Church Of Satan Weighs In On Sam Smith And Kim Petras’ Grammys Performance

The culture-war outrage machine went into overdrive Sunday after Sam Smith and Kim Petras took the Grammys stage. Performing “Unholy,” the first US #1 hit by non-binary and transgender artists, the pair played up the song’s devilish camp to extremes. Smith donned a red hat with cartoonish horns and was circled by demonic dancers. Petras performed in a cage with more demon types climbing on it. Senator Ted Cruz, for instance, tweeted video of the performance captioned, “This…is…evil.” Lots of other satanic panic has ensued, spurred on by the likes of right-wing Congresswomen Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene plus various media personalities.