Paul McCartney took the stage.

Needless to say, the legend's resume and honor list are already a legend in their own right. After the disbandment of the Beatles, Paul continued to dedicate countless classics over the past few decades, not only reserving a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but also having a profound impact on future generations of music lovers.

Tonight, Paul made a grand appearance as the guest of honor to reveal the final award of the ceremony: the Album of the Year Award!

On the Grammys stage, the weight, weight and quality of the four major categories are unmatched, and the Production of the Year and Album of the Year awards are slightly better. The former is the highest award for a producer, and this year it was taken into Adele's arms, while the latter is dedicated to the artistic quality of the entire album, which is equivalent to the Oscar for best picture.

The five nominees for this year's Album of the Year are: Adele's "21", Bruno Mars's "Fighter and the Rogues", Spitfire's "Asting-Light", Miss Gaga's "Born to Be ***orn-This-ay", and Lan Li's "Don Quixote".

Among the five albums, "21", "Fighter and Gangster", and "Born Perfect" are all pop genres, and all three works were shortlisted for the best pop album competition - "21" won. Pop and electronic are undoubtedly the main trends of today's trends, even replacing hip-hop and rhythm and blues dominance as the market.

"Abandoned Light" is a rock genre, gradually declining rock, in the past three Grammys, not even nominated for the four major comprehensive awards, this year's Spitfire band's strength, once again brought rock back to people's vision, at least received nominations. Of course, this work also won the award for Best Rock Album.

"Don Quixote" is a folk song, a folk song that seems to have been forgotten over the years.

The last time a folk song appeared in the Grammy Album of the Year nomination, it was ten years ago in 2002 with Bob Dylan's "Love &Theft", but it was a mix of folk, rock, jazz, country and other genres, and the pure folk album was still Bob Dylan's 1998 album "Time-Out-of-Mind" , which won the Grammy Album of the Year Award that year, which was also the last folk album to win the Album of the Year award.

After the nominees were announced, "21" was the biggest favorite, while the strongest opponent was "Fighter and Rogue", and before the award ceremony was about to end, "21" was still the biggest favorite, and "Waste Light" became the strongest attacker.

So, is it the dominant pop this year, or is it rock 'n' roll counterattacking the top? or is it ......

Lan Li returned to the backstage.

However, compared with just now, the situation seems to have changed slightly, and the singers and staff gathered backstage stepped forward one after another to sincerely congratulate them. The bustling and endless crowd of congratulatory people was completely overwhelmed, and the whole backstage was very lively, and in the short distance from the stage to the waiting room, Lan Li met at least thirty people.

John Legend, who was traveling with him, was also smiling, as if he had captured the helplessness in Lan Li's eyes, and said teasingly, "You will adapt." Not because of this trophy, but because you are an actor. You know, it's like a swan in a flock of ducks, and suddenly the situation becomes delicate. ”

For singers, there is a gap between them and actors, and they always look up involuntarily, but a newcomer of the year award, and more importantly, the acceptance speech, quietly shattered the gap between each other, and little by little narrowed the distance between each other, so the situation changed.

Of course, as one of the four comprehensive awards, the newcomer of the year is not comparable to the Best Alternative Album Award, and it is even more rare than the other three comprehensive awards, because this is an award that every singer can only compete for once in his entire career: Lan Li, seized.

"Are you sure I'm a swan? I don't think I'm a kitten who refuses to go into the water. Lan Li's ridicule once again hinted at his identity as an "actor", but instead of a condescending posture, with a hint of self-deprecating jokes, he succeeded in making John laugh happily.

Entering the most spacious waiting room, Nathan, who was standing not far from the door, took the initiative to greet him, the stunned and surprised on his face could not be concealed at all, his mouth was wide open, and he only let out an exclamation, but he couldn't organize words at all; Andy and Roy, who were standing in the bustling crowd, also cast their eyes, expressing incredible surprise with their eyes.

However, before they could talk, the bustling waiting room suddenly fell silent, and someone said, "It's about to be announced!"

So, Lan Li and John didn't take a step, and raised their heads to look at the big screen hanging in the corner. On the screen, Paul McCartney was unpacking the envelope for the final and most important award of the night, and almost everyone couldn't help but hold their breath:

Can Adele complete the sweep? Before that, five nominations and five awards, can Adele continue to be strong and complete tonight's big package? Two years ago, Beyoncé swept the six gramophone trophies of the Grammys, but left a regret that the Album of the Year award was lost to Taylor Swift, so this year, can Adele tie Beyoncé's record and tie for the most award-winning female singer in a single session?

If...... If someone is upset, who will it be?

The moment of witnessing history is always extremely tense. To be precise, the bystanders are even more nervous than the parties involved.

Lan Li looked around the waiting room, everyone was so nervous that even the sound of heartbeat and breathing seemed to have completely disappeared, until then, Lan Li always had the feeling of being a bystander.

But at this moment, the synchronized image of the pioneer village must have been very funny, and Heather, if she sat in front of the television and waited for the last award, her expression would have been very funny.

Gradually, Lan Li also began to be in it, no longer a bystander, but a participant, and really felt the tension, the expectation, the excitement, like the wings of a butterfly, began to flutter and agitate.

The Grammys, real and clear like never before, even the gramophone trophy in his hand seems to be starting to get hot.

"Tear up", Paul tore open the envelope, pulled out the card, did not deliberately create suspense, lowered his head to read the card, and then raised his voice and said, "The fifty-fourth Grammy, the winner of the album of the year is ......" Paul seemed to be a little presbyopia, had to pull the card a little farther away, frowned, read it carefully, and confirmed the winner.

Unintentionally, this small action made the air in the audience solidify, and the sweat in the palms of the hands and the heart in the chest cavity were compressed to the extreme, and if they were not released, they seemed to be about to explode. It was only half a second, but it seemed like a long century had passed, and then, in ten times the speed of slow motion, Paul was seen leaning towards the microphone and announcing the result in a loud voice.

"'Don Quixote', Ranley Hall. ”

Time, at this moment, stopped, froze, even the flow of air has lost its meaning, and the brain completely pauses, interpreting, thinking, reminiscing, reacting...... Then I gradually understood what this sentence and these words meant. In an instant, the applause of the mountain and tsunami broke out.

Folk, the Grammys chose folk, since 1998, after a lapse of fourteen years, the Grammys once again awarded the album of the year to a folk album, an independent ballad, a niche genre, a work without publicity and no distribution, a work that really returns to music and sticks to music, and a work that reawakens people's music fanaticism.

Bold, crazy, bold.

At the age of fifty-four, the Grammys have shown incredible courage and determination. In this year's list of winners, a group of young people in their 22s and 23s are in vogue, rock and folk songs are back in the spotlight, and music seems to have returned to its purest era.

It's just about the music.

"Ahhhh

Nathan reflexively hugged Lan Li, but he couldn't say a word, not even a sound, and suddenly began to cry and cry uncontrollably, and even Roy and Andy were stunned in place, dazed and overwhelmed, and the focus of their vision gradually began to blur.

Such joy came too suddenly, too fiercely.

Everyone in the waiting room rushed up and frantically congratulated Lan Li, in the midst of the surging crowd, John Legend kept a little calm, hugged Lan Li and quickly left the waiting room, and then raised his voice and said, "Hurry up and get on the stage, this is your moment!" John patted Lan Li on the back heavily, a simple gesture, but it contained all the congratulations and excitement.

For John, the triumph of the ballad is far greater than the significance of a trophy.

On top of the stalwart of Jazz and Soul, John is finally no longer alone, he is also a Don Quixote, and now he has found another Don Quixote. Behind the bright smile, his eyes were warm, and he patted Lan Li's arm heavily again, "Go quickly!"

Joy, it was only now that Lan Li really felt that crazy joy, like an Emmy, like Sundance, like the Berlin Film Festival. He won an award, as a singer, as a dreamer, he won an award, on the Grammy stage.

This sense of realism hit the chest like never before, and it burned.

Lan Li forced himself to compose, but it was not an easy task, he turned around, handed the gramophone trophy in his hand to John, and then took another step, accelerating towards the direction of the stage. However, his fingers began to tremble uncontrollably.

He, won an award, as a singer.