you could call Lil Nas X by your name, or you could call him your 2021 Video of the Year winner. The "power bottom rapper" took house the best honor at the 2021 Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 12) for his fiery, unapologetically queer "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" visuals. He beat out some stiff competition to do so, including Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion ("WAP"), Do..

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At last year's MTV VMAs, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker turned the pre-show into a pink-hued pop-punk battlefield. This year, the pink is back, the battle is internal, and the entire thing has been moved to the main stage — or in this case, the main grave. because pair tore by way of the more downbeat, melancholy "Papercuts," a decidedly wounded MGK literally clawed his way th..

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It’s safe to mention that BTS’s leader RM is having a pretty historic birthday. Additionally to having people around the globe celebrating "Namjoon Day" on social media, the 27-year-old artist took house two Moonpeople with his fellow BTS members at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 12) — and the night is far from over. Introduced by boy-band royalty Nick ..

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By Deepa Lakshmin  “This has been the most magical year of my life,” Olivia Rodrigo mentioned in her first-ever Video Music Awards acceptance speech Sunday night (September 12) at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, dedicating the award to “all of the women who write songs on their bedroom floor.” She was taking residence the Moonperson for Song of the Year for her record-breakin..

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With the VMAs' triumphant live return to Brooklyn, MTV brought out one of the borough's best, legend himself, Busta Rhymes. The iconic rapper — and also his hype man Spliff Star — took to the Barclays Center stage on Sunday night to perform a medley of his biggest hits, including "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could Visualize "Look at Me Right now and "Pass the Courvoisier," all j..

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Ain't nobody gonna stop Kim Petras from slaying the stage. The German-born pop princess catapulted us into the future with her efficiency at the 2021 Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday (September 12). Sporting a bubblegum-pink bodysuit after entering Barclays Center in a vinyl mask with her BFF Paris Hilton, Petras performed an electrifying, Lollapalooza-inspired rendition ..

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Madame X is a secret agent traveling the world, and her latest top-secret mission took her to New York's Times Square where she opened the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna is no stranger to the award show's stage, she has caused a commotion countless times on the VMAs, racking up an astounding 20 moonpeople over the course of her career, including a 1986 Video Vanguard Award, mak..

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Facing tough competition from 24kGoldn and Iann Dior, Silk Sonic, BTS, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, and Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo took residence the award for Song of the Year at the 2021 Video Music Awards. This evening (September 12), she procured the Moonperson for her coming-of-age heartbreaker "Drivers License." “Whoa, oh my gosh,” she exclaimed as she took to the podium..

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By Emlyn Travis Justin Bieber and The Kid Laroi are literally on the best of the world. The two artists descended from the heavens and perched amongst the highest cliffs to perform their smash hit single “Stay” with each other at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 12). Both artists are nominated for multiple events on the night; Bieber is nominated for seven aw..

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Land ho! Twenty One Pilots took to the high seas for a rollicking efficiency of "Saturday," a upbeat and poppy cut that might as well have been a salty shanty, at the 2021 MTV VMAs. Much like in the song's video, which noticed the Columbus duo popping off at a underwater submarine party, their live rendition of "Saturday" brought warm vibes to a chilly and blustery seascape. As membe..

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Kacey Musgraves has traded the Grand Ole Opry for Barclay's Center as she made her debut at the Video Music Awards on Sunday night's telecast. The country-music queen set the scene with the first-ever live efficiency of "Star-Crossed," the title track off of her new studio album. Not only did she set the scene, however she also set the stage ablaze, singing on a candlelit stage, surr..

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By Deepa Lakshmin Olivia Rodrigo brought her Sour prom concert film to life at the 2021 VMAs on Sunday night (September 12), descending into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center riding an iridescent cloud as poofy as her dress. Her fellow partygoers, dapper in retro suits and flouncy dresses, waited below atop purple tables littered with party cups, because the telltale first notes of “Goo..

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