Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich responds to Ariana Grande's tweets: "It was a surprise"

Earlier this week, Ariana Grande publicly announced its decision not to participate in the 61st Grammy Awards, which will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow, Sunday, February 10. had given an interview about her absence and said that the singer "felt that it was too late for her to gather something". Ariana tweeted that he was "lying": It was when your creativity and self-expression were stifled that I decided not to attend, "she said.

Now, Ehrlich has answered Ariana in an interview with Rolling stone. "I saw these tweets and what she said. I guess it was a surprise, "he said. "I'm going to say it, and they do not want me to say it, but I'll say it: the thing that probably bothered me more than anything she said about me, that's it." when she said I did not collaborate. "

He also stated that he "does not usually do it" and that he has never spoken directly to Ariana, but corresponded to his management team. "I do not know if I'm good at anything else, but I understand the artists and I can hear other artists at an artist," he said. Rolling stone. "I do not tell people," That's what you should do. "I approach it casually and say," Hey, maybe it's a good idea to leave something in the middle. "

Ehrlich then described other cases in which he coordinated Grammy performances with artists such as Ricky Martin and Mary J. Blige. The complete quote reads as follows:

The fact is – and I actually wrote a little thing in the
in the middle of the night I will not do anything but I
mean. You can ask Christina Aguilera, who I asked to do "It's a man
World "for James Brown. You can ask Melissa
Etheridge, who has completed his cancer treatment and I put it on
scene, bald, doing Janis Joplin. You can ask Ricky Martin who
overnight became the creator of the revolution of Latin music. Ask mary
J. Blige, who was afraid to go out and do "No More
Drama. I've basically worked with her to model it. Ask him. Who is in
this show.

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