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MUMFORD AND SONS, FUN. CLEAN UP AT GRAMMYS

Grammys

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Fun. weren’t sure they won the song of the year Grammy for “We Are Young.” Guitarist Jack Antonoff says they heard “we are” and still figured it was Taylor Swift for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Fun. also won best new artist. Singer Nate Ruess says they’re trying to play it cool but he knows they’ll end up in each other’s rooms pinching each other, wondering if it all really happened.

Mumford and Sons didn’t think they’d win the Album of the Year Grammy. Marcus Mumford says The Black Keys had been winning all day so he figured it was going to continue. Mumford and Sons’ “Babel” (beat out The Black Keys’ “El Camino.” The Black Keys won Grammys for rock performance, rock song and rock album, and singer Dan Auerbach won producer of the year.

Gotye  says Kimbra is what made “Somebody That I Used To Know” come together. He says he searched for six months before finding Kimbra as his guest vocalist. The song won Record of the Year at the Grammys. Kimbra says what she loved about the song was that it was raw emotion with no beating around the bush. Gotye says he sometimes feels self-conscious about the attention that song got. He says it’s a song about confusion and negativity but some have turned it into an anthem. “Somebody That I Used To Know” also won the Grammy for pop/duo performance, and Gotye won the alternative album Grammy.

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