Beyoncé announced a new tour early Sunday in a social media post with the caption "COWBOY CARTER TOUR 2025" and a video displaying a lit-up sign with a similar message.

Not only that, but the academy has repeatedly emphasized — including on Sunday’s show, where Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr. hammered the point in a speech — that its electorate has evolved by welcoming younger and more diverse members (and, by extension, by booting older and whiter ones). Maybe it’s working.