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Musician was also nominated for Best Rock Video for his song “Human” More than three decades after his first appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards, Lenny Kravitz returned to the event’s stage on Wednesday night. Backed up by his longtime guitarist Craig Ross, Quavo, and a troupe of dancers giving different generations of video vixen realness, he performed “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” “Human,” and a remix of his hit “Fly” with the Atlanta rapper. Released last month, the update to “Fly” was decked out in trap drums and hype verses from Quavo onstage as the dancers pivoted…
Chappell Roan has won the career-defining VMA for Best New Artist. She joins legendary past recipients, which include Nirvana, Eminem, Olivia Rodrigo, and Billie Eilish. “Can you believe it? We’re at the VMAs. I’m gonna read from here, I wrote a speech for my diary,” Roan said at the start of her speech. She thanked MTV, her friends and family, her team, and her label Island Records. The dedications that followed were met with cheers from throughout Long Island’s UBS Arena and likely more than a few at home. “I dedicate this to all the drag artists who inspire me,…
Alexa Philippou, ESPNSep 11, 2024, 08:22 PM ETCloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerINDIANAPOLIS — Toward the end of the first half Wednesday night, Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson received the ball from teammate Chelsea Gray, jabbed to the left and then took fellow former South Carolina Gamecock Aliyah Boston off the dribble, pulling up at the free throw line for a jump shot.It has been a remarkable run…
The legendary rapper recently put out his 14th album, The F.O.R.C.E, as his pioneering label celebrates 40 years Nearly 25 years after being the first to declare himself the G.O.A.T. (which his dancers referenced with posters of the farm animal), LL Cool J reminded us he’s worthy of that title at the MTV VMAs on Wednesday night. In between classics like “Around the Way Girl” and “Doin’ It,” he performed “Passion” and “Proclivities” from his recently released 14th studio album, The F.O.R.C.E., another acronym, this time for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy. LL was introduced by Busta Rhymes, who cheekily…
Chappell Roan made a bold statement at the 2024 MTV VMAs—not just for her medieval-inspired outfit, complete with a sword and rug, but also for a fierce exchange that took place on the red carpet. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The incident, which was caught on video, shows Roan responding after a photographer shouted at her. While posing for photos at the entry to UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., a photographer impatiently yelled at the rising pop star to “Shut the f–k up,” prompting the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer to turn…
Taylor Swift gets another Moon Person! The pop star concluded her huge VMAs night by accepting the Video of the Year award for “Fortnight.” During her acceptance speech, Swift thanked her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, for being her biggest supporter and making everything feel like “magic.” “This video seems very sad when you watch it, but it actually was like the most fun video to make,” she said. “Something that I’ll always remember is that when, when I would finish a take, and I’d and I’d say cut, and we’d be done with that take, I would always just hear someone…
Taylor Swift enjoyed a massive, record-setting night at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. In winning Video of the Year for “Fortnight” — her Tortured Poets Department single with Post Malone — Swift became the first artist ever to win the prize three years in a row. She also extended her own record of the most overall Video of the Year wins to five, having previously won in 2023 for “Anti-Hero,” 2022 for All Too Well: The Short Film, 2019 for “You Need to Calm Down,” and 2015 with “Bad Blood.” “To the fans, I’m always trying to figure out…
Come Back … Be Here. Page Six can exclusively reveal that Taylor Swift returned to Casa Cipriani New York Saturday night with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce — 16 months after she and then-beau Matty Healy were photographed at the private, members-only club in Lower Manhattan. Swift and Kelce, both 34, hit up the exclusive establishment after attending the wedding of the owner of Electric Lady Studios, Lee Foster, and model Karen Elson in Greenwich Village earlier in the day, we’ve learned. In fact, based on their outfits, it seems the pair went straight from the nuptials to their date; Swift…
The MTV VMAs of 2024 were filled with big wins and even bigger performances. Katy Perry was honored by taking home the Video Vanguard Award, Sabrina Carpenter performed a medley of her hits including “Espresso” & “Taste,” Taylor Swift won big and so much more. Keep watching to learn more about what went down! Taylor Swift: Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic, so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot. Narrator: Taylor Swift and Post Malone took home Video of the Year during MTV’s star-studded 40th VMA Awards, and took the…
“I’m gonna make this next record the way I want to make it, no matter what it takes,” Price says Margo Price marks her return to country music on “Too Stoned to Cry,” a stunning ballad featuring Billy Strings. The track features the two musicians trading lines, supported by Russ Pahl’s gorgeous pedal steel. On her Substack, Price wrote, “I’d like to send out a special thanks to everyone who played on this song — it truly feels like a homecoming back to the country music that feeds my soul. Billy has persevered a lot in his short life and…