Diplo clarified what he said after Beyoncé’s Grammy win

Beyoncé took home three awards from the 2023 Grammys last Sunday, February 5, bringing her career total to 32 “My Soul”) and Best Dance/Electronic Music Album (Renaissance). And a lot of people feel strongly that they should have won Album of the Year as well, but that’s a discussion for another article.

The win for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album broke the record, and because Beyoncé was nominated, the category was televised. On the CBS show, Diplo was seen in the audience saying something afterwards Renaissance was announced as the winner. Some fans speculated that he said, “They bought that.” He was also nominated in the category for his self-titled album.

Diplo broke the record on Instagram this week. The final slide of the Instagram carousel is the same clip that’s been doing the rounds online, except that Diplo added a caption of “I’m glad to be a part of this.”

Diplo’s lengthy caption gushed over Beyoncé. Read it below.

“This is a post to honor the dance music community. Thank you for being my goal in this life and shaping my career.. and lots of love to all the wonderful people who worked on my album 🧡. Dance music is and remains the most comprehensive music of our generation. I’ve been in the industry releasing club music for over 20 years. I DJ in over 1000 different clubs and cities – you can find me everywhere, in the slums of Rio, in warehouses in North Philly, where I’ve ventured to the swankiest nightclubs and yachts in St Tropez, Ibiza. Our community has always been gay/straight but icy poor.. white black brown purple…it’s the music that has united the world during this time of my life and I’m glad just to be a part of it🌎 You have to you don’t have to be a scholar or a great musician to be a part of dance music, you just have to love moving and have confidence.

“Tonight the dance/electronic category was televised for the first time and it was rightly so… between me, Rufus Beyoncé, Odesza Bonobo… it’s been one of the strongest years for electronic music. The Beyoncé album was legendary (I’m a Beyoncé Stan, I remember producing some classic dance songs for her like “Until the End of Time” and “Girls Rule the World”. What was important to understand was that her intention was 100% she got the work found the real producers and she made classics.. so she earned her flowers and when she won i was just proud to accept my nomination on screen in the huge arena see ), but the best part was that my friends and the other artists of the genre were still raving somewhere in La until sunrise: that’s what music is really about 😎”

During her acceptance speech, Beyoncé was visibly emotional and paid tribute to “the queer community for their love and for inventing the genre.” Check out the historic moment above.