It's been an exhausting couple of weeks, and before long we'll all be caught up in the whirl of holiday planning and avoiding uncomfortable conversations with our relatives. So why not take a load off, crack a cold one and enjoy these mostly cheerful photos of industry personages doing industry-personage stuff? Speaking of which, isn't it time you sent us some pics? We're tired of looking at your 2013 headshot.

Brandi Carlile, Daniel Nigro and Island's Grammy darling Chappell Roan at the Grammy Museum, where the latter two performed and were interviewed by Carlile. The afterparty at the Pink Pony Club was off the chain. (Photo: Rebecca Sapp-Getty Images for the Recording Academy)

At UMG's Latin Grammys kickoff party, the following people earnestly hoped to appear on finer websites than ours: artists Maura Nava, Paola Guanche and Majo Aguilar, Universal Music Latino President Angel Kaminsky, artist Vivir Quintana, Universal Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula Chairman/CEO Jesús LoÌpez and artists Camila FernaÌndez, Joaquina, RIZA and SamuraiÌˆ.

Warner's Grammy Best New Artist nominee Benson Boone and WME's Kirk Sommer ponder life's many "Beautiful Things," several of which have nearly been ruined by us.

Songwriters Autumn Rowe and Amanda Jones, Grammy-nominated Def Jam artist Coco Jones and ASCAP SVP of Membership Nicole George-Middleton, all of whom accomplish more before lunch than we do in a calendar year, are seen here at ASCAP's Women Behind the Music event. (Photo: Robin Lori Marshall for ASCAP)

At a screening of soon-to-be-massive musical flick Wicked, NBCUniversal President of Music and Publishing Mike Knobloch withstands the merciless pointing finger of our own Lenny Beer, which has been known to inflict a searing, needle-like pain on those at whom it is directed. Later, Lenny asked when he would get to meet Ray Bolger.

Spotify's Dustee Jenkins and Sulinna Ong, influencer/podcaster Drew Afualo and Epic artist Meghan Trainor sing an improbable F#m11 chord as a vocal harmony during the streamery's Now Playing event. (Photo: Getty Images for Spotify)

EMPIRE boss Ghazi and multiple Grammy nominee Shaboozey flex at GQ's Men of the Year 2024 shindig. In related news of maleness, a HITS editor regrets not studying harder for his bar mitzvah. (Photo: Charley Gallay for Getty Images)

Latin Recording Academy CEO Manuel Abud, Carlos Vives and Alejandro Sanz were captured in this muy amable pose after Vives received his Person of the Year honor at the Latin Grammys. Later, there may have been beverages. (Photo: John Parra-Getty Images for the Latin Recording Academy)