Out of all the announced nominees yesterday, GAYLE's "abcdefu" was one of the most contested nominations on Twitter, with various fans reacting negatively to the recognition.
GAYLE, who had notably gained popularity on TikTok, scored a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year, one of the biggest categories at the annual awards ceremony.
For fans, the TikTok hit song shouldn't have been nominated at all, as there were other deserving tracks that had made a much more significant impact in the last year than that.
GAYLE's "abcdefu" was nominated alongside other big songs this year - "About Damn Time," "As It Was," "Bad Habits," "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)," "Break My Soul," "GOD DID," "The Heart Part 5," "Easy on Me," and "Just Like That."
But the other upset of the night was Nicki Minaj's "Super Freaky Girl," Morgan Wallen's "You Proof," Luke Combs's "Doin' This," and even Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno."
Ever since it catapulted to the charts from TikTok, "abcdefu," had a rather sketchy history that was recently unraveled.
Initially, the track came as GAYLE, who started asking for songwriting suggestions on TikTok, stumbled upon a comment by one Nancy Berman - asking her to create a breakup song based on the alphabet - thus the origin of the song's name.
The song went on to blast on every mobile in the world.
But one user, Daniel Wall, had a little bit more time than anyone else that he took the hassle of researching how the song came about - as it became annoying to him at one point already.
Upon finding out, Wall took to TikTok and explained how they got lied about the song and its authentic origin. Apparently, Nancy Berman was actually a marketing manager from Atlantic Records, the same label that released "abcdefu." (via Newsweek)
"Even though this was planned, it worked and there's so many other artists and labels that do this because people love to be a part of something, and they love a story they can follow," Hall elaborated.
However, Atlantic denied that it wasn't all planned - in fact, it was just a playful comment that was made with both parties knowing that the song was already recorded and was about to drop.
Eventually, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200. It was already certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as double platinum.
Following the song's nomination, fans took to Twitter to voice out their frustrations.
"Not a TikToker being nominated for a damn Grammy, lol. Eminem was right about them," someone commented.
"I would understand Best new artist, but song of the year," another posted.
"before Rina Sawayama... now ik the Grammy's have been shit for a while but. I'm seething a bit," a user shared.
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