The votes are in — Taylor Swift had the video of the 12 months!
On the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, the 34-year-old pop famous person took house maybe probably the most coveted Moon Particular person of the night, video of the 12 months, for “Fortnight” with Publish Malone — beating out Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Eminem and SZA.
Whereas accepting the award at UBS Area, Swift thanked many individuals who labored on the music video — plus her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.
“Directing this video and placing it collectively and writing it was probably the most great expertise, and that’s due to all of the folks that I received to make it with — and that features Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles who have been wonderful cameos, that features my wonderful cinematographer [and] Rodrigo Prieto, who goes out of his option to work with feminine administrators,” she started. “He is a genius and I am unable to imagine I set to work with him in addition to Ethan Tobman, my wonderful manufacturing designer, who I labored with on the Eras Tour.”
Swift continued, “Publish Malone, who all of us love a lot. The issues that this video, it appears very unhappy while you watch it, nevertheless it truly was like probably the most enjoyable video to make, and one thing that I will all the time keep in mind is after I would end a take and I might say ‘lower’ and we might be accomplished with that take, I might all the time simply hear like somebody cheering from throughout the studio the place we have been taking pictures it, and that one particular person was my boyfriend, Travis.”
“All the things this man touches turns to happiness and enjoyable and magic,” she added of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 34. “So, I need to thank him for including that to our shoot as a result of I’ll all the time do not forget that.”
She then turned her consideration to the Swifties: “And to the followers, I’m all the time making an attempt to determine a option to say ‘thanks’ to you for making my life what it’s, for making the Eras Tour what it has turn into, making The Tortured Poets Division what it has turn into. That is all you guys, for doing that and for voting for this award, so thanks to MTV for giving me this chance to thank the followers. So, thanks for what you’ve accomplished, and the truth that this can be a fan voted award and also you voted for this, I respect it a lot.”
Lastly, Swift concluded her speech by calling for followers to vote — shortly after she endorsed Kamala Harris: “And in case you are over 18, please register to vote for one thing else that’s essential — the upcoming presidential election.”
Rounded out by her video of the 12 months nomination, the Tortured Poets Division singer led the night in nominations, with 12.
Alongside together with her 5 different nominations, Grande, 29, was up for video of the 12 months for one among her Eternal Sunshine visuals: “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).”
Impressed by the plot of the 2004 movie that impressed the album title, Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts, the Christian Breslaur-directed music video portrays Grande present process a process to erase her reminiscences of an ex-boyfriend (Evan Peters).
Additionally up for the award was Eilish’s “LUNCH.” The self-directed music video for the Hit Me Hard and Soft observe depicts the 22-year-old singer dancing round, and attracts closely on ‘90s aesthetics and vibrant, primary-colored visuals.
Doja Cat, in the meantime, was nominated for “Paint the City Pink.” Just like the 28-year-old singer-rapper’s different Scarlet visuals, the video for the viral observe, directed by The Idol’s Nina McNeely, options plenty of demon-inspired characters and themes.
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Sizzling off of the discharge of The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), Eminem was up for video of the 12 months for his nostalgic (and star-studded!) “Houdini” music video.
The rap icon’s heavily-nominated visible, directed by Wealthy Lee, drew inspiration from his early works and featured cameos from Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Shane Gillis and Pete Davidson.
SZA rounded out the video of the 12 months nominees together with her “Snooze” visible, which she co-wrote with its director, Bradley J. Calder.
The dreamy, film-inspired video follows the singer, 34, by a number of relationships with boyfriends portrayed by Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco, Younger Mazino and Woody McClain — in addition to a robotic.
The 2024 MTV VMAs air on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT reside from the UBS Area in New York.