The Sound Spectrum Season 2, Ep. 7 – ‘The Grammy Nominations’

Hosts discuss their thoughts on the 2026 Grammy nominations

Ethan Chatelain and Victoria Byers • December 17, 2025

Through a graphic designed in Canva by sophomore Ethan Chatelain, the aspects of the seventh episode of the second season of The Sound Spectrum are presented. For this episode, hosts Chatelain and Victoria Byers reviewed and discussed the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards. This is part one of this episode, and the next episode will be reviewing the winners.

In the seventh episode of season two of “The Sound Spectrum,” hosts senior Victoria Byers and sophomore Ethan Chatelain share their perspectives on the nominees for the 2026 Grammy awards.

The hosts discuss their overall thoughts on the albums and songs nominated, favorite and least favorite songs and who they think will win the awards. This podcast series focuses on reviewing a variety different music projects and music in general. In this episode, Byers and Chatelain discuss how the album was ranked, along with how they felt about the songs and how they were rated in contrast to the other pieces. Some of the songs mentioned is “Anxiety” by Doechii, “luther” by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, “Golden” from the movie K-Pop Demon Hunters, “Abracadabra” by Lady Gaga, and more. Next episode, the two plan on reviewing the winners of the Grammy Awards next year or reviewing another album.

Note: This podcast is a considered a music review podcast. While we do not use the actual music from artists, all credits go to the original artists.

Music Credits:

Crescent Moon by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/
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Hibiscus by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/
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Sonder by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/
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Sunset Drive by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060
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Slowly by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060
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Magical Moments by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/
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Echoes in Blue by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060
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Grammy Nominees Albums

This podcast was edited by Emily Logan, Kate Duncan and Aiden Lynch.

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About the Contributors

Ethan Chatelain, Reporter

Sophomore Ethan Chatelain is back for his second year of being on the Eagle Nation Online Staff. He is super excited to see how this year will go. He spent all of his life in Texas, but moved to Prosper in 2020. When not writing articles, he is usually hanging out with his friends or making music.

Victoria Byers, Social Media Director

Senior Victoria Byers leads social media posts for Instagram, X (formally known as ‘Twitter’) and Facebook. This is her second year as a staff member, and she normally reports football games as a Mighty Eagle Band member. As she continues to find more and more creative tasks, clubs and electives, she gets to finalize and lead in band, two clubs, along with joining three new organizations.