The 2026 Best New Artist Grammy Nominees Performed At Spotify’s Annual Pre-Party

The Grammys are happening this Sunday, Feb. 1. Last night, Spotify kicked off the weekend's festivities with their annual pre-party, which celebrated the Best New Artist nominees. The event returned this year following its cancellation last year due to wildfire recovery and took place at the Lot at Formosa in West Hollywood. All Best New Artist nominees — Olivia Dean, Addison Rae, Katseye, the Marías, sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren, Lola Young — were given slots to perform a few songs.

Only two nominees — the Chainsmokers and Maren Morris — performed at Spotify's first iteration of their Best New Artist party in 2017. This year, all nominees performed three or four songs. They kept the integrity of their tracks intact, performing them in full as opposed to adhering to the awards ceremony medley's time constraints. According to the Independent, "The stage rotated to reveal another backline, leaving the audience to guess who would emerge next."

Lola Young seemed to be in good spirits. It was her first performance since canceling shows after collapsing onstage in September. She reappeared at Lily Allen's Christmas party last month and the following day shared that she would "gradually get back to performing and continuing pursuing my dreams."

A few hours before the event, triple j shared a new performance of sombr covering fellow nom Olivia Dean's "Man I Need," and Elton John narrated a new commercial for Spotify featuring all the Best New Artist nominees.

Watch clips from last night below.