DIPLO AND JUSTICE HONORED AT 2019 GRAMMY AWARDS

EDM has eked out more of the mainstream spotlight over the past decade, and each year’s Grammy Awards serve as a reminder. This year, both Diplo and Justice took home Grammys among a pool of artists spanning rock, hip-hop, pop and comedy.

Diplo (real name Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) received an award in the category of Best Dance Recording for “Electricity” featuring Dua Lipa as one half of Silk City. Disclosure, Above & Beyond, FISHER and Porter Robinson‘s Virtual Self project were also nominated for the same award.

The Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album was awarded to Justice for last year’s Woman Worldwide. The French blog house duo beat out John Hopkins, Sofi Tukker, SOPHIE and TOKiMONSTA for the honor.

Outside of dance music, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Drake and Childish Gambino took home Grammys. Perhaps the most notable upset of this year’s ceremony was Cardi B being awarded for Invasion of Privacy in the Album of the Year category. It marked the first time a female artist was chosen for the honor.

AVICII RECEIVES POSTHUMOUS SWEDISH GRAMMY, HIS FATHER ACCEPTS ON HIS BEHALF

While America celebrated the Grammy Awards this past Sunday, Sweden celebrated its own music award ceremony, called The Grammis, last Friday. During the gala reception, Avicii was awarded an honor posthumously. His father, Klas Bergling attended on the late producer’s behalf and accepted the award with a moving speech.

Avicii first received a Grammi in 2012 for his, now legendary single, ‘Levels’. During the acceptance speech, Klas gave the audience insight into who Tim was during his formative years.

“Tim was a friendly person with humor and very serious, humble, and stubborn as sin. When it came to the music, he was on the verge of obsessed to reach the optimal he had imagined.

“He was a shy person who didn’t want to be in the center and he had a hard time with the official role. […] He had a need to withdraw, and peace, and find himself–something that many of us probably recognize.”

Tim’s father spoke at length that while he will miss his son forever, he thanks his millions of fans for keeping his legacy alive through their love of Avicii’s music. It seems surreal that Avicii left us over 9 months ago already. While Avicii is no longer with us, his father’s sentiment is spot on – Tim will live forever through his breathtaking productions.

AFTER ULTRA EUROPE CONFIRMATION, SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA POSTERS BEGIN APPEARING IN SEOUL, KOREA

Swedish House Mafia are thriving in the world of guerilla marketing at the moment. After reuniting almost a year ago in Miami, the trio has been slow drip announcing shows all over the world. Swedish House Mafia has announced several solo shows as well as festival appearances so far, including Ultra Europe which was just confirmed today.

Now it seems the guys have their eyes set on the world’s most populous city, Seoul, South Korea. The now infamous poster format which has been seen around all cities in which the guys have confirmed to be playing in cropped up in Seoul overnight.

It appears that Swedish House Mafia will be heading to Ultra Korea, or at the very least, performing in one of Seoul’s massive stadiums. Now, it is worth noting that some posters have appeared in different cities, and been confirmed fake. But after the Ultra Europe confirmation, it seems likely that these are the real deal.