Washington D.C: According to music insiders, the real reason why American singer Taylor Swift didn't attend the Grammys 2020 is that the organisers wouldn't guarantee that she would win the Song of the Year award.
The 30-year-old singer's team talked to show big wigs a few days ahead of the live event and said that Swift will only attend and perform if she was to win a big Grammy, confirmed multiple sources to Page Six. But Swift's team was told that the winners are not known to the planners of the show, also that they would not bend the rules for her.
One insider said, "[Her team] called and wanted to be assured that she would win the Grammy. And while it wasn't an explicit demand, they certainly were fishing to find out if Taylor was a winner. It was understood in the conversation that if she's not winning, she's not coming to the Grammys."
According to another music insider, "it is widely known in the industry that Swift's team called to find out if she was getting a Grammy, they wouldn't tell her so she didn't go. It's not uncommon [for an artist] to want to know. And everyone knows Taylor loves to win, win, win."
"I am on the record: These statements by anonymous, unidentified 'sources' are absolutely 100 per cent false and laughable. She just didn't go to the Grammys. You guys need to calm down," a spokesperson for Swift said.