Harvey Mason Jr.
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Oct 21, 2026
Sammy ChandHOST
the creative element.
Sammy ChandHOST
I was listening to Harvey Mason Jr., who is-
Amaal MallikGUEST
Yes
Sammy ChandHOST
...
Sammy ChandHOST
... his father was the drummer.
Amaal MallikGUEST
Harvey Mason-
Sammy ChandHOST
He, Harvey Mason Jr. is the-
Amaal MallikGUEST
Okay
Mike EtchartHOST
BTS responded with a statement in Korean saying they will not submit music to the 2027 Grammys and that they hope music can be loved for what it is rather than divided by region or language.
Mike EtchartHOST
Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. defended the category and after months of discussion, the Grammys decided to keep it, saying most of the feedback was in support.
Mike EtchartHOST
This story comes from an open letter published on October 14th on Hypebot again by Teresa Arosa, a music business student over at Hofstra University.
Jay GilbertHOST
Yeah, I thought this was really well written.
Mike EtchartHOST
BTS' Grammy performances were removed from the official Grammy YouTube account after the group's statement.
Mike EtchartHOST
The letter doesn't say who made that decision or when.
Jay GilbertHOST
So Harvey Mason Jr. said the category was meant to uplift Asian artists and give exposure to more of them.
Jay GilbertHOST
The Grammy said the loudest feedback came from people who were enthusiastic supporters of the category, including fellow music creators, encouraging them to keep it.
Melody WalkerGUEST
And hopefully, um, leadership will address, um, some of these concerns, like, a little more, a little more, like, seriously.
Melody WalkerGUEST
'Cause at the moment, the CEO of the Grammys, Harvey Mason Jr., who's an incredible musician and producer, um, he, he just, he's just being too chill.
Melody WalkerGUEST
You know? He wants to be the chill, cool guy about new technology.
Melody WalkerGUEST
That's, that's my, like, generous reading of it.
Stat QuoHOST
Mark's guy and, uh-
Justin HunteHOST
Harvey?
Stat QuoHOST
H- is it Harvey?
Justin HunteHOST
Harvey Mason Jr.? Is that who you talking about?
Stat QuoHOST
Yeah, Harv.
Stat QuoHOST
Shout out to him, and he's, he's trying to change it.
19 MINS LATER
Stat QuoHOST
We gotta work it and figure it out." I wouldn't be out here talking.
Stat QuoHOST
But the Grammys, [sighs] to the hilltops.
Jimmy Jam HarrisGUEST
Yes.
Jimmy Jam HarrisGUEST
And Harvey Mason Jr., who is obviously a beautiful musician, songwriter, who is now our CEO of the Recording Academy, has kind of taken that under his wing.
Jimmy Jam HarrisGUEST
But I get people all the time thinking, how do I get involved? How do I give back? And I meet musicians all the time, and they go, I want to get involved, and I want to do something.
Jimmy Jam HarrisGUEST
And I always go to your point.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
Organizers promise major performances.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in part, "Clive built this gala into something the entire music community looked forward to for five decades.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
He never did it for applause or recognition.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
He did it because he loved this community and believed in the power of music." Michelle Polino, Fox News.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
Organizers promised major performances.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in part, "Clive built this gala into something the entire music community looked forward to for five decades.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
He never did it for applause or recognition.
Michelle PolinoCORRESPONDENT
He did it because he loved this community and believed in the power of music." Michelle Polino, Fox News.
Will GanzCORRESPONDENT
featuring a dinner, big performances that are yet to be announced, and of course, we'll pay tribute to the man who started it all.
Will GanzCORRESPONDENT
The Academy CEO, Harvey Mason Jr., says that Clive Davis would want nothing more for the show to go on.
Will GanzCORRESPONDENT
The Grammys will stream simultaneously on Disney Plus and Hulu on February 7th and air right here on ABC.
Will GanzCORRESPONDENT
You guys, I can't wait to take you behind the scenes of the Banana Bowl.
Olly MannHOST
[laughs]
Jamie TimsonPANELIST
Well, to be fair though, Holden is our boss, so-
Olly MannHOST
[laughs]
Jamie TimsonPANELIST
He's pretty, he's pretty cute.
6 MINS LATER
Felicity CaponPANELIST
But I mean, a, a lot of that as well didn't really surprise me that, you know, the kind of Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg and how they went about, uh, g-g-going through things on the tech side.
Felicity CaponPANELIST
But on the women's, women's rights side, it was horrifying, particularly from Sheryl Sandberg, who, you know, I, I remember the whole Lean In thing.
Felicity CaponPANELIST
Everyone's very excited about Lean In and how to be a girl boss and all this sort of thing, and it just sounds like she was awful, and she treat-- particularly her female colleagues, she treated them a-appallingly.
Olly MannHOST
Allegedly, according to this account in this book.
Gareth HoodHOST
It was announced, I guess, a couple weeks ago or maybe a little bit ago.
Gareth HoodHOST
So the Recording Academy, led by Harvey, CEO Harvey Mason Jr., established rules, Grammy rules, allowing AI-assisted music.
Gareth HoodHOST
Basically, so people who are using AI to create music, as long as most of it is generated by humans, And what does that mean? I'll go into you can be nominated for a Grammy.
Gareth HoodHOST
So for someone like myself, if I write the lyrics, I have the whole list of here.
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