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Powerful Speeches are delivered by celebrities at the 2026 Grammy Awards, drawing attention to immediate issues such as ICE, immigration rights, and artists encouragement.
Lola Young
The room erupted into cheers when presenters Teyana Taylor and Nikki Glaser announced that Young had won best pop solo performance. Staying true to the spirit of her hit song “Messy,” Young admitted that she hadn’t prepared a speech. “Obviously I don’t, it’s messy. Do you know what I mean?”
Growing emotional, she continued: “You can tell by my fucking face that I’m very, very grateful for this. Nick, we did it! Mum, I love you! I love everybody, everybody, everybody!”
Speaking to ELLE UK during her cover interview last September, the 25-year-old pop star opened up about vulnerability and emotional honesty being central to her music. “We’re saying, ‘Fuck you, we won’t conform to certain ideologies,’ and it’s resonating with others—not just other women, but men too,” she said.
The moment felt full circle for the South London-born singer, who just months earlier had told fans she was stepping back from the spotlight due to struggles with her mental health.
Billie Eilish
BILLIE EILISH & FINNEAS O'CONNELL deliver an acceptance speech after winning the GRAMMY for SONG OF THE YEAR for "WILDFLOWER" at the 2026 GRAMMYs.
“Thank you so much. I can't believe this. Everyone else in this category are so amazing.
I love you so much. I feel so honored every time I get to be in this room. And as grateful as I feel, I honestly don't feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land.
And yeah, it's just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now. And I just, I feel really hopeful in this room. And I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting.
And our voices really do matter and the people matter. And fuck ICE is all I want to say. Sorry.
Thank you so much. I can't believe this.”
FKA Twigs
Twigs is having a transformational year, to say the least. Last year, she released two albums; this April, she’s set to headline Coachella, and at 2026 Grammy’s she won her first-ever Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
“I was just so happy to be nominated and in such an incredible category,” she said. “I know that to a lot of people, I’m maybe new. But I’ve actually been doing this for a really long time, so to any artist, don’t give up, follow your vision, do you, because that’s what going to make the world fall in love with your art.”
Her speech served as a powerful message of encouragement to fellow artists, highlighting the importance of self-belief.
From: ELLE UK
Bad Bunny
Taking to the stage to accept his award for Best Música Urbana Album, Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican native, used the moment to deliver a powerful statement.
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens; we are humans, and we are Americans.
Also, I wanna say to the people, I know it’s tough to love, not to hate, in these days. And I was thinking, sometimes, we get contaminados, I don't know how to say that in English. The hate gets more powerful with more hate; the only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we need to do it with love. If we don’t hate them, we love our people, we love our family. and that’s the way to do it. We love. Don’t forget that, please. Thank you!”
Olivia Dean
OLIVIA DEAN delivers an acceptance speech after winning the GRAMMY for BEST NEW ARTIST at the 2026 GRAMMYs.
“And my family. And I guess I want to say I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn’t be here. I am a product of bravery, and I think these people deserve to be celebrated. We are nothing without each other.”
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