Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig unpacked the recently announced 2018 Grammy Awards nominations during the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis.” He revealed that it was his first year as a Grammy voter, mentioning that he put forward Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. for Album of the Year and Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3” for multiple categories. He went on to discuss Grammy politics and discuss likely winners for each of the “Big Four” categories. At the end, Ezra gave a shout out to Metro Boomin, who was not nominated for Producer of the Year. Listen to the episode here. Grammy discussion begins around the 38-minute mark.

In previous episodes, Ezra Koenig has paid homage to Tom Petty, hung out with James Corden, and impersonated Alex Jones.

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