Mark Ronson on Flanking Grammy Breakout Skrillex: ‘I’m Yesterday’s News’

Whitney’s dropping in and Amy Winehouse’s Grammy surrogate, as the Grammy weekend heats up.

After Thursday night’s premiere of Hyundai and the Grammy’s Re:Generation Music Project documentary at Grauman’s, Grammy winner Mark Ronson deferred to the manic Corey Feldman-esque energy of 24-year-old producer Skrillex, on his left.

“I’m yesterday’s news compared to this guy,” Ronson said.

(At far left, Skrillex with The Crystal Method.)

In addition to earning five nominations in Sunday’s ceremony, the documentary captured Skrillex as he produced The Doors’ first new song in thirty years. “They’re the very first band I ever heard, and it’s the scariest thing an artist could ever face,” he said.

Skirllex was just one of multiple stars in the documentary that captures (mainly) electronic music producers collaborating with artists from other genres, such as country, classical and New Orleans jazz to create one-off songs.

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