From smooches with aliens to a number of cloned Eminems to jaw-dropping outfits, the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards featured loads of memorable moments. This 12 months’s present marked the fortieth anniversary since its inauguration in 1984. The evening, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, was crammed with dancing, singing, and, after all, a lot of awards.
Viewers witnessed a contemporary tackle the music awards as first-time winner Chappell Roan took house the award for ‘Best New Artist,’ whereas Katy Perry, the recipient of the 2024 Video Vanguard Award for her excellent profession, delivered a efficiency of a lifetime.
HollywoodLife has rounded up among the most iconic moments from this 12 months’s VMAs.
Sabrina Carpenter was undoubtedly one of many artists many have been excited to see, as 2024 has been her 12 months with hit singles like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Taste,” which she carried out in a medley. Throughout her efficiency of her newest monitor, that includes Jenna Ortega within the music video, she danced round an alien and an astronaut till, whereas singing “And singin’ ’bout it don’t mean I care / Yeah, I know I’ve been known to share,” she playfully pushed the astronaut away and headed for a kiss with the alien.
Karol G had everybody displaying off their Latin dance strikes as she carried out her latest single “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido.” The 33-year-old Colombian singer received all the viewers on their toes, dancing to the merengue beat. Whereas taking up the VMAs stage, she made her option to the group the place business colleagues like Taylor Swift, Submit Malone, and Camila Cabello have been seated, encouraging them to bounce alongside along with her.
Katy Perry was one of many night’s most outstanding stars, receiving the MTV Video Vanguard Award and becoming a member of previous recipients like Shakira, who was honored in 2023. To have fun her achievements all through her music profession, the 39-year-old singer carried out a medley of her best hits, together with “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream,” “Lifetimes,” and extra.
In her heartfelt speech, she thanked her husband, Orlando Bloom, who offered the award, her daughter Daisy Dove, and her fanbase. She addressed her followers, saying, “My Katy Cats! You stood by me for a lifetime, and the LGBTQ community who I recognize I would not be here without and who show me that you can be both kind and c**t.”
Megan Thee Stallion boldly recreated Britney Spears’ iconic outfit from her “Slave 4 You” music video, full with an actual snake wrapped round her arms. As the group went wild, she screamed in concern, “Okay! Okay! Stop the music! Stop the music! I’m just playing — come get this snake. I don’t know this snake, and this snake doesn’t know me.”
Eminem kicked off the fortieth annual occasion in Elmont, New York, with a efficiency of his songs “Houdini” and “Somebody Save Me” from his most up-to-date album, The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). His present featured a number of males in blonde wigs resembling his early 2000s Slim Shady look, together with a younger look-alike model of himself.
Taylor Swift received the MTV ‘Video of the Year’ award for the third 12 months in a row for her music video “Fortnight,” that includes Submit Malone. Whereas thanking her staff and the 29-year-old musician for his or her assist in creating the mission, she made positive to present a particular shoutout to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. In her speech, she shared, “Something that I’ll always remember is when I would finish a take and say ‘cut,’ I would always hear someone cheering ‘woo’ from across the studio where we were shooting, and that one person was my boyfriend, Travis.”
Chappell Roan reacts to photographer telling somebody to “shut the f*ck up”:
“You shut the f*ck up!”
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— Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) September 11, 2024
Chappell Roan made headlines final evening after a photographer reportedly shouted, “shut the f**k up” whereas she was posing on the carpet. The 26-year-old singer instantly responded, pointing a finger on the particular person and yelling again, “You shut the f**k up!”
