Zayn Malik is speaking out against the Recording Academy.
On Tuesday, the star, 28, shared a scathing tweet in which he seemingly alluded to the Grammy Awards being rigged. F the grammys and everyone associated, he wrote. Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there s no nomination considerations. Next year I ll send you a basket of confectionary.
Though it is unclear what sparked Malik s Twitter reaction days ahead of Sunday s award show, Malik has released three solo albums outside of his work with One Direction and been nominated once alongside Taylor Swift for their duet, I Don t Wanna Live Forever.
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Following An attack, he said describing the snub.
Following the nominations list announcement, he tweeted his discontent asking the Recording Academy for transparency, explaining that the Grammys remain corrupt. (At the time, Recording Academy Chair Harvey Mason Jr. addressed The Weeknd s tweet. We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated, Mason said. I was surprised and can empathize with what he s feeling. ) I use a sucker punch as an analogy, Tesfaye said about the tweet. Because it just kind of hit me out of nowhere. I definitely felt . I felt things. I don t know if it was sadness or anger. I think it was just confusion. I just wanted answers. Like, What happened?