Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video on the Grammy Awards early on Monday morning asking for assist in telling the story of Ukraine's invasion by Russia.
Through the pre-recorded message that aired on the present Sunday night time, he spoke in English, likening the assault to a lethal silence threatening to extinguish the desires and lives of the Ukrainian individuals, together with youngsters.
In his phrases: “Our musicians put on physique armor as a substitute of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those that can’t hear them. However the music will break by way of anyway.”
The Recording Academy, with its companion International Citizen, previous to the ceremony highlighted a social media marketing campaign referred to as “Stand Up For Ukraine” to boost cash and humanitarian assist.
Zelenskyy instructed the viewers: “Fill the silence together with your music. Fill it as we speak to inform our story. Inform the reality concerning the warfare in your social networks, on TV, assist us in any method you may any, however not silence. After which peace will come to all our cities."
Following Zelenskyy’s message, John Legend carried out his track “Free” with Ukrainian musicians Siuzanna Iglidan and Mika Newton and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk as photographs from the warfare had been proven on screens behind them.
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