Serena Williams was among the stars who mixed and mingled with the biggest names in music over the weekend ahead of the annual Grammy Awards.
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Williams took the stage at music executive Clive Davis&#8217; invitation-only pre-Grammys party at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, where she introduced the rock band Green Day &#8212; one of her favorite groups of all-time &#8212; ahead of their opening set.
&#8220;Truly, to know me is to know my love for them,&#8221; Williams said in her opening speech, per Forbes. The five-time Grammy winners went on to perform some of their most recognizable hits, including &#8220;American Idiot&#8221; and &#8220;Basket Case.&#8221;
(Held every year since 1976, Forbes calls Davis&#8217; exclusive gala &#8220;the most enviable&#8221; event in the lead-up to music&#8217;s biggest night, and it returned in style this year after having not been held in-person since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Alongside a whos-who of some of the most recognizable recording artists, Williams joined other famous faces including Tom Hanks, Paris Hilton, &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; star Renee Rap, and Meryl Streep at the party, where the Recording Academy also honored Sony Music Publishing CEO Jon Platt in its Salute to Industry Icons.
Per a social media post, Williams, who gave birth to her second daughter, Adira River, last summer, said that she scored a personal invite to the star-studded soiree from Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
&#8220;When Billie Joe Armstrong calls you to present their band,&#8221; Williams teased on Instagram, &#8220;you jump on a plane and do it.&#8221;
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But Williams wasn&#8217;t the only Hologic WTA Tour star orbiting the awards show.
No stranger to having her name in the record books, WTA co-founder Billie Jean King offered her congratulations to another history-maker, Taylor Swift, on her win for &#8220;Album of the Year.&#8221;
Swift was honored for &#8220;Midnights,&#8221; her 10th studio album, and thus became the first artist to win &#8220;Album of the Year&#8221; four times.
Congratulations to Taylor Swift, who has made history for most Album of the Year wins by any artist in #GRAMMYs history. 👏 https://t.co/b270wJBp4U
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) February 5, 2024
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Serena Williams introduces Green Day at famed pre-Grammys gala