Last night, the Juno Awards, Canada's homegrown version of the Grammys, went down in Vancouver. Arcade Fire were the night's big winners, but Grimes also took home a trophy. She won Video Of The Year for her Janelle Monaé collab "Venus Fly." But she apparently didn't stick around long enough to actually accept her award, later apologizing on Twitter:
ok i’m feeling really stupid for not being at the award show now (i’m rly sick and i didn’t think i would win) but THANK u thank you @TheJUNOAwards @TIDAL and @JanelleMonae & every1 who worked on this w me cc: @route_eleven https://t.co/PrUTN2emJV
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) March 25, 2018
But Grimes was at the show, and she did speak. This was significant, since Grimes hasn't been making too many public appearances lately. She's been working on a new album and making disparaging comments about her record label, and she hasn't played a full live show since 2016. But last night, she and Canadian music legend Buffy Sainte-Marie took to the Juno stage to speak about the importance of women getting chances in the music industry and to introduce a performance from the electro-pop musician Lights. Here's video of them onstage together:
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Grimes and Sainte-Marie also said nice things about each other in a backstage interview:
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