Alicia Keys Was the 2020 Grammys Host We Needed

Alicia Keys didn't gloss over Kobe Bryant's death or resort to hoary clichés, instead calling attention to his legacy and Los Angeles history with a simple opening line: 'We're literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built.'

, polarizing the audience and guaranteeing news coverage with blunt jokes, or you can split the difference with multiple hosts, like the Emmys have done on occasion. It’s so difficult, so make-or-break, that this year the Oscars have eschewed a host for the second time in a row.

earlier that day. Keys knew it; she didn’t gloss over Bryant’s death or resort to hoary clichés, instead calling attention to his legacy and Los Angeles history with a simple opening line: “We’re literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built.”

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