Wolf Van Halen.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty
Wolf Van Halenleft the 2022Grammy Awardsceremony in good spirits.
Despite not taking home the Grammy for best rock song at the award show on Sunday, the rock and roller still expressed his gratitude for the nomination, and how it made him feel close to his late fatherEddie Van Halenat that moment.
“We came, we saw, but we did NOT conquer and that’s ok!” he began the post on Instagram, alongside a photo with mom,Valerie Bertinelliand girlfriend Andraia Allsop. “I got to have a wonderful night with the two most important women in my world ❤️”
“Such an honor to be nominated for the first song I ever released on my own, in a category with artists I’ve looked up to my entire life. I don’t know if that’ll ever fully set in,” Wolf, 31, wrote of the nomination for his one-man bandMammoth WVH’s track “Distance.” The Grammy was ultimately awarded to the Foo Fighters for “Waiting on a War.”
He then added some humor and said the loss meant he was following in his dad’s footsteps, considering Eddie also lost his first Grammy nod in 1985. “Pop didn’t win the first time he was nominated too, so it looks like I’m following in his footsteps quite nicely 😄” he joked.
At the award show’s red carpet, Bertinelli, 61, spoke to PEOPLE’s Janine Rubenstein and Jeremy Parsons abouthow proud she was of her son.
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“There’s only one other person that would be prouder than me. And that’s pretty impossible, but it would be Ed,” she said.
Eddiedied on Oct 6, 2020, after a years-long battle with cancer. He was 65 years old.
Meanwhile, Wolf said he strives “to respect my father’s memory in everything that I do.”
“Everything that I do in music is for him, so I just do the best I can and make sure I try to make him proud in everything I do,” Wolf added.
source: people.com
