Song of the Year Grammys 2018:
Adele, "Single TBA"
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"
Taylor Swift, "Blank Space"
Meghan Trainor, "Lips Are Movin'"
Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney, "FourFiveSeconds"
Winner: Adele.
As anyone who's watched their musical numbers knows, the Grammys love unexpected pairings, and the songwriting partnership of Paul McCartney and Kanye West is the most beautifully unorthodox pairing of stars we've seen in a while; whichever of their songs charts highest will get a nomination. "Uptown Funk" looks like it's on the way to being one of the year's biggest hits, so it scores a courtesy nom here. Trainor is a success story for songwriters everywhere, and "Lips Are Movin'" is a better song than "All About That Bass," which is nominated this year. The eventual Song of Summer will likely earn a nod here; appropriately, we're filling that blank space with Starbucks lovers. And absolutely none of this will matter if Adele drops a single before September 30.