David Bridges
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 yr’s present marked the fortieth anniversary since its inauguration in 1984. The night time, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, was crammed with dancing, singing, and, in fact, a number of awards.
Viewers witnessed a recent tackle the music awards as first-time winner Chappell Roan took house the award for ‘Finest 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 yr’s VMAs.
Sabrina Carpenter was undoubtedly one of many artists many had been excited to see, as 2024 has been her yr with hit singles like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Style,” which she carried out in a medley. Throughout her efficiency of her newest observe, 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 imply I care / Yeah, I do know I’ve been recognized 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 current single “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido.” The 33-year-old Colombian singer received the whole viewers on their toes, dancing to the merengue beat. Whereas taking on the VMAs stage, she made her option to the gang the place business colleagues like Taylor Swift, Publish Malone, and Camila Cabello had been seated, encouraging them to bop alongside along with her.
Katy Perry was one of many night’s most distinguished stars, receiving the MTV Video Vanguard Award and becoming a member of previous recipients like Shakira, who was honored in 2023. To rejoice her achievements all through her music profession, the 39-year-old singer carried out a medley of her biggest 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 group who I acknowledge I might not be right here with out and who present me that you may be each type 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 gang went wild, she screamed in worry, “Okay! Okay! Cease the music! Cease the music! I’m simply taking part in — 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 “Any person Save Me” from his most up-to-date album, The Dying 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 12 months’ award for the third yr in a row for her music video “Fortnight,” that includes Publish Malone. Whereas thanking her crew and the 29-year-old musician for his or her assist in creating the mission, she made positive to offer a particular shoutout to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. In her speech, she shared, “One thing that I’ll all the time keep in mind is once I would end a take and say ‘lower,’ I might all the time hear somebody cheering ‘woo’ from throughout the studio the place we had been capturing, and that one individual was my boyfriend, Travis.”
Chappell Roan reacts to photographer telling somebody to “shut the f*ck up”:
“You shut the f*ck up!”
— Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) September 11, 2024
Chappell Roan made headlines final night time after a photographer reportedly shouted, “shut the f**okay up” whereas she was posing on the carpet. The 26-year-old singer instantly responded, pointing a finger on the individual and yelling again, “You shut the f**okay up!”
