The Grammys announced on Dec. 5 that Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and St. Vincent are not eligible to be nominated as songwriters on Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour.’
Music Swift’s nomination as a songwriter on Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour was due to a “submission error.” It’s been two weeks since the 2022 Grammy nominees were announced, and now the Recording Academy is going back and revoking some of the nominations. Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) were all previously nominated as songwriters on Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, which is up for Album of the Year. But according to The New York Times, they were only included in the nomination because of a “submission error,” which has now reportedly been rectified. Per Daily Mail, Swift, Antonoff, and Clark were originally recognized by the Recording Academy as full songwriters on Rodrigo’s track “Deja Vu.” However, none of them were actually involved in the songwriting process and only received credit because of some similarities to Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” As it turns out, “Deja Vu” was simply an interpolation of Swift’s 2019 hit, and according to the official rules, songwriters of interpolated tracks are not eligible to be nominated. The Recording Academy officially announced that Swift, Antonoff, and Clark were removed as nominees for Sour in a statement on Sunday, Dec.
