Did you wake up punching the air this morning? Photo: Vulture and Getty Images If you woke up this morning compelled to punch the air, chances are you’re Taylor Swift. The Grammys announced its nominations for the 2020 ceremony bright and early on Wednesday and, per usual, it’s a mixed bag of delightful acknowledgments , oddities , and puzzling omissions across the board — namely, Swift’s absence from Album of the Year.
Imogen Heap’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child score makes it into the Best Musical Theater Album category. Cursed Child has a ton of magical choreography, but it’s not musical theater, and Heap’s score, which is largely reworked versions of her older songs , missed out on a Tony nomination for Best Original Score. Still, it’s exciting to see Heap get recognition for it, even if she’ll probably lose to the Baz Luhrmann–produced Moulin Rouge!, sexy Oklahoma!, or the awards-sweeping juggernaut that is Hadestown.