Before the awards ceremony, Deadmau5 tweeted:
“Congrats to @skrillex for the best remix grammy đ can’t say I’m not proud”
And then followed up with:
“But @skrillex, doesn’t mean you’re safe from getting the ultimate mau5 trolling experience đ prepare! đ hahaha love u!”
The tweets an online buzz as fas wondered what Deadmau% had up his famous sleeve.
All was revealed when he stepped on to the red carpet, wearing a T-Shirt emblaznoned with Skrillex’s mobile number on it, with the phrase “u mad bro?” underneath.
In response, Skrillex tweeted
“Haha @deadmau5 just wore my phone number on his fokin shirt on tv gotta retire this phone”
The talented young musician then tied to set up a call forwarding to Deadmau5′s phone>
However, the wily Mau5 wasn’t going to get caught in such a trap, having already thought of that plan and ordered his phone company to set no such diversion up.
The 24-year Skrillex’s single Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites won Best Dance Recording, while the EP of the same name was named Best Electronic/Dance Album. His remix of Benny Benassi’s Cinema, meanwhile was acclaimed as the Best Remixed Recording.
Skrillex lost out in two other categories: Best New Artist and best Short Form Music Video, which were won by Bon Iver and Adele’s Rolling In The Deep respectively.