A part of Katy Perry‘s speech on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards appeared to resonate with Taylor Swift.
Perry, 39, received the Video Vanguard Award on Wednesday, Sept. 11 , and in her acceptance speech, quipped that the LGBTQ+ group had taught her “that you could be each form and c—.”
In a second that rapidly went viral on social media, Swift, 34, appeared to agree. When Perry stated the road, Swift was caught on video shared by Bustle turning to her good friend and collaborator Jack Antonoff, who was seated beside her, and smiling. Antonoff, 40, then pointed to the “Anti-Hero” singer as she nodded.
Swift was seen dancing and singing alongside to Perry’s hits like “E.T.,” “Teenage Dream” and “California Gurls” because the Vanguard winner carried out a medley of her largest songs. The help from the group got here months after Perry caught an Eras Tour show in Sydney, Australia, in March.
The “Firework” singer shared a photograph of herself backstage with Swift through the Eras tour, together with video of herself singing alongside to “Unhealthy Blood,” which is considered about their beforehand rocky friendship.
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Perry opened up in 2020 about why she and Swift determined to put aside their differences, telling Howard Stern the 2 have been now “tremendous pleasant.”
“Gossip in life can take the elevator however the reality takes the steps. It simply takes time,” Perry stated on the time, including that their feud was exaggerated by the media.
“What I’m so grateful for is we did get to make up publicly and bought to be an instance of redemption for younger ladies,” she continued. “I at all times needed one of the best for her and now we are able to speak about one of the best we wish for one another.”
Swift headed into the VMAs because the most-nominated artist of the evening, with 12 nominations, and went residence with wins within the video of the yr, finest collaboration, track of the summer time, artist of the yr, finest pop, finest path and finest enhancing classes.
“There’s a very clear motive why Submit Malone is everybody in music’s favourite individual,” she stated onstage whereas accepting one of the best collaboration win. “You’re so ridiculously proficient, you’re so versatile and you’re the most all the way down to earth individual. Truthfully so unfailingly well mannered, it has taken me perpetually to get him to cease calling me ma’am.”
In response, Malone joked, “Sure, ma’am,” and stated that Swift “is completely one of the crucial form and proficient individuals I’ve ever had the dignity of realizing.”
The 2024 MTV VMAs aired on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT reside from the UBS Enviornment in New York.