Alicia Keys Opens Grammys With Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, J-Lo & Jada Pinkett

“Music has always helped me tell my story.” – Michelle Obama shows up to the #GRAMMYs⁠ pic.twitter.com/dxtPLbMD6H

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 11, 2019

“From the Motown records I wore out on the south side,” she began. “To the ‘Who Run the World’ songs that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story […] Music helps us shares ourselves. Our dignity and sorrows, our hope and joy. It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in.”

Soon after, Lady Gaga would return to the stage to accept the night’s first broadcasted prize for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow.”