The fact that "Royals" won best song on Grammys proves how BS the Grammys are, or else that the world is coming to an end.
First of all, you've gotta choose a better name for your song. When's the last time the Royals won the World Series? They should have named their song "Yankees" or "Giants."
Now the real reason why this song is crap. Sure, the vocals are pretty good in this song. But go beyond that, and it's an empty, barren song. The ONLY other instrument throughout is percussion or whatever you call that. And even that is only one measure of kick on downbeat and synthesized snap on upbeat, looped throughout the song. That's IT.
I don't like where pop music is going. It has become too vocal-oriented. Instead of hiring a professional drummer or guitarist, many of these pop artists will create drum beats and chord changes on their Mac and loop them. I know I'm guilty of doing that too, but if I were a professional musician, I wouldn't be this lazy. Think of all the great jazz songs throughout history. Those composers know what the intercourse they're doing. Some pop artists like Lorde are new to the game and need to learn some real compositional skills before the Grammys give anything to them.
What do you think?
