Trevor Noah is prepping to as soon as once more tackle internet hosting duties on the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, and he’s feeling the identical degree of nervousness he felt the primary time round.
Speaking with ET’s Rachel Smith, the comic, 39, mentioned that regardless of this being his fourth time holding the microphone on music’s greatest evening, he’s nonetheless ready on a yr the place he’s purely excited relatively than anxious.
“I like it, however I am nonetheless as nervous. It is a actually unusual feeling,” Noah says. “I all the time suppose that the yr will come the place they inform me I am internet hosting and I am like, ‘Ah the Grammys, let’s do it.’ However no. Each single time it is the identical quantity of nerve, identical quantity of pleasure and anticipation. And I believe I can see why I am nervous. Whenever you have a look at the lineup, the forged, you realize, all of the performers who’re gonna be on, you simply, you do not need to be the one that messes that entire factor up.”
As a two-time GRAMMY nominee himself, the previous host of The Day by day Present tells ET he is aware of simply how necessary it’s to verify issues go off with no hitch and that the artists and attendees really feel revered and admired.
“You already know, it is all people’s greatest evening, it is music’s greatest evening,” he says. “The very last thing you wanna be is the cog within the machine that throws every part off.”
As for the way he’s preparing, the South African born stand-up — who’s presently touring the nation on his Off the Report Tour and has been busy along with his What Now? With Trevor Noah Spotify podcast — says he’s conserving it easy, focusing and hoping “for the very best.” He provides that the rationale he retains coming again to host the GRAMMYs is due to his deep love and admiration for the staff behind the present.
“Nicely, first – before everything, it is the staff,” Noah tells ET. “I really like the staff on the GRAMMYs.”
Noah says that he believes so long as he feels snug, supported and proud of the staff in any challenge he takes on, he’ll all the time really feel achieved on the finish of the day. He referred to as the present, helmed by producer Ben Winston, a “stunning orchestra” and a “well-oiled machine.”
“I’ve this – this concept that I reside by which, which has actually served me effectively. And that’s: I’ll do something with the individuals I really like. So no matter job I am attempting to do, I attempt and ensure I am doing it with individuals I get pleasure from doing it with as a result of even when the end result is horrible, the method doing it was, was rewarding and fantastic,” Noah says.
“Seeing how good the opposite persons are, I respect that. That is most likely one of many greatest issues that retains me coming again,” he says, including that the front-row seat and VIP ticket do not harm the provide annually. “After which additionally, I imply, the place else are you gonna get like that, that form of ticket for that form of live performance?”
“The place else are you gonna get a ticket to see like Dua Lipa, Travis Scott, Burna Boy, Billie Eilish with my seats? So I believe that is like essentially the most egocentric purpose I do it,” Noah jokes. “Simply the very best live performance that is ever made.”
The performers talked about by the comic are just some of the massive names beforehand introduced to hit the stage on Sunday. The Recording Academy additionally not too long ago shared that icons like Billy Joel and Joni Mitchell can even carry out on the awards present, whereas the evening’s most nominated singer, SZA, can be slated to take the stage.
For his personal half, Noah refused to say the singer he’s actually hoping pulls off a shock efficiency, though he hinted on the reply being Beyoncé.
“I believe everyone knows who I am interested by,” he says. “I simply do not need to say it as a result of I do not need to jinx it.”
It is unclear if Queen Bey is planning to attend and if she has any methods up her sleeve. Different confirmed performers embrace Olivia Rodrigo, Luke Combs and U2.
The 2024 GRAMMYs will broadcast and stream reside on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
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