Taylor Swift enjoyed a massive, record-setting night at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. In winning Video of the Year for “Fortnight” — her Tortured Poets Department single with Post Malone — Swift became the first artist ever to win the prize three years in a row. She also extended …
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Kendrick Lamar delivered his latest track — his first since releasing “Not Like Us” — just as the Video Music Awards kicked off on Wednesday evening. The ruminative new song also arrived amid the controversy surrounding the announcement four days prior that he would be headlining the Super Bowl LIX …
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Midland stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their new song “Lone Star State of Mind.” The Texas group showcased the pensive country anthem for the excited late-night crowd, offering a preview of their forthcoming LP, Barely Blue, out Sept. 20. Barely Blue, the band’s fourth album, was recorded with …
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Anitta took to the MTV stage for her third year, performing “Savage Funk,” off her latest albumFunk Generation, and “Alegria,” a single with Tiago PZK and Emilia that dropped in August. The singer also performed “Paradise” alongside Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, and Tiago PZK. When “Paradise” was complete, Fat Joe …
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The MTV Video Music Awards celebrated their 40th birthday — and for once, MTV aimed to do right by the legacy. This year’s show was full of clips of classic VMAs moments. Madonna and Britney making out, in 2003. Beyoncé announcing her pregnancy, in 2011. Michael Jackson appearing with new …
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Shawn Mendes returned to the VMAs stage to perform “Nobody Knows” off his upcoming album, Shawn. In the smoky (literally, so there was much smoke), stripped-down set, Mendes played an acoustic guitar and potently sang an ethereal and liquored-up love song. “You’re an amateur drunk and everyone knows it/ You’re …
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One of the more dramatic moments of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards occurred on the red carpet when Chappell Roan — in full medieval garb — told someone in a group of photographers to “shut the fuck up.” Moments after the incident, she explained why she became upset during …
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A cotton candy career of hits becomes a futuristic, post-apocalyptic dream. At Wednesday night’s VMAs, Katy Perry took the stage to deliver a medley of her greatest hits (and her new album, 143) as she celebrated receiving the coveted Video Vanguard Award. Perry’s performance opened with a montage of her …
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Miles Davis’ live work with his Second Great Quintet — as documented in a handful of unreleased French concerts — is the focus of the upcoming eighth volume in the late jazz legend’s Bootleg Series. Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8, due out …
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Chappell Roan isn’t just a Midwest princess — she’s a medieval one. The musician made her debut at the MTV Video Music Awards in front of a castle set, foreshadowed by her arrival on the red carpet with a sword and a medieval guard. Roan shot a flaming arrow at …
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