From left: Maren Morris and John Mayer perform at the 2021 Grammy Awards.Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty
Maren Morrisperformed at Sunday night’sGrammy Awardswith a little help fromJohn Mayer.
Morris, 30, and Mayer, 43, sang her nominated hit “The Bones” during the socially distanced awards show, broadcasting from Los Angeles.
The song marked Mayer’s sixth time performing at the Grammys and Morris' third.
“I’m performing ‘The Bones’ with my friend playing guitar, John Mayer, so it’s gonna be a really beautiful performance,” she said. “He adds so much to it, obviously — he’s John. I’m so [grateful] to him that he is sitting in with us tonight.”
Maren Morris and John Mayer perform at the 2021 Grammy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty
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“He’s just smart as a whip. He is also really, really thoughtful and he internalizes every other word he says,” Morris added. “I feel like it’s kind of adorable. He’s been just so respectful and complimentary to my music over the years.”
In 2019, the mother of one named Mayer, who is not nominated this year, as one of the artists with whom she would like to collaborate. “I love all music, I love all genres. There’s so much great music out right now. If I were outside the country genre, I would love to do something down the line with likePost Maloneor H.E.R. There’s so much talent out there, John Mayer would be really fun,” Morris said then, during anappearanceon SiriusXM’sThe Highway.
The Grammys have a tradition of unlikely pairings for performances, but Mayer, who has previously raved aboutKacey MusgravesandBrandi Carlileon social media, is no strange to the country genre.
Maren Morris at the 2021 Grammy Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty
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Maren Morris and John Mayer.Francis Specker/CBS
At the 2013 American Country Music Awards, Mayer and Brad Paisley performed the latter’s “Beat This Summer,” his second single off ofWheelhouse.
Then in 2015, Mayer appeared on a CMTCrossroadsspecial with Keith Urban to perform a medley of songs. And two years later, Mayer tried his hand at a more country sound with the release of his song “In the Blood” in 2017.
More recently, he and Chris Stapleton performed their duet “I Just Remembered That I Didn’t Care” in 2019.
John Mayer and Maren Morris.
Like many socially-distanced awards shows that have already taken place, this year’s Grammys saw nominees and performers come together while staying safely apart to celebrate amid theCOVID-19pandemic.
source: people.com
