These people got the memo and know to look wacky for the Grammys red carpet

The Grammys are finally relevant because they have a human ball pit on the red carpet.
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These people got the memo and know to look wacky for the Grammys red carpet
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The Grammys are finally relevant because they have a human ball pit on the red carpet.

This is not the awards show play it safe, especially if you're relatively unknown and competing with Rihanna. So the only answer is to glue relics from your childhood to a gown and smile.

Girl Crush

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock (8344889aa) Girl Crush 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Feb 2017 Credit: Jim Smeal/Shutterstock

Girl Crush, who apparently is a human and not that "Little Big Town" song, took a pit stop on the way to the Grammys, spilled a McFlurry on herself and then jumped in the McPlayplace. She seems fun!

CeeLo Green

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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Gnarly Davidson (aka CeeLo Green) attends The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty

CeeLo is actually just here to announce his own awards show, the F*ck Yous. He is the statue. You have to take CeeLo home.

Joy Villa

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Joy Villa attends The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Joy Villa attends The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty
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Joy Villa has a good point: America is not great right now! Your move, Trump.

Lipless

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock (8344889ah) Lipless 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Feb 2017 Credit: Jim Smeal/Shutterstock

This is the opposite of Kylie Jenner.

Jacqueline Van Bierk

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock (8344889bh) Jacqueline Van Bierk 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Feb 2017 Credit: Jim Smeal/Shutterstock

Jacqueline Van Bierk is a walking tribute to your Evanescence CD graveyard.

Santigold

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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Santigold attends The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty

Ssssssantigold looks great, like an evil professor, and we need her to teach us her name.

Carlon Thompson-Clinton and George Clinton

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George Clinton is half fancy chauffeur, half monk and 100% funky.

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Lili Sams

Lili Sams is a Photo Editor at Mashable, where she works to tell compelling stories utilizing the visual medium of photography. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism .

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