Alissia is opening up about her historic producer of the year nomination. The musician who's produced and written for Anderson .Paak, Calvin Harris and Mary J. Blige is nominated for non-classical producer of the year at the 2025 Grammys, making her just the ninth woman in the show's 67-year history to compete for the prize. A woman has never won the award. She spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how it felt when she received the nomination and her journey getting to this point in her career.
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00:00When I saw that nomination, I thought to myself, I was like, it's way bigger than me.
00:07Alicia is opening up about her historic Producer of the Year nomination.
00:11The musician who's produced and written for Anderson .Paak, Calvin Harris,
00:15and Mary J. Blige is nominated for Non-Classical Producer of the Year at the 2025 Grammys,
00:21making her just the ninth woman in the show's 67-year history to compete for the prize.
00:25A woman has never won the award. She spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how it felt
00:29when she received the nomination. Yeah, it felt insane. I was just, like,
00:34watching the stream, just, of course, you know, just to see what the results were,
00:40and because I worked on a lot of, like, different projects this year, so just,
00:43you know, being hopeful. And that category was, like, the second one, and my name came
00:48up first, so I just, like, got out of my seat and started jumping around and screaming.
00:55And, yeah, no, I couldn't believe it. I had to, like, check, like, a few times that that was my
01:00name, and then just my phone started, you know, blowing up. My team, my management, like,
01:05they FaceTimed me, my publisher, all my friends, family, like, it was just insane,
01:11insane. It took me, like, a while to really process it. I'm still, I feel like I'm still,
01:17like, processing it. It's insane. I'm so, so, so honored and, wow, still in shock.
01:23She also opened up about what it means to be only the ninth woman nominated for the award.
01:27You know, it's so powerful to see women, like, continue to move the needle,
01:34and I feel like I just, I'm just so honored to be nominated in this category, and I feel like I can,
01:42you know, I hope that I am, you know, an inspiration for other women, you know, to
01:50keep going, you know, to always, you know, study hard, show up prepared, and, you know,
02:01with confidence, do your thing, and keep doing your thing, and never stop dreaming,
02:07because, you know, it can happen to any one of us, and I'm just, yeah, I'm just so honored,
02:14and also all the women that were nominated before me, I mean, such an inspiration to see,
02:20again, those types of women just paving the way for, you know, people like me, you know,
02:26in this category, so, yeah, it's very humbling, and I feel like it's even when I saw that
02:35nomination, I thought to myself, I was like, it's way bigger than me. Alicia also spoke about her
02:41journey getting to this point in her career. It wasn't really an overnight thing, like, I've been
02:46working really hard for years and years, and, you know, oftentimes people don't, you know, really
02:51talk about the hard work that, you know, everyone puts in their craft, you know, but, like, it's
02:57been years and years and work, you know, so, for sure, this year was a good year. I definitely
03:05worked on a lot of music with incredible artists, and super, super thankful and grateful with
03:11everyone I worked with this year, yeah, so, I was like, maybe there's a chance, you know, that one
03:18of the projects get nominated, I hope, you know, and if not, it's all good, I'm really grateful,
03:24I do it for the love of music, and, you know, so, but, yeah, it's just, like, crazy. For much more
03:31from The Hollywood Reporter's interview with Alicia, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.