Aside from seeing who takes home an award, the best part about the Grammy Awards [1] is the performances! The biggest award of them all is for album of the year [2], so you know that we'll be watching until the very end to see who takes it home. This year only one woman was nominated for the honor, alongside JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, and Childish Gambino. Way to go, Lorde!

If you're confused as to why the 21-year-old behind Melodrama [3] isn't taking the stage at the Grammy Awards in NYC on Sunday, Lorde actually was asked to perform, but she turned it down.

She was asked to be a part of the tribute to the late Tom Petty [4], according to Variety. But his song "American Girl" was going to be included, and Lorde thought it would be a strange fit since she was born in New Zealand.

Then again, Variety's source noted that the other four album-of-the-year nominees were all offered solo performances at the Grammy Awards. And Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, and Childish Gambino will be performing [5]. This certainly didn't go unnoticed by Lorde's mother, Sonja Yelich. On Saturday, she tweeted a picture of a clip from The New York Times. It said, "Of the 899 people nominated in the last six Grammy Awards, the report found, 9 percent were women. (This year, Lorde is the only woman nominated for album of the year; she is not scheduled to perform.)." Her caption was: "this says it all."

this says it all -@nytimes [6] January 26, 2018 pic.twitter.com/R3YdHwieXf [7]

— Sonja Yelich (@sonjayelich1) January 26, 2018 [8]

We're still waiting for an official comment from Lorde's camp, but we're sad that we'll be missing her voice during this year's show!