Hours after dropping the music video for “Get Him Back!,” Olivia Rodrigo performed the Guts highlight at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday. The singer opened her performance in a fiery red top, pleated skirt and white leg warmers while singing “Vampire” in a forest set, recreating her “onset …
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Welcome to the MTV Video Music Awards. Music’s biggest night! Well, not quite. How about: the night MTV shows how much it cares about music by deciding, “Way too many people are noticing the VMAs. We better move it to a Tuesday night in September.” But fortunately, the stars came …
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‘NSync surprised fans at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards with a brief onstage reunion that found the classic boy band presenting the first award of the night, Best Pop, to Taylor Swift. The group in its entirety — yes, with Justin, too — introduced the category with a story …
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On Tuesday night, MTV returned to its truest form with the 2023 Video Music Awards. It wasn’t just that the night was filled with back-to-back powerhouse performances from some of music’s biggest stars and that the awards themselves didn’t overshadow the creative craft. It also produced multiple genuinely viral reactions …
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Demi Lovato some rock & roll to the MTV Video Music Awards as the singer performed Revamped renditions of “Heart Attack,” “Sorry Not Sorry,” and “Cool For the Summer” at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday. Backed by a full band, Lovato delivered their signature powerhouse vocals over electric …
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There’s nothing better — or more dangerous — than a backstage camera at an awards show. Offering up the full illusion of behind-the-scenes celebrity voyeurism, these cameras offer a plentiful bounty of meme and .Gif fodder; but without the fine details — such as high-quality audio or properly-framed visuals — …
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Doja Cat, an artist whose visuals are as important as her music, staged yet another mind-bending, eye-popping performance Tuesday night during the MTV Video Music Awards. She performed “Attention,” “Paint the Town Red,” and “Demons” off her highly anticipated upcoming album, Scarlet, which is set to come out Sept. 22. …
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The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards can’t get enough of Nicki Minaj. In addition to serving as the presiding MC for the night, the rapper also took the stage for the debut live performance of her latest single, “Last Time I Saw You,” set to appear on her forthcoming album …
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Wyclef Jean said it himself: Shakira is a “musical genius.” On Tuesday, the Colombian star was awarded the MTV VMA Vanguard Award for her musical trajectory and out-of-this-world visuals throughout her decades-long career. She is the first South American artist to be honored with this award. Amid chants of her …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs returned to the MTV Video Music Awards in historic style as he accepted the Global Icon Award and delivered a career-spanning performance of hits. Mary J. Blige presented the mogul with the award. “This man has always been an icon,” she told the audience. “Puff’s impact on …
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