Our favorite recording artists are busy submitting their music for the upcoming Grammy Awards, but not Silk Sonic. Bruno Mars announced the musical duo that he founded with Anderson .Paak has withdrawn from consideration for the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Mars announced the duo’s withdrawal from awards consideration in a statement shared with Rolling Stone and thanked everyone who supported and championed their album An Evening with Silk Sonic.
“We truly put our all on this record, but Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly and most importantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this year. We hope we can celebrate with everyone on a great year of music and partake in the party,” said Mars.
This announcement stirred a lot of confusion, especially since Silk Sonic won four awards at the Grammys with “Leave the Door Open”, including the record of the year and song of the year. Mars also thanked the Grammys for awarding them and letting them perform at the ceremony, adding they’d be crazy to ask for anything more.
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. released an official statement, saying they appreciate their decision not to submit this year and praised them for being “such a fun highlight” at the last couple of shows.
