I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone Music Now. Today I'm happy to bring you a special inside

look at what turned out to be one of the better received Grammy ceremonies in a while. With much-discussed performances by Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman with

Luke Combs, a dramatic speech by Jay-Z and even a Taylor Swift album

announcement among many other highlights. Here's my conversation with executive producer Ben Winston

who's in his fourth year in charge of the show. He'll take you inside behind the

scenes drama, the decision-making process, and a whole lot more. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.

I know you must still be recovering from the Grammys.

Yeah, I'm a little bit tired this morning,

you have to excuse my slightly croaky voice.

Although it's not tired from like I didn't go out afterwards just because the adrenaline that fires

through your body during a live show like that for three and a half hours and

the build-up for months leading up to it of people are in people are out what are you

doing who's going to do what so when it's over I just sat in our office and just stared at the wall for two hours and then I went for a drink

Is it sort of like with Christmas and Elf that the moment that one Grammys ends is the moment you begin thinking about next year or do you give

yourself a week off?

Luckily I do make some other shows.

So this morning I've been in, this morning I've been in on meetings about an MBA doc we're making,

so I'm straight into that.

So actually the day after the

grammys for me is always quite a tough day because it's if I had a dollar

for every time I said to my assistant I'll deal with that the day after the

grammys because it's a great excuse

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