Olivia Dean praises 'bravery' of immigrants in Grammys acceptance speech amid Trump crackdown
🚨BREAKING: Olivia Dean just won Best New Artist and made it clear that she wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for her immigrant grandparents.
— Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 (@LucasSa56947288) February 2, 2026
This is very powerful! 🥹👏🏽#GRAMMYs
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Best New Artist winner Olivia Dean teared up as she spoke out for immigrants at the 2026 Grammys, calling herself a “product of bravery” shaped by her roots.
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, became a platform for artists to shine and to voice outrage over the country’s ongoing deportation operations.
Olivia Dean tears up as she honors her immigrant grandparents
Olivia Dean accepted her award with a short speech honoring her immigrant grandparents, prompting an eruption of cheers from the crowd. She added that immigrants “deserve to be celebrated!”
She said, "Thank you. I never really imagined that I would be up here, let alone nominated, so thank you so much. I just want to say that an artist is really nothing without their team, Emily, my best friend, my manager, we’ve been doing this for ten years."
"So this is for you too, and my family. And I guess I want to say I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn’t be here," the British singer added. The cheers and applause echoed across the hall.
The 26-year-old then praised the bravery of immigrants as she revealed that she is the granddaughter of immigrants. "Yeah, I’m a product of bravery, and I think those people deserve to be celebrated! So, yeah, we’re nothing without each other. Thank you so much. I love you, thank you so much. Bye!" Dean concluded.
Bad Bunny reminds Grammy audience 'hate gets more powerful with more hate'
Bad Bunny used his acceptance speech for the Best Musica Urbana Album award at the 2026 Grammys to call out ICE and stress the importance of leading with love instead of hate.
At the top of his speech, the Puerto Rican rapper and singer said, “Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say: ICE out,” prompting loud cheers from the audience at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. “We're not savage. We're not animals. We're not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”
He continued by emphasizing unity over anger: “The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love, so please, we need to be different.”
“If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don't hate them. We love our people. We love our family, and that's the way to do it — with love. Don't forget that, please. Thank you. Thank you, God!” he concluded.
