Zedd says "it doesn't matter whether I win or not, just the fact that I can share the space with artists who I wouldn't be here without," while chatting with THR on the Grammys 2025 red carpet. Plus, he makes his pick for Album of the Year, the Grammy nominee he would love to collaborate with next and more.
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00:00What does it mean to be here once again tonight as a nominee?
00:03It means a lot. It's an emotional moment for me. I'm a little bit nervous. I'm very excited to be here amongst these amazing artists.
00:09I am a fan of the artists that are nominated alongside me.
00:14So it's the biggest honor to be in this category. It doesn't matter whether I win or not.
00:20Just the fact that I can share the space with artists who I wouldn't be here without means a lot.
00:25So many amazing albums are nominated tonight for your category and also Album of the Year.
00:30Probably going to be the biggest moment of the night.
00:32I don't mean to put you on the spot, but as a superstar, producer, artist, who's your pick for Album of the Year?
00:38Will you rattle them out for me really quick?
00:41We've got Beyonce, Cowboy Carter, Billie Eilish, DeJesse Vol. 4 from Jacob Collier.
00:46We've got Andre 3000, Chapel Rhone, Sabrina Carpenter. I feel like I'm missing somebody.
00:52This is a really stacked category.
00:54And Taylor Swift. I forgot about her.
00:57Okay. It's not making it any easier. I'm biased because I love Jacob.
01:02I've worked with Jacob on my album. So I'm obviously going to have to say Jacob here because I love him.
01:08But that is a crazy category. I don't know the last time I've heard so many gigantic albums all in one category for this.
01:15An amazing category. I love the Billie Eilish album as well.
01:18So it's hard for me to really have somebody pull ahead.
01:21But if you put me on the spot, I will stay with my boy Jacob.
01:25I love that. And I mean, you've done so many huge collaborations over the years.
01:29But who's a Grammy nominee that you haven't collaborated with yet that you'd love to do next?
01:34Well, you just named a lot of them.
01:36So we can start with that Album of the Year category.
01:40But no, in all seriousness, for every artist I ever get to work with,
01:43there's 10 new ones that pop up that I would love to want to get the chance to work with.
01:47I don't even want to single anybody out.
01:50But, you know, of course, Billie Eilish is an artist that I would one day love to work with,
01:55as everybody else probably in this entire building.
01:58But yeah, I'm just really grateful that there are singers and musicians that give me their trust
02:03to put their voices on my records.