{"id":70569,"date":"2024-02-05T15:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=70569"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:59:43","slug":"how-fast-car-at-the-2024-grammys-showed-us-what-we-truly-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/how-fast-car-at-the-2024-grammys-showed-us-what-we-truly-need\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018Fast Car\u2019 at the 2024 Grammys Showed Us What We Truly Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GRAMMYs: Tracy Chapman Makes RARE Appearance to Sing Fast Car With Luke Combs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Hfqtcvpdnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest thrills of the 2024 Grammy Awards came thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/songs-bruno-mars-rihanna-more-covid19-pandemic-listening\/\">song<\/a> released in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracy Chapman\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/tracy-chapman-becomes-first-black-songwriter-to-win-cmas-song-of-the-year\/\">Fast Car<\/a>,\u201d a Grammy-decorated tune itself, has been enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to country singer Luke Combs\u2019 cover, released last year. His version even garnered Chapman a Song of the Year win at the 2023 Country Music Awards \u2013 the first time that particular title had ever been given to a Black woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of its success, a performance of the 36-year-old song was anticipated. Chapman\u2019s involvement, however, was a surprise \u2013 an understatement, really, as she\u2019d left the music industry behind years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thethings.com\/what-happened-to-tracy-chapman-before-luke-combs-fast-car-cover\/\">due to her discomfort<\/a> with being in the public eye. The mass elation at her unexpected presence was palpable; her beatific smile in response to the room\u2019s enthusiasm was a balm in and of itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It made for one of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/04\/1228748198\/2024-grammy-awards-winners-performances\">number of exciting moments<\/a> for women in the music industry that evening \u2013 including wins by female artists in every major category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, Joni Mitchell offered her own moving performance of her classic song, \u201cBoth Sides Now,\u201d while Fantasia Barrino paid an electric tribute to the late, great <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/the-compelling-complex-and-wholly-incomparable-tina-turner\/\">Tina Turner<\/a>. Powerhouse Celine Dion made a surprise appearance herself, despite her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/02\/05\/celine-dion-grammys-stiff-person-syndrome-disease-what-is-it\/72478481007\/\">ongoing battle<\/a> with stiff person syndrome. R&amp;B singer and Best New Artist winner Victoria Mon\u00e9t walked the red carpet with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/victoria-monet-walks-grammys-red-carpet-with-her-2-year-old-daughter-hazel-who-is-also-a-nominee\">2-year-old daughter<\/a> in her arms. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/personal-essay-taylor-swift-anti-hero-video-eating-disorders-body-positivity\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a> and Kacey Musgraves announced new albums on the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards shows are rather cynical affairs, for the most part. But those milestones and moments did allow us to consider the breadth of women\u2019s experiences and creativity. And all together, they served as fond recognition of 2023\u2019s status as \u201cYear of the Girl,\u201d owing to a mass centering of art made by women \u2013 from the smash success of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/barbie-makes-155-million-in-the-u-s-its-opening-weekend-smashing-records\/\">Barbie<\/a>\u201d last summer, to <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/taylor-swifts-10-biggest-power-moves-of-2023\/\">economy-shifting tours<\/a> fronted by Swift and fellow award-winning artist Beyonce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of that said, \u201cFast Car\u201d gave us something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_e703eaa9ed251e1081c6dbb305f4ab83\" class=\"wp-block related-post alignwide\">\n      <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-title\">\n      <h4>Related<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"post-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/listen-up-there-were-more-women-behind-the-biggest-music-hits-of-2023\/\" class=\"post-image-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SZA-women-representation-music-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SZA-women-representation-music-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SZA-women-representation-music-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SZA-women-representation-music-84x84.jpeg 84w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SZA-women-representation-music-45x45.jpeg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"entry-text\">\n          <h3 class=\"post-title\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/listen-up-there-were-more-women-behind-the-biggest-music-hits-of-2023\/\">\n              Listen Up: There Were More Women Behind the Biggest Music Hits of 2023\n            <\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-we-need\"><strong>What We Need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, we\u2019re struggling. We\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/money.com\/americans-work-hours-vs-europe-china\/\">overworked<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/10\/31\/62percent-of-americans-still-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-amid-inflation.html\">underpaid<\/a>, not to mention underslept (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/premium\/article\/sleep-deprived-women-learning-concentration\">women especially<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/americans-dont-eat-enough-fruits-and-vegetables-try-4-tips-to-change-that\/\">malnourished<\/a>. Our bodies are pushed to their respective brinks, pressured to keep going by economic need and social pressures. And then on top of that, our hearts and minds are bogged down by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/stress\/2023\/collective-trauma-recovery\">residual stress<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2023\/12\/24\/loneliness-epidemic-u-s-surgeon-general-solution\/71971896007\/\">growing loneliness<\/a>. We see it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/2023\/01\/trends-improving-youth-mental-health\">harming our children<\/a>, too \u2013 and we barely have the bandwidth to help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this roils within us amid a backdrop of numerous nightmares. Wars raging, several of them <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States\">funded by the U.S. government<\/a> even as our domestic systems \u2013 already inadequate infrastructures designed to offer broader-level care \u2013 crumble under the weight of our growing exigency. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/12\/19\/yes-a-lot-of-people-are-getting-sick-right-now\/\">Widespread illness<\/a>. Climate change becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/21\/weather\/us-winter-temperatures-climate-change\/index.html\">increasingly tangible<\/a>; those of us living in New York City rotate almost daily between coats designed for entirely different seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know, from numerous conversations with fellow parents, co-workers \u2013 and even a few strangers on the subway \u2013 that we\u2019re all feeling the crush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then, there she was \u2013 Chapman, beaming at us. Radiant. Singing alongside a reverent Combs about struggling to stay afloat in trying times while also mourning the death of dreams as we knew them, navigating simultaneous waves of grief and disappointment. I wept as I watched them sing \u2013 and then, as I watched everyone sing along.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was, of course, not a dry eye in that room. But there was delight, too. More than that \u2013 pure, unbridled joy. Smiles on every face as nearly the entire audience sang and danced along. Moments like that cannot be manufactured, or generated by AI \u2013 they only come from somewhere real, and earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all struggle so desperately to keep ourselves together, Chapman and Combs showed us that what we need is simply \u2026 one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not as easy as it sounds. It requires real and radical energy to nurture our connections. It takes work, and intention, and love to maintain the ties that bind. And we need to do all that \u2013 to be that necessary kind of bold, and open-hearted \u2013 while carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet it can be done. Chapman herself embodied the sort of vulnerability and bravery we need to live out by stepping back into the spotlight \u2013 quite literally \u2013 to dazzle and soothe us once more. And Combs was there to see her through, watching in awe and exchanging smiles, as an adoring audience lifted them up further still. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd I, I had a feelin&#8217; that I belonged,\u201d they sang together during the song\u2019s bridge. \u201cAnd I, I had a feelin&#8217; I could be someone, be someone, be someone.\u201d&nbsp;Here\u2019s to us finding and forging that sort of vital community within the din. It\u2019s worth the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_12cc9f3c58b345f286ec4a20dd803138\" class=\"wp-block related-post alignwide\">\n      <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-title\">\n      <h4>Related<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"post-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/13-songs-by-women-artists-to-light-your-social-justice-fires\/\" class=\"post-image-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/24535126218_5391f17b5a_c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"H.E.R. social justice protest songs women artists\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/24535126218_5391f17b5a_c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/24535126218_5391f17b5a_c-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/24535126218_5391f17b5a_c-84x84.jpg 84w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/24535126218_5391f17b5a_c-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"entry-text\">\n          <h3 class=\"post-title\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/13-songs-by-women-artists-to-light-your-social-justice-fires\/\">\n              13 Protest Songs by Women Artists to Light Your Social Justice Fires\n            <\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers glommed onto the night\u2019s rendition of Tracy Chapman\u2019s classic song about dashed dreams. 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