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[Lyrics] - I been a - G
- Throw up the - L
- Sex in the
- A-M-O-R-O-U-S
- And I can put you in - First class
Up in the sky - I can put you in
- First class up in the
Up in the
- I can see the whole city from this balcony
Back in 2019,
I was outside freely,
But now they got it out for me
I don't care what frat that you was in,
You can't alpha me, keep dreaming
Pineapple juice, I give her sweet, sweet, sweet
I know what they like so I just keep cheesing
Hard drive full of heat seeking
Tryna come the same day as Jack, rethink it
You don't need Givenchy, you need Jesus
Why do y'all sleep on me, I need reasons
Uh, I got plaques in the mail, peak season
Shout out to my UPS workers
Making sure I receive it
You can do it too, believe it
- I been a - G
- Throw up the - L
- Sex in the - A-M-O-R-O-U-S
- And I can put you in - First class up in the sky
First class up in the sky
- Ladies and gentlemen, Fergie!
- Hello, MTV!
[Lyrics] Wear them gold and diamond rings
All them things don't mean a thing
Chaperones and limousines
Shopping for expensive things
Be on the movie screens
Magazines and bougie scenes
I'm not clean, I'm not pristine
I'm no queen, I'm no machine
I still go to Taco Bell
Drive-through, raw as hell
I don't care, I'm still real
No matter how many records I sell
After the show, after the Grammys
I like to go cool out with the family
Reminiscing On days when I had a Mustang
And now I'm
- First class, up in the sky
Popping champagne
Living my life in the fast lane
I won't change
By the glamorous
Ooh, the flossy, flossy
The glamorous
The glamorous, glamorous
By the glamorous
Ooh, the flossy, flossy
The glamorous
The glamorous, glamorous
By the glamorous
Ooh, the flossy, flossy
If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home
- Yeah!
- It's bad bitch o'clock.
Lizzo in five, four, three, two, one.
- [Lyrics] In a minute, I'm going to need a sentimental
Man or woman to pump me up
Feelin' fussy, walkin' in my Balenci-ussies
Trying to bring out the fabulous
Because I give a [...] way too much
I'm going to need like two shots in my cup
Want to get up, want to get down, down, down, down
Because it's about damn
It's about damn, about damn
It's about damn time
Sheesh.
Girl, I'm about to have a panic attack
I did the work, it didn't work, ah, ah
That truth, it hurts, gosh darn, it hurts, ah, ah
That lovey-dovey ish, was not a fan of it
I'm good with my friends, I don't want a man, girl
I'm in my bed,
I'm way too fine to be here alone
On other hand, I know my worth, ah, ah
And now he callin' me, why do I feel like this
What's happenin' to me, oh, oh, oh
Am I ready, girl, there ain't a doubt
Am I ready, what you talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
To be loved, to be loved, to be loved
Am I ready, you deserve it now
Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
To be loved, to be loved
How am I supposed to love somebody else
When I don't like myself, like, ooh
Guess I better learn to like this, ooh
It might take my whole life just to do, damn
He call me Melly, he squeeze my belly
I'm too embarrassed to say I like it
Girl, is this my boo
That's why I'm asking you because you know
I be through, yeah, yeah
Am I ready, girl, there ain't a doubt
Am I ready, what you talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
To be loved, to be loved, to be loved
Am I ready, you deserve it now
Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
To be loved, to be loved
Yeah
You found me, I was fed up with the fantasy
What you want to do, think I'm ready, boo
I think you like that
When I clap back like that, let me know
Clap, y'all.
- [Lyrics] You found me, I was fed up with the fantasy
What you want to do, think I'm ready, boo
I think you like that
- MTV!
- [Lyrics] Let me know
- [Lyrics] Oh, yeah
- [lyrics] Am I ready, what you talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
- [Lyrics] To be loved, to be loved, to be loved
Am I ready, you deserve it now
Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about
Am I ready, you going to figure it out
To be loved, to be loved
Yesterday, I would have run away
And I don't know why
I don't know why, know why
Yesterday, I would have run away
And I don't know why
I don't know why
But I'm ready
Ah!
- It's the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards,
with performances by Jack Harlow, Lizzo,
Eminem and Snoop Dogg,
BLACKPINK, Bad Bunny, Marshmello and Khalid, J.
Balvin featuring Ryan Castro, 2022 MTV
Global Icon Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Anitta, Maneskin, Panic! At the Disco,
Kane Brown, and a special Video
Vanguard award performance by Nicki Minaj, with your hosts
LL Cool J, Jack Harlow and Nicki Minaj.
- Hey, you know what?
I need to do work.
- [Lyrics] I'm going to knock
- Please welcome LL Cool J.
- [Lyrics] Mama said knock you out
I'm going to knock you out
Mama said knock you out
I'm going to knock you out
Mama said knock you out
- New Jersey, what's up?
Hey, yo. Welcome to the biggest music party of the year,
no question about it.
The 2022 MTV VMAs, make some noise.
Okay. So I remember when I first--
you know, the first time I hit the VMA stage,
you know what I'm saying, in a lot of ways,
we was introducing hip-hop to the world.
You know what I'm saying? It was live that night.
NWA was in the building. I mean, it was amazing.
But tonight--listen up.
Tonight is your opportunity to prove
that this is the livest and loudest MTV crowd
in the history of MTV. Make some noise.
Tonight, we straight out of Jersey.
Are you ready to have some fun? That wasn't loud enough.
I said, "Are you ready to have some fun?"
All right. All right. Hold your horses.
Tonight, I get to host with two incredible artists.
We saw Jack Harlow kick off the show, "First Class."
He did his thing, and it's a big night
for Nicki Minaj, right?
She's receiving MTV's highest honor,
the Video Vanguard award. So make some noise for Nicki.
Now, tonight, anything can happen,
and that's what we're here for. So let's get to the winners.
To hand out the first award of the night,
two artists with brand-new music out,
"Code" and "God Did,"
here are Offset and DJ Khaled.
- [Lyrics] Ah, ah, ah, ah, staying alive, staying alive
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- Yeah! Make some noise!
- Yes, sir!
- They ain't believe in us!
- God did! - Huh!
- God did! God did!
The album is out right now called "God Did."
They ain't believe in us.
- Huh! - God did!
- Uh-huh! They ain't believe in us! VMAs did!
- Yeah!
- Offset, it's time to read the prompter.
I got to take my glasses off because I can't really see.
- Let's do it. - I'm excited to present
the award for Best Collaboration
because that's what I do. God did!
- Yeah!
- When I get in the studio with artists like my brother
Offset, we bring the best of the best because God did!
- Huh!
- You mean to tell me that God believed in us,
it's our job to go even harder.
- Yeah!
- So we about to introduce the best collaboration.
I can't read that. I got to be me.
- Be-- - And you always got to be you!
Offset, my bad. Go ahead.
- Yeah, so, these nominees each brought their own talent
to the table, elevated they game,
created something that's true to themselves
and unlike anything they've done before. Check them out.
- God did! - Huh!
- Best Collaboration.
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby."
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa, "Sweetest Pie."
Post Malone and The Weeknd, "One Right Now."
Drake featuring Future and Young Thug, "Way 2 Sexy."
Rosalía featuring The Weeknd, "La Fama."
Elton John and Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)."
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, "Stay."
- And the VMA goes to --
God did!
- Yeah!
- Best Collaboration, and the winner is
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow! - And Jack Harlow! Let's go!
- [Lyrics] I told you long ago on the road
I got what they waiting for I don't run from nothing, dog
Get your soldiers, tell them I ain't laying low
You was never really rooting for me anyway
When I'm back up at the top, I want to hear you say
He don't run from nothing, dog
Get your soldiers, tell them that the break is over
My track record so clean,
They couldn't wait to just bash me
I must be getting too flashy,
Y'all shouldn't have let the world gas me
It's too late because I'm here to stay,
And these girls know that I'm nasty
I sent her back to her boyfriend with my handprint
on her [...] cheek
- And this one is for the champions!
- Yo, I know we both won this award,
but I just want to take a moment to say thank you to Nas.
Obviously this song started with him,
so I'm just super grateful for the opportunity,
the chance and -- Bitch, I told you!
- Wow. I'm up here, like, half-naked.
But, look, I want to say something.
I really appreciate you, MTV.
You know, I worked really hard last year,
you know, me and my boy, Jack.
Thank you for the love, and hopefully I'm back up here,
and I have something better to say.
But I love y'all, and I'll see some of y'all
on the Long Live Montero tour.
[cheers and applause]
- [Lyrics] Don't call me baby
- Please welcome Avril Lavigne.
- [Lyrics] I know it's crazy
I love it when you hate me
The highs, the lows, the yeses, the nos
You're so hot when you get cold
Don't call me baby
- So all year long,
MTV helps amplify incredible musicians,
connecting them with new fans all over the world,
and tonight, one of them will be named
Best New Artist.
Past winners included Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber
and myself back in 2002, my first award, yes.
So it's up to you guys to decide this year's winner,
so vote now.
- The power is in your hands to name this year's
Best New Artist, and you narrowed it down to three.
Tonight, Maneskin, Dove Cameron, and Seventeen
battle it out to claim the ultimate title.
It all comes down to you. Your tweet is your vote.
For Maneskin, tweet #votemaneskinvma.
For Dove Cameron, tweet #votedovecameronvma.
For Seventeen, tweet #voteseventeenvma. Vote now.
Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.
Congratulation to the Best New Artist
nominees presented by Extra gum.
- [Lyrics] Hold up, oh, baby, baby
You won't break my soul You won't break my soul
- Coming up, their brand-new video
literally just broke the internet.
BLACKPINK take the VMA stage for the first time ever.
Barb, your queen is here,
Nicki Minaj is crowned this year's
Video Vanguard. Hip-hop giants
Eminem and Snoop Dogg are in the house,
and stay tuned as Instacart delivers even more Lizzo.
[music]
- Welcome back to the VMAs! Make some noise!
Now, this show brings together superstar artists
from all over the world who are making dope music,
the universal language,
from Latin to rock to hip-hop to K-Pop,
and tonight's show is the most diverse and global ever,
and you've got a front row seat!
Make some noise for four-time nominee tonight:
Latto.
[Lyrics] Who else got a ass doing like this
Who else throw it back like this
What else make them mad like this
What else make them act like this
Yeah, I know you like my booty-booty
Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty-booty
Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty
Yeah, I know you like my booty-booty
Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty-booty
This next group has not only dominated K-Pop.
They've taken over the world.
They're called BLACKPINK.
But to their fans, the Blinks,
y'all know them as Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa.
For their first time ever at the VMAs
and their first-ever U.S. awards show,
performing their new single, "Pink Venom,"
give it up for BLACKPINK!
- [Lyrics] BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK
Kick in the door, waving the coco
[singing in Korean]
I talk that talk, runways I walk, walk
[singing in Korean] pop, pop [singing in Korean]
One by one, then two by two
[singing in Korean]
Makes no sense, you couldn't get a dollar out of me
[singing in Korean]
Look what you made us do
[singing in Korean] fire
[singing in Korean]
I bring the pain like This that pink venom
Get them, get them, get them
Straight to your dome like
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Straight to your dome like
Ah, ah, ah
Taste that pink venom
Get them, get them, get them
Straight to your dome like
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Straight to your dome like
Ah, ah, ah
Black paint and ammo, got bodies like Rambo
Rest in peace, please light up a candle
This the life of a vandal, masked up
and I'm still in CELINE
Designer crimes or it wouldn't be me, ooh
Diamonds shining, drive in silence,
I don't mind it, I'm riding
Flying private side by side with the pilot up in the sky
And I'm wilding, styling on them and there's no chance
'Cause we got bodies on bodies like this a slow dance
[singing in Korean]
Look what you made us do
[singing in Korean] fire
[singing in Korean]
I bring the pain like
This that pink venom
Get them, get them, get them
Straight to your dome like
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Straight to your dome like
Ah, ah, ah
Taste that pink venom
Get them, get them, get them
Straight to your dome like
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Straight to your dome like
Ah, ah, ah
[singing in Korean] provoke us
[singing in Korean] and you know this
[singing in Korean] shot that potion
[singing in Korean] ocean
Come and give me all the smoke [singing in Korean]
like I'm so rock and roll
Come and give me all the smoke
[singing in Korean] stop, drop
I bring the pain like
Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta
Straight to your, straight to your,
straight to your dome like
Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta
I bring the pain like
[applause]
- J. Balvin with Ryan Castro
in five, four, three, two, one.
- Latino gang.
[speaking Spanish]
[singing in Spanish]
- Please welcome from the new movie,
"Look Both Ways," Lili Reinhart.
- This is the VMAs, the Video Music Awards.
We celebrate the art of the music video,
and streaming has opened the door for artists
to push that even further.
From traditional music videos to documentaries
and short films,
these next nominees told their stories through incredible
filmmaking that had fans obsessing over every detail.
Here are the nominees.
- Best Long-form Video.
Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."
Billie Eilish,
"Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles."
Madonna, "Madame X."
Foo Fighters, "Studio 666."
Kacey Musgraves, "Star-Crossed."
Olivia Rodrigo, "Driving Home 2 U."
- And the VMA goes to...
Taylor Swift,
"All Too Well (Ten Minute Version)."
- [Lyrics] Because there we are again
in the middle of the night
I'm dancing 'round the kitchen
in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there
I remember it
All too well, yeah
[applause]
- Wow.
So I had --
You know, before this,
I had directed and written my music videos,
but I had never made a short film before,
and so I want to first start out
by saying thank you to Sadie Sink, Dylan O'Brien,
my amazing cinematographer, Rina Yang,
my producer, Saul Germaine,
and the rest of our incredible crew for trusting me,
for lending me their brilliance,
their talent, their time.
We put our entire hearts into this,
trying to make something that might be worthy of the love
that you, the fans, have shown this song.
Thank you for this beautiful indication
that we did something right. Love you guys.
[music]
- Please welcome back Offset. - Yes, sir!
Yeah, make some noise!
First and foremost, I just dropped a new record,
"Code," out now. Yes, sir!
Okay. MTV has always shared the VMA stage
with the most talented emerging musicians
with the help of MTV Push.
All night long, we'll be hearing from breakout artists
on the extended play stage presented by Doritos.
So first up, we got Conan Gray. Make some noise!
[Lyrics] Let me just set the scene
I'd just left the party at Blake's and it's Halloween
Had the keys to my car in my hand
But I didn't leave
Because the potential of us
It was keeping me up all night long
I left a text you won't read all night long
This could be a disaster
There's so many factors, like, what if you freak out
And then we're losing it all at the critical chapter
Where I say, I love you and you don't say it after
This could be a disaster
I'm pedaling backwards by saying that I'm drunk
I really shouldn't have called, I'm a little bit plastered
You call me a liar, now I'm falling in faster
This could be a disaster
Disaster
- Coming up, Jimmy Fallon hits the stage
to award Album of the Year.
Where our K-Pop stans at? We crown Best K-Pop Video,
and Bad Bunny takes us to the iconic
Yankee Stadium for the world's hottest tour.
VMA Stan Cam is live all night on Twitter.
Follow @vmas and tell us
what you want to see behind the scenes.
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
are brought to you by the first-ever Corolla Cross,
Toyota, "Let's go places";
Extra gum, "Chew it before you do it";
and "See her in Secret,"
congratulate all the amazing female voices tonight.
"If you can see her, you can be her."
- Hey, VMAs. Let's get back to the -- music, shall we?
- ♪ Believe me like a dreaming ♪
- Please welcome Chloe.
[applause]
- You know that friend you don't see enough,
but whenever you do, it's just the best time ever?
That's like these two artists, but when they drop
straight fire, we can't stop listening too.
Performing "Numb," give it up for Marshmello and Khalid.
[applause]
- ♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ I, I want to get numb
♪ And forget where I'm from
♪ Because looking in your eyes ♪
♪ Like looking at the Sun
♪ I feel like you're the Moon
♪ I feel like I'm the one
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ I, I want to get numb
♪ And forget where I'm from
♪ Because looking in your eyes ♪
♪ Like looking at the Sun
♪ I feel like you're the Moon
♪ I feel like I'm the one
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ Want to get numb, go crazy
♪ Want to wild out because lately ♪
♪ Life is so short but amazing ♪
♪ Late night party in the hotel lobby, and I'm ♪
♪ Just reached into my savings ♪
♪ I'll do it too if you take it ♪
♪ Yeah, life is only what you make it ♪
♪ I, I want to get numb
♪ And forget where I'm from
♪ Because looking in your eyes ♪
♪ Like looking at the
♪ I feel like you're the Moon
♪ I feel like I'm the one
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ Hey
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ I
♪ I just want to get lost
♪ Tonight and dance with you
♪ I just want to get way too
♪ Let's set the - ♪ Set the mood
- ♪ You're my fantasy
♪ Yeah, I don't want to fall asleep ♪
♪ There's nothing in this world ♪
♪ Yeah, and I
♪ I want to get numb
♪ And forget where I'm from
♪ Because looking in your eyes ♪
♪ Like looking at the Sun
♪ I feel like you're the Moon
♪ I feel like you're the world ♪
♪ I want to get numb, I want to get numb ♪
♪ Yeah, looking in your eyes
♪ Like looking at the Sun
♪ I feel like you're the Moon
♪ I feel like
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
♪ I want to get
♪ Numb, numb, numb, numb
♪ Yeah, hey, hey, hey
♪ I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb ♪
[applause]
- Please welcome Jimmy Fallon.
[cheers and applause]
- Everybody can think of an album that changed their life
that hooked you from the first track
and got better with each song until you're just convinced
that you discovered something made just for you
when actually you were sharing that experience
with millions of people who felt the exact same way.
That connection is the power that only a great album has.
Here are the nominees for Album of the Year.
[applause]
- Album of the Year.
Billie Eilish, "Happier Than Ever."
- ♪ All right
- Drake, "Certified Lover Boy."
- ♪ Too sexy for that metro housing ♪
- ♪ So easy
- Adele, "30."
- ♪ On me, baby
- Bad Bunny, "Un Verano Sin Ti."
- [singing in language]
- Harry Styles, "Harry's House."
- ♪ As it was
- And the VMA goes to...
Harry Styles, "Harry's House."
- ♪ You know it's not the same ♪
♪ As it was
- Harry is across the river at Madison Square Garden.
He's about to go onstage. Congratulations, Harry!
[applause]
- Hi, VMAs.
I hope you're having a nice time. I'm Harry.
Thank you so, so much for this award for Album of the Year.
I know this is a fan-voted award.
I would like to say thank you to all my friends who voted.
Thank you so, so much.
I obviously wouldn't be holding this if it wasn't for you.
I'd like to thank Tom and Tyler I made the album with
and everyone who worked on the album with me.
I'm sorry I can't be there with you tonight.
I'm about to go onstage just down the road,
but I hope you're having a wonderful evening,
and thank you so much. Thank you.
[applause]
- ♪ You see, it's hard to find an end to something ♪
♪ That you keep beginning over and over again ♪
♪ I promise that the ending always stays the same ♪
♪ So there's no good reason
♪ In make-believing
♪ That we could ever exist again ♪
♪ I can't be your friend, can't be your lover ♪
♪ Can't be the reason we hold back each other ♪
♪ From falling in love
♪ With somebody other than me
♪ I wish that you would stay in my memories ♪
♪ But you show up today just to ruin things ♪
♪ I want to put you in the past ♪
♪ Because I'm traumatized
♪ But you're not letting me do that ♪
♪ Because tonight
- ♪ Starships were meant to fly ♪
- Coming up, blink, you haven't seen the last of Blackpink.
The ladies are back onstage to bring back out
Latin music goddess Anitta.
Legends Cheech and Chong crown the Red Hot Chili Peppers
as this year's Global Icon, and, Barbs, you ready?
We're just minutes away from the Nicki Minaj
VMA takeover!
Whose reaction do you want to see in the audience
while Nicki Minaj takes the stage?
Vote now on VMAs Fan Cam.
[music]
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are brought to you by
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and by Doritos.
Snap the code and find triangles
for a chance to win prizes.
- These performers dominated 2022,
but only one can take home the award for artist of the year.
Will it be a big win for Lil Nas X?
- Will it be Puerto Rico's own Bad Bunny?
- [singing in language]
- [Lyrics] Turn up the music
- Is it "About Damn Time" for Lizzo to take home the win?
- [Lyrics] I've got a feeling
I'm going to be all right
- Is Jack Harlow flying first class to the title?
- [Lyrics] Why do y'all sleep on me
I need reasons
- [Lyrics] We've been doing all this
- Will Harry be styling the night
away with a Moon Person?
- [Lyrics] About anything you want until the morning
[Lyrics] I feel extra sexy
- Will "Certified Lover Boy" Drake be
the artist of the year?
- [Lyrics] Sexy take on protecting
- [Lyrics] You say oh, I love you
- Will it be Ed Sheeran
claiming the title for the second time?
- [Lyrics] Give me the shivers
- Find out who takes home artist of the year
when the MTV Video Music Awards continue.
[applause]
- [Lyrics] Yo, I had to reinvent
I put the V in vent
I put the heat in vents
Man, I been competing since
I look beyond what people saying
And I see intent
Then I just sit back and decipher
What they really meant
I am not Jasmine
I am Aladdin So far ahead
These bums is lagging
See me in that new thing Bums is gagging
I'm starting to feel like a dungeon dragon
- [Lyrics] I shoot the lights out
Hide until it's bright out
Oh, just another lonely night
Are you willing to sacrifice your life
- [yells]
Pull up in the monster Automobile gangsta
With a bad -- that came from Sri Lanka
Yeah, I'm in that Tonka color of Willy Wonka
You could be the king but watch the queen
Okay First thing is first
I'll eat your brain
Then I'ma start rocking gold teeth and fangs
Because that's what a mother mother monster do
Hairdresser from Milan
That's the monster do
The pink wig thick -- give them whiplash
I think big, get cash
Make them blink
And look at what you just saw
This is what you live for
I'm a mother -- monster
Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing
A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing
A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
Ay, yo
Look like I'm going for a swim
Dunked on them Now I'm swinging off the rim
She ain't coming off the bench
While I'm coming off the court fully drenched
Here go some haterade
Get your thirst quenched
Styled on them in this Burberry trench
These girls copy every word, every inch
But gang-gang
I pull in that quarter milli' off the lot
Oh, now she trying to be friends like I forgot
Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc
Ain't pushing out his babies 'cause he's --
Ay, yo I been on
Bitch you been corn
Bentley tints on
Fendi prints on I mean, I been
Storm X-men been formed
He keep on dialing Nicki like the Prince song
Say what I been on
Bitch you been corn
Bentley tints on
Fendi prints on Ay, yo
I been North Lara been Croft
Plates say Chun Li
Drop the Benz off [applause]
I fly with the stars
in the skies
I am no longer trying to survive
I believe that life is a prize
But to live doesn't mean you're alive
Don't worry 'bout me and who I fire
I get what I desire
It's my empire
And yes, I call the shots
I am the umpire I sprinkle holy water
Upon a vampire, hey
In this very moment I'm king
In this very moment I slayed
This very moment I bring
Put it on everything that I will retire with the ring
And I will retire with the crown
Yes
No, I'm not lucky I'm blessed, yes
Clap for the heavyweight champ, me
But I couldn't do it all alone, we
Young Money raised me
Grew up out in Baisley
Southside Jamaica, Queens
And it's crazy Because I'm still hood
Hollywood couldn't change me Shout-out to my haters
Sorry that you couldn't faze me
Ain't being cocky We just vindicated
Best believe that when we done
This moment will be syndicated I don't know
This night just remind me of
Everything they deprived me of
MTV!
[Lyrics] It's a celebration very time
We link up
We done did everything they can think of
Greatness is
I wish that I could have this moment for life
For life
Sing! Sing.
[Lyrics] For life
Let me hear you.
[Lyrics] Because in this moment
I just feel so alive
Alive
This one is for the boys with the booming system
Top down AC with the cooler system
When he come up in the club He be blazing up
Got stacks on deck like he saving up
And he ill He real
He might got a deal He pop bottles
And he got the right kind of
He cold, he dope He might sell --
He always in the air But he never fly coach
He a motherlovin' trip, trip
Ship, ship When he make it
Kiss him on the That's the kind of dude
I was looking for And yes
You'll get slapped if you're looking
I said excuse me, you're a hell of a guy
I mean my, my, my, my
You're like pelican fly I mean
You're so shy And I'm loving your tie
You're like slicker than the guy
Oh, yes I did Yes I did
Somebody please tell him who the eff I is
I am Nicki Minaj
Back coupes up
Boy you've got my heartbeat running away
Hey
Beating like a drum and it's coming your way
Can't you hear that
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
He got that super bass
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
Yeah, that's that super bass
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
He got that super bass
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
Yeah, that's that super bass
[applause]
- [Lyrics] My anaconda don't
My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon'
- Oh, my gosh Look at her butt
Oh, my gosh Look at her butt
Oh, my gosh
Look at her butt
- Little in the middle But she got much back
Little in the middle But she got much back
- Oh, my god
Look at her butt
- She's all right
That girl's all right
With me
Yeah
Ayo, I can lick it I can ride it
While you slipping and sliding
I can do all them little tricks
And keep the -- up inside it
You can smack it You can grip it
You can go down and kiss it
And every time he leave me alone
He always tell me he miss it
He want a F-R-E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K
A-K, A-K, A-K
E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K Okay
One thing about me I'm the baddest alive
He know the prettiest girl didn't come
Until I arrive
I don't let chickens get to me
I eff they man if they try
I got a princess face
A killer body, samurai
They can't be Nicki They so stupid
I just laugh when they try
A thong bikini
I think I'll go for a dive
His ex went up against me
But she didn't survive
On applications, I write pressure
Because that's Pressure applied
Can't -- a regular guy
Than umbrellas and stickier than apple pie
I can lick it I can ride it
While you slippin' and slidin'
I can do all the little tricks and keep the -- up inside it
You can smack it You can grip it
You can go down and kiss it
And every time he leave me alone
He always tell me he miss it
He want a F-R-E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K
A-K, A-K, A-K
E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K
Because what the -- This ain't Chanel, custom down
What the -- This ain't Burberry
Custom brown He's like
Could you throw it back while you touch the ground
Then he said do that, I said yup
Hold up
Ain't no need for you to double tap
Keep these -- on they
Be on the lookout when I come through
BOLO Oh, whoa
Elegant -- with a ho glow
If ain't Then I won't --
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
-- is this tea I just F'd a G
Made him say uh Just ask Mr. P
Ball so hard I just took a knee
Get me rocky ASAP Word to Rih
Let's go Freak
I can lick it I can ride it
While you slipping and sliding
I can do all them little tricks
And keep the -- up inside it Let me hear you!
[Lyrics] You can smack it
You can grip it You can go down and kiss it
And every time he leave me alone
He always tell me he miss it
He want a F-R-E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K
A-K, A-K, A-K
E-A-K
F-R-E-A-K
[applause]
Thank you.
- I love you, Nicki Minaj.
You're an icon, a trailblazer and a legend.
- Queen, you've taught me to always put myself first
and be completely unapologetic about it.
- Nicki, you give me so much confidence
and make me feel like I can express myself.
- Nicki, Nicki, Nicki,
there is no other girl on earth that could make us feel
the way you make us feel with your music.
- You have always been my inspiration
for strength and confidence.
You are literally the reason that I'm alive.
- You've inspired millions around the world,
and the Barbz love you so much.
- Nicki, I love you so much.
[chatter] - I love you so much.
- Please welcome members of Nicki Minaj's fan army,
the Barbz.
- We are here on behalf of all the Barbz all over the planet.
- This is such an incredible honor
to be on the stage tonight
and to be part of this huge moment
for the reigning queen of hip-hop.
[applause]
- Her music is everything.
We owe her everything.
She is everything, okay? [applause]
- And there's no one who deserves this more than her.
- Congratulations to the 2022 MTV Video Vanguard,
Nicki Minaj.
[Lyrics] Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing
A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
I beez in the trap
Beez in the trap
Damn, damn What they say about me
I don't know, man
-- is on your biscuit
If I get hit
Swinging on a big bitch
I don't know, man
[applause]
Hey, guys. How are you?
Oh, thank you.
Let me tell you something. I don't want to -- I don't --
I don't want them to start rolling the music on me,
but I never, ever in my life have written a speech,
and today I jotted, like, something down on my phone,
and I gave it -- I gave my phone to Joe,
and he's not up here with it,
which is sad because now I don't remember stuff.
Well, first of all, I want to say to everyone in here,
God bless you, and thank you.
Give it to me. Where is it? Who has it, Joe? Oh.
Okay. Okay. All right.
So here are the things that I jotted down
and I want to say it because I never end up
saying anything planned, right? Okay.
So I want to take a second to just say "Thank you"
to all of the key people that inspired me
and who I think inspired my flow,
Lil Wayne, Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z,
Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh.
And then I wrote people who gave me huge opportunities
that I'll never forget: Kanye West,
Beyoncé, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Eminem,
Britney Spears, Rihanna and all my Caribbean people,
but, Beanie Man, thank you for everything
and all that you make us. Gang wagwan.
Of course, you guys, I have to thank Drizzy
for always saying the things that I need to hear
to get me back in the game,
my whole Young Money family, Baby, Slim,
Mack, my Republic family, Monte Avery, my babies, Wendy,
Joe, Josh, RAPO, the whole Republic building.
I wrote this down. I don't know why, y'all,
but this was in my spirit to say.
I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here.
[applause]
I wish that people understood
what they meant and what they were going through.
I wish people took mental health seriously,
even for the people who we think have the perfect lives.
I wish Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle were here.
RIP, Daddy, my cousin, Richard, and my business manager,
Angelo, who I never got to say, "Rest in peace" to publicly,
to all the artists, producers and writers
who have contributed to any of my projects,
all the people who allowed me --
I'm sorry, also to all the people
who allowed me to feature on their work.
Thank you. I feature on so many people's music and albums.
[applause] And I want you to know
that I appreciate each and every one of you.
I don't take that for granted.
Thank you for giving me a chance to show my skills.
MTV, thank you for always being amazing for me,
and my whole [Indistinct], I love you.
And look. There's one -- Hold on.
Hold on. You better lay low. Hold on. I got this.
That's mine. That's mine. Hold on. The Barbz.
Barbz!
[applause]
You know what? Thank you.
Thank you so much. And to --
You guys are my babies, but I have a new baby.
Yo. Hold on 2 seconds
because I know they probably went to commercial, but listen.
I have a new baby. His name is Papa Bear,
and I love him. Papa Bear, I love you so much.
Mommy loves you so, so, so, so, so, so, so much.
But, you guys, thank you. Go right now.
I just put out my first greatest hits album,
y'all, "Queen Radio" album,
"Volume I." [applause]
I love you guys. Thank you. [applause]
[Lyrics] Feeling myself
I'm conceited
Feeling myself I'm conceited
Yeah Feeling myself
I'm conceited
Feeling myself I'm conceited
Feeling myself I'm conceited, yeah
Feeling myself I'm conceited
Feeling myself
I'm conceited Flo Milli
You never dated a chocolate
You want a model All for the internet
All that kikiki I ain't into that
All my mini-mes
I invented that facts
Long-ass weave flow my back
I want a pitcher with a baseball bat, swing
Girls don't like when I talk like that
Please don't bark Because Milli bite back
I huff and I puff an I blow -- down
Stand up Go sit down
Put your ear on this --
Hear this ocean sound I -- once, boy
You old -- now
You got money because you on --
Milli got millis because Milli got hits
You pop pimples I pop
You can talk like this when you really that
Feeling myself I'm conceited
Yeah Feeling myself
I'm conceited
Feeling myself I'm conceited
[applause] - Oh, that's --
- Coming up, titans of hip-hop Eminem and Snoop Dogg
team up for a mind-blowing Metaverse performance.
Our favorite Brazilian queen, Anitta, slays her VMA debut.
You broke the Internet voting for your faves.
Sofia Carson awards Best K-Pop Video,
and rock royalty is in the house.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
become this year's MTV Global Icons.
- [Lyrics] I can't seem to ever get
- Who will be named this year's Best New Artist?
MTV is putting it in your hands.
Your Tweet is your vote. Vote now.
Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.
Stay tuned for your Best New Artist,
presented by Extra Gum.
Ready for another epic performance?
Pepsi invites you to watch the world premiere of the new song,
"Wild," from breakout artist and winner of
"Becoming a Pop Star," Samy Hawk.
- I just want you guys to know that I'm available
for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings,
wakes, any old thing you need, anything.
You name it. So, oh, I'm also a dentist.
- [Lyrics] I represent Queens
She was raised out in Brooklyn
- Doing it and doing it and doing it well
- You guys ready to take a little trip with me
from the D to the LBC?
Are you ready for MTV to play pinball with your brain cells?
Huh? Bing, bing, bing.
Two hip-hop giants dropped a weed track
and got the real world and the metaverse sky high.
You know we always break new ground,
so on that note and a VMA first,
from the other side of metaverse,
here are Eminem and Snoop Dogg!
- Yo, hold on. Oh, my god, bro. How'd you get that in here?
- I got the connection. Man, don't trip. Wake up.
- Yo, man.
I feel like you're getting me high again, bro.
We in it now though. Let's go.
Yeah. Yo, Snoop, is that-- - Yeah, what the [...] man?
This shit's the size of my hand, dog.
Shit's going to make me relapse.
[Lyrics]
That's how I know that I'm in the studio with the Doggy
In Californ-E,
'Cause my homie from Long Beach
Always got that bomb weed, that's why I feel a calm breeze
Every time I palm trees, get it,
just like that blonde bleach
I went platinum, then so did my albums,
Calvin's turning me into a zombie
Because these buds are like The Hulk,
they're twice the size that his arm be
And that is some strong green
Got a contact, my contact lenses are foggy,
I might end up in Walgreen's
Pharmacy with my arm asleep gone off, mixed with
I will treat Paula Dean like a human pinball machine
Bouncing balls off her,
if y'all are seeking the smoke, I got all the weed
I am a walking mother-effing marijuana leaf
And I'm here to stay
My reign's so definite my longevity needs
a hearing aid, still wearing
Hanes T-shirts,
I done bodied some features with legendary names
Was there when Dre turned the Chronic to monetary gain
'Cause dope is addictive just like they call it marijuana,
because like marriage, you want to, marry Jane
It's like you and Spider-Man feel the very same
My adversaries came
But these little degenerates are my lineage,
when it comes to pockets weren't many if,
any as skinny as mine bitch, I was penniless
Now I'm plenty rich,
and the shit don't make any sense,
I was in a mother pinch like a titty twist
Now I'm sitting as pretty as each penny is,
while I'm penning this in the lab on you guinea pigs
I'm fixing to fool, I'm in effect,
give me the, and when I pull the big out
That trigger, pull it until the mother shit runs out of bullets
Somebody better call an ambulance
If you live, it will be miraculous,
I got more hits than a contract killer
Like caterpillars that don't got antennas, other words
I don't got no god damn fillers
Mt. Westmore, you did not plan for this,
from Detroit all the way to Los Angeles
Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213
Let's see them blunts raised
Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313
Let's see them blaze
Make money moves like the matrix
Make more mount motivation
Roll up, more meditation I'm watching the moves
that you make might want to stick to the basics
Military mindset, locked in, cocked in,
making sure the mission is profitable
Ain't no mission impossible
One phone call and my monsters will go
Dump phones, hop in a Mazda and go
Funk that, y'all stay I'm fixing to go
Think you slick, boy this Crip
You ain't ready to take it where I'm fixing to go
Mafia rules
You making a mockery, me a monopoly
Speak on my flow, my, I'm mopping 'em
Slept on my flo' now suckers is copying
I'll be opping through all this opulence
Give me a task, I conquer it
This ain't the time for pondering
You suckers is following, this realness we be honoring
You looking for followers and not watching my homies
that's following Homies bump them mics
I'm like like what, yeah, Rob
East side, East up Hey, Eminem woke the beast up
Let y'all ride now, want it back like the lease up
Think it's a game you gone see something
Ain't no peace, you'll be missing a piece of you
Popped off, now sheets on them
Mama all mad, kids all sad, damn my bad
Send a few coins to the coroner Please make a sweet for them
Because I don't hop on tracks, I leap on 'em
In the fields with the cleats on them
Steve Job of the cannabis mob In due time, knew it be mine
Suge knew I'd go platinum the minute I signed
If you're looking for the one, I'm the homie to find
Young crook sold dope in the middle of Pine
To being the face of this
Long Beach, these seas is different
Four man with the put on
Still getting bread with the homies I've put on
Yea, yea I put my hood on
Things got cold, I put my hood on
Yea, yea Marshall and Calvin,
both from the gutters like public housing
Now we both performing for hundreds of thousands
Wearing no makeup, but we still be clowning them
- Yo, Slim, wake up!
- Wait! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, whoa, whoa, oh!
What? What just happened?
Oh, shit. Is this MTV?
- MTV, dog, we got a show to do.
Come on, man.
- Come on, Slim.
- MTV, hands up! [Lyrics]
Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213
Let's see them [...] raised
Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313
Let's see [...] raise
My Detroit hitters versus everybody
My Long Beach hitters versus everybody
My Detroit, leave with a body
My Long Beach, shoot up the party
Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213
Let's see them blunts raised
Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313
Let's see them blaze
- Come on! [Lyrics]
My Detroit, versus everybody
My Long Beach, versus everybody
My Detroit, leave with a body
My Long Beach, shoot up the party
- Hands up everybody!
- [Lyrics] You ain't nothing but a
- Dog, player, ah, get it
- Please welcome from the film "Purple Hearts," Sofia Carson.
[music]
- How we doing, VMAs?
Can we please give it up for Snoop and Eminem
because that was insane!
K-Pop fans are as passionate
and intense as any sports fans, right?
They go hard for their teams,
and they come out in massive numbers to support them
and treat every win or loss like it's life or death.
And there is a lot on the line this year with this category
pitting returning champs
against record-breaking newcomers.
Here are the nominees for best K-Pop.
- Best K-Pop.
BTS, "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)."
Itzy, "Loco."
Stray Kids, "Maniac."
Twice, "The Feels."
Lisa, "LALISA."
Seventeen, "Hot."
- And the VMA goes to-- Can I get a drum roll please?
Lisa!
- [Lyrics] Just say, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me
Call me, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me
Ooh-oh, [foreign], attitude
[foreign], the loudest in the room
Just say, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me
Call me, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me
Ooh-oh, aljana attitude
[singing in Korean] the loudest in the room
[singing in Korean]
- Oh, this is heavy.
Oh, my god.
Hi, New York.
Hi, everyone.
First of all,
I want thank you to MTV for this wonderful honor.
I want to thank all of my collaborators
in my solo project,
especially Teddy Oppa, YG,
and [speaking Korean]
for making "LALISA" so much more special,
and Blinks, I mean--
Blinks, I mean, you're, like, the most important ones.
Like, thank you so much for making this happen.
I love you.
And, girls, [speaking Korean]
I love you!
Thank you for loving "LALISA" so much.
Have a wonderful night, guys. Thank you.
[speaking Korean]
- Please welcome Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong!
- Hey. What's up?
Listen.
We just wandered over here
because we smelled that last performance.
It smelled like--
I'm telling you, it smelled like Snoop Dogg.
- That's because it was Snoop Dogg, dude.
- Oh, even better, man.
Hey, we're here tonight to hand out the MTV Global Icon Award
to one of our favorite bands of all times,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The award recognizes artists who have lost--
left an indel-- endearing-- I'm [...] sorry--
an enduring mark on the world
and are just an impactful as ever.
- Tonight's honorees met in the halls of Fairfax High
in Los Angeles, the Lions,
and they started gigging on the Sunset Strip.
They infused LA punk with high octane bass lines
and electric stage show presence
like nothing we have ever seen before.
- And numbers don't lie: six Grammys...
over 100 million records sold,
and 4 decades on top.
- They have already released a number one album this year
and have another brand-new album--
studio album ready to come on this October 14th.
- And personally, of course, whenever I think of the band,
you know, I think of somebody putting a sock on [...]
- Here are MTV's newest Global Icons, Los Chipocludos,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers!
- [Lyrics] A lazy rain am I,
The skies refuse to cry
Cremation takes its piece of your supply
The night was dressed like noon,
A sailor spoke too soon
And China's on the dark side of the moon
Hit it now
Platypus are few,
the secret life of Roo
A personality I never knew,
Get it on
My Greta weighs a ton,
The archers on the run
And no one stands alone
Behind the sun
It's been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It's been a long time, and you never know when
Waiting on another
black summer to end
Crack the flaming whip,
a-sailing on a censorship
Riding on a headless horse to make the trip
It's been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It's been a long time, and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
I've been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I've been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I've been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
Can't stop, addicted to the shindig
Chop Top, he says I'm going to win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunct, the pistol that you pay for
This punk, the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
East side love is living on the West End
Knocked out, but, boy, you better come to
Don't die, you know, the truth as some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burn so bright, I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers
The world I love, the tears I drop
To be part of the wave, can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love, the trains I hop
To be part of the wave, can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to
Sweetheart is bleeding in the snow cone
So smart, she's leading me to ozone
Music, the great communicator
Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration
The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation
Worth your weight, the gold of meditation
This chapter's gonna be a close one
Smoke rings, I know you're gonna blow one
All on a spaceship, persevering
Use my hands for everything but steering
Can't stop the demons when they need you
Mop tops are happy when they feed you
J. Butterfly is in the treetop
Birds that blow the meaning into bebop
The world I love, the tears I drop
To be part of the wave, can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love, the trains I hop
To be part of the wave, can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to
Wait a minute, I'm passing out, win or lose
Just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew
How about you
Ten more reasons why I need somebody new
Just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew
Right on cue
Can't stop, addicted to the shindig
Chop Top, he says I'm going to win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunct, the pistol that you pay for
This punk, the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
East side love is living on the West End
Knocked out, but, boy, you better come to
Don't die, you know, the truth as some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burn so bright, I wonder what the wave meant
Kick start the golden generator
Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineering
Feel no need for any interfering
Your image in the dictionary
This life is more than ordinary
Can I get two, maybe even three of these
Coming from the space to teach you of the Pleiades
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
This life is more than just a read-through
[applause]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
the 2022 Icon--
MTV Icon Global Award goes to the Chili Peppers!
- Los Chipocludos! - Thank you.
- I want to give it you for real.
[music]
[applause]
- Thank you, Cheech and Chong. Thank you.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Y'all are some bad mother flip-flops.
So nice to see your face.
Hello.
I did want to thank the sassy mistress
known as MTV for supporting us for 1,000 years or more.
I also wanted to thank planet Earth
and the people of planet Earth for listening and caring
and paying attention to what we do.
It's a blessing, but really, really, really, really,
really I want to thank Flea and John and Chad Smith,
Chad mother Gaylord Smith for giving me
a purpose in my life for the last 40 years.
I would have been a free-floating disaster of space
if not for these boys, so thank you, boys,
for giving me something to do with my life and love.
- Hey, everybody.
We try to, you know, make some cool visual art with our--
that go to our music, and thank you,
MTV, for supporting that for all these years.
You know, it's a real honor to be here
and play in front of you guys. Thank you so much.
There's another musical icon-- global icon,
and his name is my brother Taylor Hawkins,
and I want to dedicate this to Taylor and his family.
I love them, and I miss him every day,
and fly on, Hawk. Fly on, brother. Thank you.
- That mother is tall.
To my bandmates, I love you so much.
To my wife, Melody, I love you.
To my children, Sunny and Clara, I love you.
To everyone of you out there watching on TV and here,
I love you. I breathe for you.
I love cockroaches and dirt and trees
and every human being and the ocean and the fish
in it and deer and deer antlers and birds in the sky and love
and everything that isn't love is cowardice.
I love you. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you.
- And John says it all with his smile.
That's what he got to say. It's his smile
and his guitar playing and his just sweet nature.
We love him. Thank y'all. Have fun.
[applause]
- [Lyrics] She think she funny Well, I'm hilarious
Girl, keep it cute before I embarrass you
I think it's crazy how they play the
Mess with they mind, I don't get out of character
Wait, I be heating up, I got to reload
Hating, he ain't messing with my ego
Thirty inches got me feeling Filipino
Name hold weight like a boat full of
Ain't no need for wasting time
When I see you out in public, girl, your ass is mine
You can get away from me offline
But when you walk up in the, you'll be back in the bind
They ain't tell you I was one of a kind
Got these trying to copy on the front of they mind
You hate before you brush your teeth
I ride your face to sleep
I might make a run and make the headlines
Make a go night-night like it's bedtime
Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime
I might make a run and make the headlines
Make a go night-night like it's bedtime
Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime
Z, Z, Z, Z, Z, Z
- Coming up, what's popping?
Jack Harlow and the ladies of BLACKPINK
return to the stage. Anitta is ready to work.
Her first-ever VMA performance is next.
And one of the biggest artists on the planet,
Bad Bunny, takes over Yankee Stadium.
- The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
are brought to you by Kraft Singles,
"Square it;"
the first-ever Corolla Cross, Toyota,
"Let's go places;" and by Descovy.
- [Lyrics] Like
- Please welcome one of our hosts tonight,
Jack Harlow.
- [Lyrics] My chain hitting like
King is back in his hometown
When them wheels hit and I touch down, they
- Hey.
- [Lyrics] She down low Three-point stance
I'm back there doing Jack dance like
- VMAs!
[applause] - We here. We here, baby.
- What's up? Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.
One second. One second.
Being here hosting tonight with two icons
like LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj,
it's genuinely a honor. It's a honor.
[applause]
I remember. I know you remember back in high school
watching the VMAs instead of doing the paper
we had due the next day, and we'd just gather around
the TV and enjoyed it, and now we're here.
My family is in Louisville having a watch party right now.
This is crazy, brother.
[applause]
Crazy. Listen.
I can guarantee you all of our performers
and nominees put in the work to get here.
It was not luck, so give it up for them.
Give it up for them. Give it up for them.
[applause]
So let's keep it going.
I need you to please welcome
Bebe Rexha! [applause]
- [Lyrics] No, I don't need your help
To make me sick
To make me ill
I don't need anybody else
Because I can break my heart myself
I don't need your help
Getting off of this carousel
I don't need anybody else
- Hi!
- [Lyrics] Because I can break my heart myself
- What up? Okay. Listen.
Yeah, I'm going to show this leg.
Music has always been a soundtrack to change, okay?
And the videos in this next category
all have something to say, okay?
They inspire us to stand up for our rights
or to see things from a different perspective.
The nominees for Video For Good push us to be better,
to be ourselves and to be nicer to each other.
Take a look.
[applause]
- Video For Good.
- [Lyrics] Crack a bottle
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Heart Part 5."
- [Lyrics] Remains
We start over That's the problem
Our foundation was trained to accept whatever follows
- [singing in French]
- [lyrics] Turn up the music
- Lizzo, "About Damn Time."
- [Lyrics] I got a feeling
I'm going to be okay
- [lyrics] Y'all sexualize lesbians
- Latto, "Pussy."
- [Lyrics] They engage and then gossip live
From they mama basement
If you don't get a pussy up, then they'll take it
- Wow.
- Rina Sawayama, "This Hell."
- [Lyrics] With you We're burning up together, baby
That makes two
- Okay, and the VMA goes to
Lizzo, "About Damn Time."
- [Lyrics] Turn up the music
Turn down the lights
I got a feeling
I'm going to be all right
Okay - Okay
- All right It's about damn time
Turn up the music
Let's celebrate
I've got a feeling
I'm going to be okay
Okay - Okay
- All right
It's about damn time
[applause]
[crowd chanting "Lizzo"]
- Bitch!
Thank you so much, you all.
First, I want to say shout-out to Christian Breslauer,
who directed the music video, Tittylauer.
I don't know what Music Video For Good means,
but I do know what your vote means, and that's a [...] lot.
Your vote means everything to me.
It means everything to making a change in this country.
So remember when you're voting for your favorite artist,
vote to change some of these laws that are oppressing us.
[applause]
I want to say thank you so much
for supporting me and loving on me.
And now to the bitches that got something to say
about me in the press...
[applause]
You know what? I'm not going to say nothing.
They be like, "Lizzo, why don't you clap back?
Why don't you clap back?"
Because, bitch, I'm winning, ho.
[applause]
Big bitch is winning, ho!
That's why vengeance so painful, bitch!
[Indistinct]!
[applause]
[music]
- [Lyrics] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- Please welcome back BLACKPINK.
- [Lyrics] BLACKPINK
- This global pop superstar from Brazil
sings in five different languages,
has a Guinness World Record as the first Latin solo artist
to have number one song in the world,
and has collaborated with Cardi B,
Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, and Madonna.
- You're about to see why these artists
are going to work with her and why she has some of
the most obsessed fans in the planet.
- Just like us, she's making her debut live
VMA performance tonight.
- We present you Anitta!
[applause]
[Lyrics] [singing in Portuguese]
- VMAs, did you think
I wasn't going to shake my ass tonight?
[energetic music]
- Kiss me from the roof to the lobby
[applause]
- [Lyrics] When they say that I can't
- Damn lie
- Ain't dapping no hands - Sanitize
- We going to slide on your man - Landslide
- It's a [...] in my pants - Hand
- You going to try to recant - Can't not
- I could step on a ant - Ant pile
- I'm a shoot at the ground
Dance now Dance Dance
Dance Oh, what a handsome gift
To live in a land of sin
Running with bands and
And my little nasty chick
That what I asked of him
He told me he'd grant my wish
You dance with the devil
You never dance again
Dance now Dance
Hands up Dance
Dance Hands up
Dance Dance
Dance now Dance
Dance
Dance now Dance
- I'm not the
- Look - I'm not the
[applause]
- Coming up, you streamed them billions of times.
Ashley Graham hands out Best Latin Video.
Glam rock is back. Maneskin takes the stage
for their very first VMA performance.
Tonight's host Nicki Minaj is back onstage.
- [Lyrics] Yeah, yeah, yeah
- And Kane Brown makes his grand VMA debut,
presented by Toyota.
Head to Twitter and vote now to see how Kane Brown
gets ready for his performance.
[Lyrics] Got me thinking
Sometimes it be like that
- So, rain check on practice?
- Rain check.
[Lyrics] Ain't life grand
Only ones I keep around me is my fam
No coincidence It's always been the plan
And I wouldn't trade it for nothing
So this is my mood forever
Ain't life grand
Only ones I keep around me is my family
No coincidence It's always been the plan
And I'll always keep it trilly with the fans
Ain't life grand I saw it all
I saw it in my head, yeah
Ain't life grand
- Up next, Kane Brown makes his VMA debut at the Toyota stage.
[Lyrics] We about to feed these youngins to the Metaverse
Meanwhile I'm over here just trying to pen a verse
Because I'm done being extra with the extroverts
- So what I want you to understand is,
when our next performer was trying to break into Nashville,
people told him he wasn't country enough.
- You're country enough in my book.
- Respect. But you know what? He didn't just break in.
- Damn right. - He broke records --
- Damn right.
- Putting out hit after hit --
- Damn right. - Selling out stadiums --
- Damn right. Damn right. Damn right.
- Now, he can make whatever type of music
he damn well pleases.
- Damn right. Damn right.
- His sound is impossible to box in,
and this record right here is proof.
- Yep. - Heading North to Fort Lee,
New Jersey, for his first ever VMA performance --
- Damn right. - Kane Brown.
[applause]
[Lyrics] Ain't life grand
Come on!
[Lyrics] I had thoughts of superstardom
Singing in the mirror
I was flossing Swear that I saw this
Remember when I couldn't stand it
Now I got the posture
Finally threw a pair of dice
Call me Frankie Scoblete
All just to see your hands jumping at the concert
Yeah Come on
And I wouldn't trade it for nothing
No, I wouldn't change it ever
It's too long to live it for nothing
So this is my mood forever
Ain't life grand
Only ones I keep around me is my fam
No coincidence It's always been the plan
And I always keep it trilly with the fans
Oh, ain't life grand
And I love a little whiskey in my hand
I make it disappear then reappear again
Matter fact I never want this life to end
Until the end Yeah
The voices in my head
They used to make me wanna break down
Had me hella weighed down
Had me in a corner
Had me beat but I'm okay now
True to what they say If there's a will
Then there's a way out
Took all of my dreams
I took them back because I'm awake now
Yeah
And I wouldn't trade it for nothing
No, I wouldn't change it ever
It's too long to live it for nothing
So this is my mood forever
Ain't life grand
Only ones I keep around me is my fam
No coincidence It's always been the plan
And I always keep it trilly with the fans
Oh, ain't life grand
And I love a little whiskey in my hand
I make it disappear then reappear again
Matter fact I never want this life to end
Until the end I saw it all
I saw it in my head, yeah
I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah
Ain't life grand
And I wouldn't trade it for nothing
No, I wouldn't change it ever
It's too long to live it for nothing
So this is my mood forever
Ain't life grand
Only ones I keep around me is my fam
No coincidence It's always been the plan
And I always keep it trilly with the fans
Oh, ain't life grand
And I love a little whiskey in my hand
I sip it down so I can fill it up again
Matter fact I never want this life to end
Until the end I saw it all
I saw it in my head, yeah
I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah
Ain't life grand
I saw it all
I saw it in my head, yeah
I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah
I saw it all
I saw it in my head, yeah
Ain't life grand
Woo.
[applause]
- Toyota congratulates Kane Brown
on his epic VMA performance.
- Welcome back one of our hosts tonight, Nicki Minaj.
[applause]
- Hey.
- Nicki, what's up?
Nicki, what's up?
- New Jersey, what -- is good? [applause]
Is New York in the building?
[applause]
Queens, Brooklyn, Harlem --
- Hey, yo.
- The Bronx --
Oh. I got it. Where my bad (bleep) at?
[applause]
All right. Child, this long hair.
We gone figure it out. We gone --
Okay. I love the VMAs. I've loved the VMAs
since I was a little, tiny, teeny, bitty girl.
I have dreamt of being on this show,
but I could have never guessed that's actually
what my future would hold. Can you believe this night?
[applause]
- Barbz,
I'm officially Video Vanguard royalty.
And now, on top of that, I get to host.
So you know what that means, right, y'all?
Buckle your -- --
[applause]
Our next presenter is a badass business woman,
supermodel and a mother.
She does it all. Please welcome the beautiful Ashley Graham.
- [Lyrics] I wanna tell you, baby, that I love you
I love you I'll always love you, baby
I want to love you
All right, y'all.
The nominees in this category hail from Colombia,
Puerto Rico, Brazil and the USA, y'all.
And their music has taken over every corner of the globe.
We streamed their songs billions of times,
and their videos destroy these records.
All right? They are the biggest superstars on the planet.
Here are the nominees for Best Latin.
[applause]
- Best Latin --
- [singing in language]
- Daddy Yankee, "Remix".
- J. Balvin and Skrillex, "In Da Getto".
- Anitta, "Envolver".
- Becky G and Karol G, "Mamiii".
- Bad Bunny, "Titi Me Pregunto".
- Farruko, "Pepas."
- And the VMA goes to...
Anitta, "Envolver."
[applause]
- Oh, my God.
I really wasn't expecting that. I think I'm going to cry.
[applause]
Okay, so I just want to say,
for whoever doesn't know this, it's --
Tonight, it's the history. It's first time of Brazil here.
[applause]
It's the first time my country
has even win an award like that,
and I just want to say thank you for my family,
for my fans, and --
[applause]
Tonight, I performed here a rhythm that,
for many years in my country, was considered a crime.
I was born and raised in the ghetto of Brazil,
and for whoever was born there, we never --
We never would think this is possible, so thank you so much.
[applause]
- From the Extended Play Stage
presented by Doritos, give it up for JID.
[Lyrics] Push the -- off of the porch or break a -- down
Get this -- If it happen to blow
It makes surround sounds
Pussycat on my lap Push it back
And go to town down
Putting rap on my back
And I'm blacking, snatching crowns
I done came back around
Like a -- selling -- in pounds I got a bag now
But it's nothing to brag about
-- blast in the background I'm a Black man
With the bloodhounds
-- 10 making love sounds To a bad chick
She from uptown I'm from down South
Not a loudmouth
We can -- around
Hit the music, baby Cut it down
Hit a doobie while you do me indubitably
I feel like I'm -- now
I feel like a -- down when I shine bright
Blind -- is up now
In the cut Big black truck
Pack sacked up
You can pick it up now Okay
Push the -- pack off of the porch
Or break a pound down Get this --
If it happen to blow
It makes surround sounds
Pussycat on my lap
Push it back And go to town down
Putting rap on back
And I'm blacking, snatching crowns
Yeah Yeah
[Indistinct]
- [Lyrics] I don't want to
- Coming up, Maneskin performs their number-one smash hit,
"Supermodel." We stan this TikTok queen.
Dixie D'Amelio hits the stage next, and these nominees serve.
We award Best Hip-Hop Video and Artist of the Year.
- Who will be named this year's Best New Artist?
MTV is putting it in your hands.
Your tweet is your vote. Vote now.
Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.
Stay tuned for your Best New Artist,
presented by Extra Gum.
- [Lyrics] Ayo, this week, Rari, next week, Lambo
Bitch, I'm fly I don't land though
- Welcome back. It's time -- You guys, I just calculated it.
It's -- like, 5 minutes went by.
It is time for a Barbie wellness check.
Okay? I'm going to do those throughout the night.
Now, do you look good?
[applause]
Do you feel good?
[applause]
Do you have some good coochie or penis?
[applause]
Okay, okay, okay!
Well, let's keep all those good juices flowing.
Please welcome to the stage Dixie D'Amelio!
[music]
- This next artist echoes the best rock bands of all time
and still serves up that kick-you-in-the-ass energy
of something completely cutting edge.
Bringing their number-one hit "Supermodel"
to the VMAs, it's Maneskin.
- Woo! VMAs, make some noise!
[Lyrics] Alone at parties in a deadly silhouette
She loves the cocaine, but cocaine don't love her back
When she's upset, she talks to Maury and takes deep breaths
She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh
Way back in high school, when she was a good Christian
I used to know her, but she's got a new best friend
A drag queen named The Virgin Mary takes confessions
She's a '90s supermodel
Yeah, she's a master, my compliments
If you want to love her, just deal with that
She'll never love you more than money and cigarettes
Every night's a heartbreak
Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Savor every moment until she has to go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Come on!
[Lyrics] Alone at parties, she's working around the clock
When you're not looking, she's stealing your Basquiat
Low-waisted pants on OnlyFans, I'll pay for that
She's a '90s supermodel
Yeah, she's a master, my compliments
If you want to love her, just deal with that
She'll never love you, you just look a bit like her dad
Every night's a heartbreak
Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Savor every moment until she has to go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Woo! VMAs, give it up!
Woo!
[Lyrics] She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh
[cheers and applause]
Thank you!
- [singing in language]
- Give it up for Becky G!
- [speaking language]
Look, as a young Latina
growing up in Inglewood, hip-hop was everywhere,
and it was a part of the neighborhood that I grew up in.
It was a part of us, and we listened to it,
but not only did we listen to it, we lived it,
and the artists who created it did not just inspire us,
but they inspired the culture of Best Hip-Hop.
So let's check them out.
- Best Hip-Hop.
Latto, "Big Energy."
Kendrick Lamar, "N95."
Future featuring Drake and Tems, "Wait for U."
Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby, "Do We Have a Problem?"
Pusha T, "Diet Coke."
Eminem and Snoop Dogg, "From the D 2 the LBC."
- And the VMA -- and the VMA goes to --
I am not surprised! It is her night!
Ladies and gentlemen, Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby!
[Lyrics] Tell 'em my Nina, my, she a rider
I got a shooter, and I got a driver
They want that heat, I'm the only provider
Little bad foreign, word to Fivio
Know the vibe, that's word to Five, yo
Beef, we about to resolve, yo
Pull up on a opp, do we have a problem
Hold up, shorty, hold up
Please don't touch me, look at my fit
Look at my ankle, look at my wrist
This one a pack, this one a brick
That one a opp, that one a lick
This one for Pop, this one for Juice
I am the one
Okay, you guys.
I want to make this really quick.
Okay. Now, earlier I was talking about artists
who worked with me at the beginning of my career,
and I left a few people out,
so I'm just going to name them really quick:
Will.I.Am, Fergie, Taylor Swift,
who had a huge part in the success of "Super Bass,"
Elton John recently, but, you know, he's an icon,
Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,
Keyshia Cole, Gucci Mane, Puffy.
I got to shout out South Side Jamaica, Queens, New York City!
All the artists that have helped put us
on the map from the beginning,
Salt-N-Pepa, Kid and Play, I think, right?
Nas, 50, LL, the whole G-Unit,
but this award is for "Do We Have a Problem?"
so I want to thank Lil Baby, who I love so much.
Thank you, Lil Baby, for doing this with me,
and shout out to P. And --
Oh, and tonight, someone special with me is Fendi.
If you guys know, you know.
Fendi, thank you for being there from the beginning,
from the come-up, for believing me,
for seeing something in me when no one else did.
Fendi, I love you. Thank you.
And you guys, the Barbz, voted, so this is for the Barbz!
- [Lyrics] Now, I remember when you'd call me late at night
I gave you my hours and advice just trying to fix you
And all your daddy issues
But now, I don't even miss you anymore
So, I, I want all the tears back that I cried
All the hours spent giving advice
On how to write your songs
All you did was prove me wrong
When you said you loved me
Well, you must've had your fingers crossed
- Coming up, Bad Bunny takes over Yankee Stadium
for a performance you cannot miss.
Panic! at the Disco lights up the entire arena,
and music royalty is crowned
when we reveal Artist of the Year.
VMA fan cam is live behind the scenes
with your faves all night.
Follow @vmas on Twitter for more.
- [Lyrics] Ayo, this week, Rari, next week, Lambo
Bitch, I'm fly I don't land though
- Welcome back. It's time -- You guys, I just calculated it.
It's -- like, 5 minutes went by.
It is time for a Barbie wellness check.
Okay? I'm going to do those throughout the night.
Now, do you look good?
[applause]
Do you feel good?
[applause]
Do you have some good coochie or penis?
[applause]
Okay, okay, okay!
Well, let's keep all those good juices flowing.
Please welcome to the stage Dixie D'Amelio!
[music]
- This next artist echoes the best rock bands of all time
and still serves up that kick-you-in-the-ass energy
of something completely cutting edge.
Bringing their number-one hit "Supermodel"
to the VMAs, it's Maneskin.
- Woo! VMAs, make some noise!
[Lyrics] Alone at parties in a deadly silhouette
She loves the cocaine, but cocaine don't love her back
When she's upset, she talks to Maury and takes deep breaths
She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh
Way back in high school, when she was a good Christian
I used to know her, but she's got a new best friend
A drag queen named The Virgin Mary takes confessions
She's a '90s supermodel
Yeah, she's a master, my compliments
If you want to love her, just deal with that
She'll never love you more than money and cigarettes
Every night's a heartbreak
Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Savor every moment until she has to go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Come on!
[Lyrics] Alone at parties, she's working around the clock
When you're not looking, she's stealing your Basquiat
Low-waisted pants on OnlyFans, I'll pay for that
She's a '90s supermodel
Yeah, she's a master, my compliments
If you want to love her, just deal with that
She'll never love you, you just look a bit like her dad
Every night's a heartbreak
Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Savor every moment until she has to go
Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll
Woo! VMAs, give it up!
Woo!
[Lyrics] She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh
[cheers and applause]
Thank you!
- [singing in language]
- Give it up for Becky G!
- [speaking language]
Look, as a young Latina
growing up in Inglewood, hip-hop was everywhere,
and it was a part of the neighborhood that I grew up in.
It was a part of us, and we listened to it,
but not only did we listen to it, we lived it,
and the artists who created it did not just inspire us,
but they inspired the culture of Best Hip-Hop.
So let's check them out.
- Best Hip-Hop.
Latto, "Big Energy."
Kendrick Lamar, "N95."
Future featuring Drake and Tems, "Wait for U."
Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby, "Do We Have a Problem?"
Pusha T, "Diet Coke."
Eminem and Snoop Dogg, "From the D 2 the LBC."
- And the VMA -- and the VMA goes to --
I am not surprised! It is her night!
Ladies and gentlemen, Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby!
[Lyrics] Tell 'em my Nina, my, she a rider
I got a shooter, and I got a driver
They want that heat, I'm the only provider
Little bad foreign, word to Fivio
Know the vibe, that's word to Five, yo
Beef, we about to resolve, yo
Pull up on a opp, do we have a problem
Hold up, shorty, hold up
Please don't touch me, look at my fit
Look at my ankle, look at my wrist
This one a pack, this one a brick
That one a opp, that one a lick
This one for Pop, this one for Juice
I am the one
Okay, you guys.
I want to make this really quick.
Okay. Now, earlier I was talking about artists
who worked with me at the beginning of my career,
and I left a few people out,
so I'm just going to name them really quick:
Will.I.Am, Fergie, Taylor Swift,
who had a huge part in the success of "Super Bass,"
Elton John recently, but, you know, he's an icon,
Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,
Keyshia Cole, Gucci Mane, Puffy.
I got to shout out South Side Jamaica, Queens, New York City!
All the artists that have helped put us
on the map from the beginning,
Salt-N-Pepa, Kid and Play, I think, right?
Nas, 50, LL, the whole G-Unit,
but this award is for "Do We Have a Problem?"
so I want to thank Lil Baby, who I love so much.
Thank you, Lil Baby, for doing this with me,
and shout out to P. And --
Oh, and tonight, someone special with me is Fendi.
If you guys know, you know.
Fendi, thank you for being there from the beginning,
from the come-up, for believing me,
for seeing something in me when no one else did.
Fendi, I love you. Thank you.
And you guys, the Barbz, voted, so this is for the Barbz!
- [Lyrics] Now, I remember when you'd call me late at night
I gave you my hours and advice just trying to fix you
And all your daddy issues
But now, I don't even miss you anymore
So, I, I want all the tears back that I cried
All the hours spent giving advice
On how to write your songs
All you did was prove me wrong
When you said you loved me
Well, you must've had your fingers crossed
- Coming up, Bad Bunny takes over Yankee Stadium
for a performance you cannot miss.
Panic! at the Disco lights up the entire arena,
and music royalty is crowned
when we reveal Artist of the Year.
VMA fan cam is live behind the scenes
with your faves all night.
Follow @vmas on Twitter for more.
- [Lyrics] Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
- Please welcome, from "Ink Master," Joel Madden.
- [Lyrics] Always complaining
If money is such a problem
You got so many problems
Think I could solve them
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
- Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses,
Metallica, Pearl Jam.
Those aren't just the iconic bands that helped build MTV,
they're previous winners of this next award.
Here are this year's nominees for Best Rock.
- Best Rock.
Foo Fighters, "Love Dies Young."
Jack White, "Taking Me Back."
Three Days Grace, "So Called Life."
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Black Summer."
Shinedown, "Planet Zero."
Muse, "Won't Stand Down."
- And the VMA goes to...
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Black Summer."
- [Lyrics] It's been a long time
Since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It's been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
- Flea.
- Yes?
- I challenge you to a thank-off.
- I accept your challenge.
- I will say a name. You retaliate.
- All right.
- Are you ready?
- I'm prepared.
- Debra Chow, thank you.
- Debra Chow is a very nice, creative and intelligent woman,
and we're grateful to work with her.
- Rick Rubin, thank you.
- He's got a mighty beard, and he's a nice man.
- Mo Ostin and Warner Brothers Records, thank you!
- God bless Mo Ostin, the beautiful man.
- Chad mother -- Gaylord Smith!
- Out of Detroit --
Chad mother --
- We made a record with Rick Rubin.
Debra Chow directed it, the "Black Summer."
We had fun doing it.
John brought that puppy into rehearsal one day.
It was a beautiful thing. Y'all get home safe!
[Lyrics] I like you, I do
I want to be your friend, go shopping in a Benz
I like you, I do
- Please welcome the star of the upcoming movie,
"Bros," Billy Eichner.
- Hello!
What's up, MTV?
Now, listen up!
Some of you know me as Billy on the Street.
But on September 30th,
I have a movie coming out called "Bros."
"Bros" is making history as the first gay rom-com
ever made by a major studio
and the first where every role is played
by an openly LGBTQ actor! Right?
And I need you all there in theaters on September 30th
because we need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas
and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court
that we want gay love stories!
And we support LGBTQ people!
And we are not letting them drag us back
into the last century
because they are in the past, and "Bros" is the future!
Are you with me, VMAs?
And speaking of sinners,
there are only a few voices in rock
that can transport you to another place.
All you sinners already know who we're talking about.
That's right. They have defied genres,
constantly reinvented and redefined their style.
They don't just have albums. They have eras.
VMAs, this is Panic! at the Disco!
[Lyrics] Stare at a wall that's told a thousand tragedies
Holding a hand that's loved every part of me
A lady comes and tells me that I got to leave
Right away, everybody is the enemy
Deep breaths from the room where I watch you lie
Any beat from your heart gets me through the night
You're my love, you're my death, you're my alibi
Say this isn't goodbye
Who's gonna drive me home tonight
Who's going to argue until they win the fight
You're the only one that knows how to operate
My heavy machinery Don't let the light go out
A rush of blood floods hot thoughts in my head
Red roses sitting silently beside the bed
I'm saying more right now than I ever said
Don't wanna live if the thought of loving you is dead
Who's gonna drive me home tonight
Who's going to argue until they win the fight
You're the only one that knows how to operate
My heavy machinery
Who's gonna drive me home tonight
Who's going to argue until they win the fight
You're the only one that knows how to operate
My heavy machinery
Don't let the light go out
Who's gonna drive me home tonight
Who's going to argue until they win the fight
You're the only one that knows how to operate
My heavy machinery
Who's gonna drive me home tonight
Who's going to argue until they win the fight
You're the only one that knows how to operate
My heavy machinery
Don't let the light go out
[applause]
- Please welcome back Avril Lavigne.
- I love that I get to hand out the award
for Best New Artist tonight
because it's about to change somebody's life like it
changed mine 20 years ago.
And it's still one of my favorite memories.
You've been all voting all night,
so let's take one more look at the nominees.
- Best New Artist.
- The power was in your hands
to name this year's best new artist,
and you narrowed it down to three.
Maneskin.
Dove Cameron.
And Seventeen.
It all came down to your voice, your vote,
and it's time to find out who's taking home the title.
This is your Best New Artist presented by Extra Gum.
- All right.
And the VMA goes to...
Dove Cameron.
- [Lyrics] I could be a better boyfriend than him
I could do the -- that he never did
Up all night, I won't quit
Thinking I'm gonna steal you from him
I could be such a gentleman
Plus, all my clothes would fit
- Wow. Thank you so much.
I'm so floored. I'm so moved. This is so wild to be up here
with so many artists that I worship.
These are some of my all-time favorite artists up here.
I -- This year has been so wild,
and I have no explanation for it
except that I have you guys to thank.
I know that. I want to dedicate this
to all of the queer kids out there
who don't feel that they can take up space
and inhabit the fullness of who they are.
Thank you for getting an overtly queer song
onto mainstream radio.
Thank you for supporting me
as the person and the artist that I am.
I hope that in that way you've also given
that same privilege to yourselves.
I love you so much. Thank you, MTV.
Thank you, Columbia Records. Thank you guys.
Thank you. Thank you.
[Lyrics] I guess that flowers
Aren't just used for big apologies
I guess I should've been more conscious how you spoke to me
Because when we'd fight, you give me space
And not communicate
And for a while, I thought that's what I should appreciate
Maybe I was holding on to what I thought you were
But when you think too hard, eventually, it starts to hurt
The version of you in my head now I know wasn't true
Young people fall for the wrong people, guess my one was you
- The party continues!
Congratulations to these MTV favorites on their
VMA victories.
Song of the Year,
Billie Eilish, "Happier Than Ever."
Push Performance of the Year, Seventeen, "Rock With You."
Best Alternative, Maneskin, "I Wanna Be Your Slave."
Best R&B, The Weeknd, "Out of Time."
Best Metaverse Performance, BLACKPINK, "The Virtual."
Group of the Year, BTS.
Best Pop and Best Cinematography,
Harry Styles, "As It Was."
Best Direction, Taylor Swift,
"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."
Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects,
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby."
Best Choreography, Doja Cat, "Woman."
Best Editing, Rosalía, "Saoko."
For a complete list of winners, go to vma.mtv.com.
The party is not over yet.
We crown your Video of the Year next,
presented by Burger King.
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
are brought to you by Burger King,
"Have it your way";
Swiffer Sweeper,
"Stop cleaning. Start Swiffering";
and by Doritos.
Snap the code to find triangles
for a chance to win prizes.
- [Lyrics] Hey Ho
Hey Ho
- Okay, you guys.
first of all, let's acknowledge queens,
royalty right here, please. [applause]
Thank you. - What up? What up?
What's up, queen?
- Yeah. All right.
It is time for the biggest award of the night.
- No question.
Now, from the moment the nominations drop,
there is one thing everybody wants to know:
Which artist will take home VMA for the video of the year?
- Yes. Here are the nominees.
- Video of the year--
- [Lyrics] You know it's
- Harry Styles, "As it Was"--
- [Lyrics] As it was
- Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby"...
[Lyrics] Oh, I love you
- Ed Sheeran, "Shivers...
- [Lyrics] And when you're close up give me a shiver
- Doja Cat, "Woman"--
- [Lyrics] Let me be your woman
- Drake featuring Future
and Young Thug, "Way 2 Sexy"...
[Lyrics] Need more things in here
I like it crowded
- Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"...
- [Lyrics] All too well
- Olivia Rodrigo, "Brutal"...
- [Lyrics] It's brutal out here
- Video of the year, presented by Burger King.
[crowd chanting "Taylor"]
- And the VMA goes to--
- Taylor Swift. [applause]
- [Lyrics] 'Cause there we are again
When I loved you so
Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
It was rare I was there
I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, you were there
You remember it all
Down the stairs, you were there
You remember it all
It was rare, I was there
I remember it all too well
[applause]
- I'm so honored to have been recognized
alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category,
and I just want to say I'm so heartened
by the fact that for the first time in VMA history,
four of the directors nominated in the video of the year
category are women.
[applause]
- We love you!
- And, you guys, I'm just so proud of what we made.
And I know with every second
of this moment that we wouldn't have been able
to make the short film
if it weren't for you, the fans...
[applause]
Because I wouldn't be able
to rerecord my albums if it weren't for you.
[applause] - We love you so much.
- You emboldened me to do that, and I had--
I had sort of made up my mind
that if you were going to be this generous and give us this,
I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that--
[applause]
That my brand-new album comes out October 21st.
And I will tell you more at midnight.
[applause]
- Burger King congratulates Taylor Swift
on her video of the year win.
- Well, congrats to all of tonight's winners,
an incredible performance.
- Y'all, I got to say this.
I forgot to say during my performance, though--
Listen to me. Listen to me, y'all.
Shh. Listen. You guys,
the last few years have been really rough on everyone.
So you, you, you, you, all of you guess what?
You made it. We made it.
[applause]
- It wasn't your time to go. You have a purpose.
You have greatness inside of you.
Goodnight, everyone. Stay super freaky.
Have great vagina. I love you.
- Love you. You see.
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