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Isle Of Wight-based Wet Leg in shock at double Grammy win less than two years after first live gig-Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro

‘What are we doing here?’

Isle Of Wight-based Wet Leg in shock at double Grammy win less than two years after first live gig-Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro

Indie duo Wet Leg could hardly believe they scooped two Grammys (Picture: Getty Images)

Wet Leg have claimed their first Grammy awards less than two years after they performed their very first live gig.

The Isle Of Wight-based indie duo Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, both 29, scooped two awards at the 65th Grammy awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night; one for best alternative performance and another for best alternative music album.

The pair looked understandably sheepish as they took to the stage to accept the awards in front of the star-studded crowd, which included history-making Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Madonna and a whole host of music megastars.

‘This is so funny, thank you so much. What are we doing here? I don’t know. But here we are,’ said Rhian, accepting the first award.

But the pals’ shy acceptance speech wasn’t totally justified, as 18 months of rip-roaring success has led them to Glastonbury – where roads had to be closed due to overcrowding for their set – and even Barack Obama’s summer playlist alongside the aforementioned living legends that are Harry and Beyoncé.

The irreverent indie rockers also supported Harry on his recent world tour, Love On Tour.

Yet, the Chaise Longue hitmakers could hardly believe it, as later on in the night they told PA news agency they could not ‘compute’ their success.

Wet Leg looked bemused on receiving the awards (Picture: Getty Images)

‘It’s very bizarre, very magical. We cannot compute,’ Rhian said.

The pair looked reasonably buzzing in the Grammys winners’ room and gave a big thumbs up as they exited.

The friends formed Wet Leg in 2019 after 10 years of friendship and signed with Domino Recording Company, which represents artists including Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Hot Chip, in 2021.

Their debut single Chaise Longue was released in June the same year and racked up millions of streams with their second, Wet Dream, enjoying similar success after its release a few months later.

The pair enjoyed touring UK festivals last year (Picture: Getty Images)

Grammys 2023 full winners list

Record of the year

About Damn Time — Lizzo

Album of the year

Harry’s House — Harry Styles

Song of the year

Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt

Best new artist

Samara Joy

Best music video

All Too Well: The Short Film — Taylor Swift

Best pop solo performance

Easy on Me — Adele

Best pop duo/group performance

Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras

Best traditional pop vocal album

Higher — Michael Bublé

Best pop vocal album

Harry’s House — Harry Styles

Best dance/electronic recording

Break My Soul — Beyoncé

Best dance/electronic music album

Renaissance — Beyoncé

Best contemporary instrumental album

Empire Central — Snarky Puppy

Best rock performance

Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile

Best metal performance

Degradation Rules — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Tony Iommi

Best instrumental composition

Refuge — Geoffrey Keezer

Best arrangement, instrumental or a Capella

Scrapple from the Apple — John Beasley

Best arrangement, instruments and vocals

Songbird (Orchestral Version) — Vince Mendoza

Best rap performance

The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar

Best melodic rap performance

Wait For U — Future feat. Drake & Tems

Best rap song

The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar

Best rap album

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar

Best Latin pop album

Pasieros — Rubén Blades & Boca Livre

Best música urbana album

Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny

Best Latin rock or alternative album

Motomami — Rosalía

Best regional Mexican music album (including Tejano)

Un Canto Por México – El Musical — Natalia Lafourcade

Best tropical Latin album

Pa’lla Voy — Marc Anthony

Best American roots performance

Stompin’ Ground — Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Best Americana performance

Made Up Mind — Bonnie Raitt

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media

Encanto

Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)

Encanto — Germaine Franco

Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök — Stephanie Economou

Best song written for visual media

We Don’t Talk About Bruno (From Encanto) — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best comedy album

The Closer — Dave Chappelle

Best musical theatre album

Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) — Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller & Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman & Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)

Best R&B performance

Hrs & Hrs — Muni Long

Best traditional R&B performance

Plastic Off the Sofa — Beyoncé

Best R&B song

Cuff It — Beyoncé

Best progressive R&B album

Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy

Best R&B album

Black Radio III — Robert Glasper

Best music film

Jazz Fest: a New Orleans Story — Various Artists

Best alternative music performance

Chaise Longue — Wet Leg

Best alternative music album

Wet Leg — Wet Leg

Best rock song

Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile

Best country solo performance

Live Forever — Willie Nelson

Best country duo/group performance

Never Wanted to Be That Girl — Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde

Best country song

‘Til You Can’t — Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)

Best country album

A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson

Best new age, ambient, or chant Album

Mystic Mirror — White Sun

Best improvised jazz solo

Endangered Species — Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist

Best jazz vocal album

Linger Awhile — Samara Joy

Best jazz instrumental album

New Standards Vol. 1 — Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, & Matthew Stevens

Best large jazz ensemble album

Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin jazz album

Fandango at the Wall in New York — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective

Best gospel performance/song

Kingdom — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore, & Jacob Poole, songwriters

Best contemporary Christian music performance/song

Fear Is Not My Future — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake, & Hannah Shackelford, songwriters

Best gospel album

One Deluxe — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

Best contemporary Christian music album

Breathe — Maverick City Music

Best roots gospel album

The Urban Hymnal — Tennessee State University Marching Band

Best American roots song

Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt

Best Americana album

In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile

Best bluegrass album

Crooked Tree — Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Best traditional blues album

Get on Board — Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

Best contemporary blues album

Brother Johnny — Edgar Winter

Best folk album

Revealer — Madison Cunningham

Best regional roots music album

Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Ranky Tanky

Best reggae album

The Kalling — Kabaka Pyramid

Best global music performance

Bayethe — Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini, & Nomcebo Zikode

Best global music album

Sakura — Masa Takumi

Best children’s music album

The Movement — Alphabet Rockers

Best spoken word poetry album

The Poet Who Sat by the Door — J. Ivy

Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording

Finding Me — Viola Davis

Best recording package

Beginningless Beginning — Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)

Best boxed or special limited edition package

In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 — Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson. & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)

Best album notes

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)

Best historical album

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)

Songwriter of the year, non-classical

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Best engineered album, non-classical

Harry’s House — Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)

Producer of the Year, non-classical

Jack Antonoff

Best remixed recording

About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) — Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)

Best immersive audio album

Divine Tides — Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej, & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)

Best engineered album, classical

Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra — Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post, & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the year, classical

Judith Sherman

Best orchestral performance

Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman — Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)

Best opera recording

Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best choral performance

Born — Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers, & James Reese; The Crossing)

Best chamber music/small ensemble performance

Shaw: Evergreen — Attacca Quartet

Best classical instrumental solo

Letters for the Future — Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best classical solo vocal album

Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene — Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist

Best classical compendium

An Adoption Story — Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers

Best contemporary classical composition

Puts: Contact — Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & the Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best rock album

Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne

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April saw the highly-anticipated release of their self-titled album, which was met with critical acclaim, and they were later shortlisted to receive a Mercury Prize.

Responding to the nomination, they said: ‘It’s been just over a year since our first gig and we are all still in shock at where this journey has taken us.

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‘When we started the band, we never really thought we’d get the opportunity to make any recordings at all, let alone a whole album… and now to have that album nominated for a Mercury has left us absolutely lost for words.

‘We feel very lucky that we got to make the album that we made. Thanks to everyone who helped us along the way. Feeling very proud and grateful today.’

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