Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And back in the studio with me today, we have Kelsey Weekman, senior entertainment reporter at Yahoo News.

Hello, Kelsey.

Hello, Kate. I'm so happy to be here.

I'm glad to have you.

As an entertainment reporter, I know that you also have seen that the Grammy nominations were recently announced and all the sort of usual suspects are there. We have Thad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Chaparone, Dochi, Sabrina Carpenter. They're all over these lists. Gang's all here. But of course, I'm scouring, and I'm sure you are as well, as someone of Internet culture background. You're scouring for that internet culture angle.

And Kelsey, five years ago, did you ever think we'd see the headline Grammy-nominated

artist Addison Ray?

Well, no.

And I want to say, yes, maybe two years ago.

I could have seen that.

But certainly not five years ago.

No, it was a very different world.

Right, because five years ago. No, it was a very different world. Right, because five years ago, she was a member of the hype house, which was sort of a new,

new TikTok content house. We'll talk more about it later. But she was very much just a TikToker

doing dances.

There's that iconic video of her, like, dancing in the street and telling fans to, like, wait.

Hold on.

And then do this dance, and then I'll sign whatever. Yeah, and then I'll sign.

And now she's, like, on a roll.

Like, she is selling out venues.

She is, like, on par now with Charlie XX.

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