Trevor Noah Talks Hosting the Grammys, and Loving BTS and Silk Sonic

variety.com:

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn many ways, “Daily Show” star Trevor Noah has been the most challenged Grammy Awards host in history: Last year he emceed the first-ever pandemic show, which featured the traditional awards and somewhat traditional performances, but in a semi-outdoor setting before a small, rotating audience of artists, presenters and staff.

This year it’s a more-normal show, although it’s been rescheduled to Sunday from its original Jan. 31 date and moved to Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, with multiple changes along the way.There’s also the matter of an online dust-up between Kanye West and Noah that led to the former calling the latter a slur on social media, to which Noah responded with a thoughtful and conciliatory — but since deleted — post.

The incident played at least some role in the Grammys disinviting West, a move that Noah publicly objected to: “I said to counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye,” he tweeted. (Through a rep, he declined to discuss the incident with Variety.) In the past few days, Foo Fighters canceled their scheduled appearance on the show due to the tragic and untimely death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and Will Smith changed awards shows forever by walking onstage and slapping Chris Rock during the Oscars.

So no pressure! But in an interview earlier this month, Noah was upbeat and optimistic about hosting the Grammys for a second time — and noted that it’s actually a format he worked in for many years in his home country of South Africa, long before he ever hosted the show for which he is best known.“I actually didn’t have to adjust to [hosting the Grammys] because I’d hosted the music awards in South Africa and a few others, so interestingly enough, I actually had to adjust to.