According To The Left, Adele Won ‘Album Of The Year’ Instead Of Beyoncé Because ‘Grammy Voters Are White’

Adele took home five Grammy awards Sunday night, including “Album of the Year.” She beat Beyoncé in that category, which OBVIOUSLY indicates racism. Thanks Trump.

I smell a screwjob courtesy of racist Trump #Grammys voters https://t.co/n7qkHjI2Tc

— Magnificent2 (@NoFreeSpeech69) February 13, 2017

HOW DID ADELE BEAT BEYONCÉ FOR SONG OF THE YEAR?! Beyoncé fought systemic racism and Adele just said hi?? #GRAMMYs

— Steven (@abcdsteve) February 13, 2017

#Adele won over #Beyoncé ?! U don’t say! #GRAMMYs #rude dear @realDonaldTrump this is a prime example of #rigged 🙄😡👑🐝🍋@TheBeyHiveTeam

— Angelica Guttieres (@dreaming_angie) February 13, 2017

Also, I’m really just going to ignore that bullshit with Adele winning something over Beyonce. Like what even is that shit?

— #RebelScumECCC (@tehnakki) February 13, 2017

I predicted and feared this would happen. White conservative Trump #Grammys voters looking for revenge against Beyoncé https://t.co/4O0myBERY4

— Magnificent2 (@NoFreeSpeech69) February 13, 2017

ORRRRRRRR they just genuinely liked Adele’s album better. Eh, who am I kidding? That’s crazy talk.

It’s not just random butthurt snowflakes on Twitter who’ve determined that this is the work of the white patriarchy. No– Rolling Stone is totally on board with this theory too.

Rolling Stone’s Steve Knopper listed some theories as to why Adele won over Beyoncé. Get a load of theory #1 and #2.

1. Grammy voters are white. And male …

Perhaps not coincidentally, Beyoncé chose the Year of Trump to make her most explicit statement on African-American pride, particularly in “Formation,” in which she sings: “I like my Negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils.” Numerous Republicans hated her fantastic Super Bowl performance of the song last year – one congressman called Beyoncé “pro-Black Panther and anti-cop.” Although record-industry folks tend to be more liberal than the population at large, they’re still heavily white and male. People of color are traditionally better represented in the Grammys than in the Academy Awards – Chance the Rapper did win Best New Artist last night – but it’s not hard to envision a campaign similar to #OscarsSoWhite.

So, this was a sick form of revenge from the right? How so? I mean, in the same paragraph, Knopper admits that the “record-industry folks” tend to be more liberal. So…which is it?

2. … and old.
One Grammy voter had predicted to Rolling Stone that the not-quite-cutting-edge nature of the electorate could favor Adele over Beyoncé. “Beyoncé should win because her song was more culturally significant and more innovative. Adele – we feel like we’ve seen that show before,” the voter said. “But I would not underestimate the average age of Grammy voters, and the chance that the sort of ‘elder median age’ could put Adele in.” The Grammys have a post-nominations panel designed to avoid embarrassing gaffes, like Jethro Tull’s defeat of Metallica in the Infamous Hard Rock Upset of 1988. But giving an Album of the Year award to Adele? Seems safely in the “not a gaffe” category.

So now it’s the work of old, white men? Please. Excuses, excuses. Why is it so difficult to believe that people genuinely enjoyed Adele’s album more than Beyoncé’s? Maybe “Lemonade” really wasn’t as good. GAWD.