In fact Taylor Swift wasn’t going to put on only one costume for the 2024 MTV VMAs.
The “Fortnight” singer switched to a beaded minidress after getting contained in the awards present — and the costume had a UFO on the entrance, which felt like a pleasant nod to the singer’s hit “Down Unhealthy” from her most up-to-date album, The Tortured Poets Division.
The blue and inexperienced costume, which additionally had leather-based straps and a gathered skirt, featured a beaded UFO proper within the heart of the chest — an Easter egg, maybe?
Swift mentioned on iHeartRadio in April that the lyrics in “Down Unhealthy” are about being “love bombed,” evaluating it to abandonment and alien abduction.
“Like this woman is kidnapped by aliens however she needed to stick with them,” she mentioned. “After which they drop her off again in her hometown. She’s like, ‘Wait, no. The place are you going? I favored it there, it was bizarre however it was cool, come again.'”
Swifties on social media instantly picked up on the reference, calling the outfit change the “Down Unhealthy costume.”
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When Swift first confirmed up at UBS Enviornment in New York on Sept. 11, she was rocking a completely vamped-up Dior look. She teamed a yellow plaid bustier prime that includes an hooked up skirt with a pair black velvet sizzling pants and caged leather-based gloves. Swift additionally stored on her thigh-high boot streak in a pair of Stuart Weitzman’s Maverick boots, which retail for $1,200 and are at present bought out.
She topped the look with dramatic glam and even ditched her signature pink lip. Her hair was styled with messy textured waves and side-swept bangs.
And naturally she was bejeweled, sporting 30-carat Lorraine Schwartz pear form canary yellow diamond earrings surrounded by black Jade to play up the the yellow plaid.
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Swift is nominated for 10 awards at this yr’s present, together with finest collaboration with Submit Malone for “Fortnight” and artist of the yr, each of which she gained. Submit Malone is the second most nominated artist of the night time, with 9 nominations to his title.
The 2024 MTV VMAs air on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT reside from the UBS Enviornment in New York.