Sam Smith, Kim Petra Cause Stir With "Satanic" Performance at Grammy's

“We are ready to worship!" CBS tweeted ahead of the highly suggestive performance

“…it’s a take on not being able to choose religion. And not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because as a trans person I’m already not kind of wanted in religion. So we were doing a take on that and I was kind of hellkeeper Kim.”

Singers Sam Smith and Kim Petras caused a stir during Sunday night’s performance of the song “Unholy” at the Grammy’s that was rife with overt Satanic imagery and raunchy sexual suggestiveness.

The two would go on to make history as the first “non-binary” and transgender person, respectively, to win the award for best pop duo, although this was overshadowed by the controversy over the art direction for their performance.

Solomon Buchi @Solomon_Buchi

If as a Christian, you think we are reaching when we talk about the dominance and normalization of Satan worship in pop music, you need discernment. Sam Smith’s performance at the Grammy’s last night was satanic, gory. No, it’s not art; it’s symbolic of who they serve.

Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck

People like Sam Smith who love to mock Christianity and use Satanic themes always think they’re super edgy artists by doing it. In reality it’s not edgy. It’s boring, vile, rehashed shock tactics that Hollywood seals clap for because they’re evil & stupid.

This was compounded by the fact that CBS tweeted ahead of the show that they were “ready to worship” and that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Pfizer one of the paid sponsors to the Grammy’s.  

"This is going to be SPECIAL," Smith wrote on Twitter earlier on Sunday along with a devil emoji.

CBS replied, “…you can say that again. We are ready to worship!”

V @littlemykonos

I think @CBS should explain what they mean by ready to worship. Do you ?

Sean Feucht @seanfeucht

Who are you “ready to worship” here @CBS? Asking for America. https://t.co/DVTixk06Em

The tweet has since been deleted.

The performers made it very clear the imagery deliberately confronted religious norms for the sake of validating their LGBT identities.

“I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool, and I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it but slowly realizing it didn’t want me to be a part of it,” said Petras when asked about the show, as Fox News reported.

“So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion,” the artist explained. “And not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because as a trans person I’m already not kind of wanted in religion. So we were doing a take on that and I was kind of hellkeeper Kim.”