Although dozens of female artists flooded the Grammy Award red carpet wearing white roses in support of the Time's Up initiative and achieving parity in the industry, the notion of gender equality and female solidarity sadly wasn't reflected in this year's winners.
Or in the derogatory remarks made by Recording Academy president Neil Portnow.
Following the creation of the hashtag #GrammysSoMale, the Grammy chief mansplained that if women want to win more golden gramophones in the future, they need to 'step up' their efforts, presumably to the same level as men.
Thankfully we can rely on Pink to call out Portnow for his sexist and outdated comments.
The 38-year-old argued that women have been 'stepping up since the beginning of time', but often in male-dominated industries where women aren't always being treated equally to men.
'Women in music do not need to 'step up' - women have been stepping [up] since the beginning of time,' the singer wrote in a message on Twitter.
'Stepping up and also stepping aside. Women owned music this year. They've been killing it. And every before this.
'When we celebrate and honour the talent and accomplishments of women and how much women step up every year, against all odds we show the next generation of women and girls and boys what it means to be equal, and what it looks like to be fair.'
The Grammy Awards also caused controversy when they invited every nominee in the Album of the Year category to perform at the event, apart from Lorde, who also happens to be the only female nominee.
Responding the criticism after the show, Portnow had told reporters backstage (via USA Today): 'I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and their souls - who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on an executive level - to step up, because I think they would be welcome.'
He continued: 'I don't have personal experience with the kinds of brick walls that [women] face. But I think it's really a combination of us in the industry making a welcome mat very obvious: creating mentorships, creating opportunities, not only for women, but for all people. And moving forward, creating that next generation of artists who feel like they can do anything and say anything.'
He also dodged a question about why Lorde didn't have a solo spot at the ceremony, but Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich responded to another reporter who asked whether 'it was a mistake' not to invite her.
'I don't know if it was a mistake,' Ehrlich replied. 'These shows are always a matter of choices, and we know we have a box and the box gets full. She had a great album, but there's no way we can really deal with everybody. Overall, we did the best we can to make sure it's representative of our show.'
Naomi Gordon is news writer mainly covering entertainment news with a focus on celebrity interviews and television.
