Kelly Clarkson Weighs in on Step UP
Kelly Clarkson has thrown shade at Recording Academy president Neil Portnow’s comment Grammy night about women needing to “step up” if they want to succeed in the industry.
As previously reported, Portnow was asked by a reporter backstage how female executives and artists can advance in the music industry, and he replied, in part, “It has to begin with…women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level…[They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome.”
Portnow’s comments were met with outrage, anger and disbelief by many, including female executives and artists like P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX. Now Kelly’s weighed in on Twitter.
“A confused soul said women need 2 ‘step up’ their A-game if they wanna start winning & u know what I’m not even mad at ignorance,” she wrote. “I’m just gonna kindly point u n the direction of my A-game album I recently dropped #MeaningOfLife #UrWelcome I Jenna Dewan’d that s*** y’all #stepup.”