{"id":266908,"date":"2026-01-31T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/266908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:49:09","slug":"see-best-new-artist-nominees-in-elton-john-narrated-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/266908\/","title":{"rendered":"See Best New Artist Nominees in Elton John-Narrated Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDays ahead of the 2026 Grammys, Elton John<\/a> encourages young artists to follow their dreams while introducing the Best New Artist<\/a> nominees in a short film from Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tPremiering exclusively via Rolling Stone, Trust in Your Sound opens with footage of this year\u2019s nominees<\/a> \u2014 Olivia Dean<\/a>, Sombr<\/a>, Addison Rae<\/a>, Katseye<\/a>, the Mar\u00edas<\/a>, Lola Young<\/a>, Leon Thomas<\/a>, and Alex Warren<\/a> \u2014 from childhood through the present. It depicts a young Warren strumming an acoustic guitar, an adorable Mar\u00eda Zardoya <\/a>is grinning at a camera, Thomas recording in the studio, Young running through her vocals, and more.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen you start to make music, you just have to follow what\u2019s inside of you,\u201d John says in the narration. \u201cTake a chance. Always be brave. Don\u2019t be cautious. Just go for what you believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe short film will air as a commercial during the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, which take place on Sunday, live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Hosted by Trevor Noah<\/a>, the ceremony will feature performances by the Best New Artist nominees<\/a>. Other performers in the star-studded lineup <\/a>include Lady Gaga, Ros\u00e9, Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, Justin Bieber,<\/a> Clipse and Pharrell Williams<\/a>, and more, while Harry Styles<\/a> is slated to present.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m still making records, still involved in music, but it\u2019s the new artists and how far they\u2019ve come that continue to make me so happy,\u201d John tells Rolling Stone. \u201cYou don\u2019t give up on a young artist. Their first or second album might not do well, but if you believe in them, watching them flourish is like watering a plant and seeing it become the most beautiful flower. It\u2019s the greatest reward in music, seeing a young artist persevere and blossom. It keeps me alive and inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn addition to Best New Artist<\/a>, Young was also nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance (\u201cMessy\u201d), while Katseye earned a nod for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance (\u201cGabriela\u201d). Meanwhile, Thomas scored five other nominations: Album of the Year and Best R&B Album (Mutt), Best R&B Song (\u201cYes It Is\u201d), Best R&B Performance (\u201cMutt,\u201d Live From NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk), and Best Traditional R&B Performance (\u201cVibes Don\u2019t Lie\u201d). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve watched the Best New Artist nominees grow on Spotify, from those first moments of discovery to the massive breakthrough years they each had,\u201d Marc Hazan, Spotify\u2019s SVP of Marketing and Partnerships, tells Rolling Stone. \u201cTrust in Your Sound tells that story. It reminds us all that every artist starts the same way: by trusting their sound and taking a chance.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days ahead of the 2026 Grammys, Elton John encourages young artists to follow their dreams while introducing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[139569,78756,146,38161,85,46,409,9828],"class_list":{"0":"post-266908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-best-new-artist","9":"tag-elton-john","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-grammys-2026","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-spotify"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}