By Mike Kennedy: The 66th annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles on February 4. You can see the full list of categories, winners, and nominees here in the Wikipedia.
I have attempted to collect a list of genre-related winners below. Some of them have only a fairly tentative connection, but most of them are pretty solid. The least solid would be “Ghost in the Machine” which is mostly talking about social media, but also touches on AI.
You can see lyrics for most or all of these songs plus interpretations (of various quality) made by readers and critics at genius.com.
Song of the Year
“What Was I Made For?”
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Ghost in the Machine” – SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Barbie the Album – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“What Was I Made For?” (from Barbie)
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Helena’s Theme”
John Williams, composer (John Williams) [From the latest, Indiana Jones film]
Best Orchestral Performance
Adès: Dante
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
[Based on Dante’s The Divine Comedy]
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The very-definitely SFnal Janelle Monae was up for at least one, but didn’t win.