. I can't judge it."
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While "Unholy" rapidly sky-rocketed to success, reaching the No. 1 spot connected the Billboard Global 200, Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard Hot 100 charts aft its Sept. 22 debut, it took a fewer years of backmost and distant betwixt Sam and Kim to onshore connected a tune for their collaboration.
"Sam DM'd maine the opus and I listened to it and was instantly like, ‘OK this is unthinkable and truthful caller and caller for you arsenic well.' I truly felt similar I could adhd my ain happening to it," Kim recalled during a November interrogation for The iHeartRadio Countdown. "We talked astir collaborating for years earlier that truthful I've been sending Sam songs, Sam's been sending maine songs and it's conscionable been similar astir time."
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As for wherefore it took truthful agelong to prime a track? Kim explained that she didn't privation to unreserved into thing without it being a cleanable match.
"For a bully collaboration it needs to marque sense, particularly with idiosyncratic who I respect arsenic overmuch Sam," she explained. "I don't privation to conscionable propulsion thing unneurotic that isn't what dependable I'm bully astatine oregon wherever I tin truly instrumentality it somewhere. I deliberation this is truly a opus wherever we some clasp our successful it. I conscionable respect Sam truthful overmuch that I was like, ‘I privation this to beryllium right.'"
When it comes to reasoning this opus is much than right, we cognize we're not the lone one.
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