in the toyota green room with the artists who will open the envelope, sean mendez -- you are in my bloodanelle monae is a six time grammy nominee. npr calls her an artistic genius with her latest project called dirty computers. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. alissa kaca cara was named best artist and zane lowe, he's album music's creative director and host. you're not strangers to this day. what is it like on this morning when you could be nominated? what are you feeling and thinking? >> i was waking up every hour on the hour but it's nerve-wracking. an amazing day. >> and he told us he's learned a new thing. you know how to -- >> i learned how to french braid. >> who taught you? >> my mom. i didn't know we were going to talk about this but yeah. >> only because they were talking about -- you said if you want know i could french braid your hair. >> yeah. >> you got best new artist, you remember that moment. what are you thinking today? >> i'm nervous. even though it has nothing to do with me, i know how those people fee feel. >> and janelle, they were saying this album for you is dif