Jay-Z took a backseat to Beyoncé at the Grammy Awards in 2025. Here's what a body language expert noted regarding his 'tentative' gestures.

But one of the sweetest moments of the night actually happened off of the Grammys stage. After Queen Bey’s win, cameras caught Taylor Swift —who was also nominated for Album of the Year—and Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z sharing a smile and a toast.

Every time someone presented one of the show’s major prizes — album of the year, record of the year, song of the year, best new artist — he or she rattled off the line before revealing the winner. It was a small but telling detail that demonstrated how the academy wants to be perceived after years of being portrayed as a shadowy record-industry cabal.