Jacob Collier is proud to be at the2025 Grammys!On Sunday, Feb. 2, the 30-year-old English singerattended the annual award show with three nominationsfor his albumDjesse Vol. 4, released last February.The project landed Collier nominations for album of the year as well as best global music performance for “A Rock Somewhere” and best arrangement, instrumental or a capella for “Bridge over Troubled Water.” He won the latter most award ahead of the ceremony.In an interview with PEOPLE on the red carpet, he pays tribute to his outfit — a bedazzled multi-colored suit — while describing his emotions on the big night: “I’m sparkling away.“Jacob Collier attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025.Kevin Mazur/GettyCheck out all of PEOPLE’s full Grammys coveragehere.“All the colors all the time, and I love it, and this just feels comfy,” adds Collier about his look. “And it’s kind of just like a resonant outfit to be in, and it just felt right for today.“The performer’s outfit includes sparkly blue, green, purple and yellow, along with a light blue heart-shaped pin.Many artists on the carpet wore the pins to support relief efforts following the L.A. wildfires.Jacob Collier in February 2025.Kevin Mazur/GettyCrediting the show’s philanthropic element an “amazing thing that the Grammys have done,” he adds, “L.A. feels like this invincible place, but it’s also fragile, like the rest of the world, and so we’ve never needed music more and such an amazing initiative, I think, to transform the event around and just celebrate music and celebrate the music community and help people who are in need right.As for how he feels aboutDjesse Vol. 4getting nominated for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys, he tells PEOPLE it’s “so surreal.““Never something I would have ever imagined for an album as weird as mine,” says Collier, who will also perform in tribute to the late Quincy Jones at the event.Jacob Collier attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage"But really, really exciting to be here,” he adds of the album of the year nod. “So many incredible musicians in that category, so many amazing women in that category. It’s just astounding to look around at my peers and see these amazing people.“Also nominated in the album of the year category areAndré 3000’sNew Blue Sun,Beyoncé’sCowboy Carter,Sabrina Carpenter’sShort n' Sweet,Charli xcx’sBrat,Billie Eilish’sHit Me Hard and Soft,Chappell Roan’sThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessandTaylor Swift’sThe Tortured Poets Department.The Grammys are broadcasting live fromCrypto.comArena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.
Jacob Collier is proud to be at the2025 Grammys!
On Sunday, Feb. 2, the 30-year-old English singerattended the annual award show with three nominationsfor his albumDjesse Vol. 4, released last February.
The project landed Collier nominations for album of the year as well as best global music performance for “A Rock Somewhere” and best arrangement, instrumental or a capella for “Bridge over Troubled Water.” He won the latter most award ahead of the ceremony.
In an interview with PEOPLE on the red carpet, he pays tribute to his outfit — a bedazzled multi-colored suit — while describing his emotions on the big night: “I’m sparkling away.”
Jacob Collier attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
Check out all of PEOPLE’s full Grammys coveragehere.
“All the colors all the time, and I love it, and this just feels comfy,” adds Collier about his look. “And it’s kind of just like a resonant outfit to be in, and it just felt right for today.”
The performer’s outfit includes sparkly blue, green, purple and yellow, along with a light blue heart-shaped pin.Many artists on the carpet wore the pins to support relief efforts following the L.A. wildfires.
Jacob Collier in February 2025.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Crediting the show’s philanthropic element an “amazing thing that the Grammys have done,” he adds, “L.A. feels like this invincible place, but it’s also fragile, like the rest of the world, and so we’ve never needed music more and such an amazing initiative, I think, to transform the event around and just celebrate music and celebrate the music community and help people who are in need right.
As for how he feels aboutDjesse Vol. 4getting nominated for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys, he tells PEOPLE it’s “so surreal.”
“Never something I would have ever imagined for an album as weird as mine,” says Collier, who will also perform in tribute to the late Quincy Jones at the event.
Jacob Collier attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage
Jon Kopaloff/WireImage
“But really, really exciting to be here,” he adds of the album of the year nod. “So many incredible musicians in that category, so many amazing women in that category. It’s just astounding to look around at my peers and see these amazing people.”
Also nominated in the album of the year category areAndré 3000’sNew Blue Sun,Beyoncé’sCowboy Carter,Sabrina Carpenter’sShort n' Sweet,Charli xcx’sBrat,Billie Eilish’sHit Me Hard and Soft,Chappell Roan’sThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessandTaylor Swift’sThe Tortured Poets Department.
The Grammys are broadcasting live fromCrypto.comArena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.
source: people.com
