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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Jon Batiste will have a 'do-over' with his wife at 2024 Grammys
Caption: Jon Batiste will have a 'do-over' with his wife at 2024 Grammys. The musician, who has been nominated for six awards at the 2024 Grammys has revealed that he is looking forward to attending the ceremony with his wife, Suleika Jaouad. Suleika, a writer and advocate, was unable to attend the 2022 award show due to her battle with leukemia. ”It's our opportunity to have a do-over. In fact it's very poetic because my song that's nominated for song of the year, Butterfly, started off as a lullaby that I wrote for Suleika in the hospital.” During the 2022 ceremony, Jon won five of the 11 awards that he was nominated for. Meanwhile, Suleika was recovering from a bone marrow transplant. ”It's hard to be present when you're in moments like the Grammys and everything is pulling your attention, and you have to be supremely focused, and you've worked all this time for a certain goal in your mind, and your partner is at home and going through this.” “It was a lot of anxiety mixed with a lot of raw emotion and celebration. I think this year is going to be great.” "I think it's going to be an amazing, poetic full-circle momento. It's indeed (a big deal) but it's an even bigger deal that it's that song and Suleika and I will be there together.” Suleika, 35, added, "I'm so excited to celebrate Jon not from the couch, but the actual Grammys.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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