From smooches with aliens to several cloned Eminems to jaw-dropping outfits, the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards featured loads of memorable moments. This 12 months’s show marked the fortieth anniversary since its inauguration in 1984. The night, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, was crammed with dancing, singing, and, after all, a number of awards.
Viewers witnessed a fresh tackle the music awards as first-time winner Chappell Roan took home the award for ‘Best Latest Artist,’ while Katy Perry, the recipient of the 2024 Video Vanguard Award for her outstanding profession, delivered a performance of a lifetime.
HollywoodLife has rounded up a number of the most iconic moments from this 12 months’s VMAs.
Sabrina Carpenter was undoubtedly one in every of the artists many were excited to see, as 2024 has been her 12 months with hit singles like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please,” and “Taste,” which she performed in a medley. During her performance of her latest track, featuring Jenna Ortega within the music video, she danced around an alien and an astronaut until, while singing “And singin’ ’bout it don’t mean I care / Yeah, I do know I’ve been known to share,” she playfully pushed the astronaut away and headed for a kiss with the alien.
Karol G had everyone showing off their Latin dance moves as she performed her recent single “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido.” The 33-year-old Colombian singer got all the audience on their feet, dancing to the merengue beat. While taking up the VMAs stage, she made her strategy to the group where industry colleagues like Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and Camila Cabello were seated, encouraging them to bop along along with her.
Katy Perry was one in every of the evening’s most outstanding stars, receiving the MTV Video Vanguard Award and joining past recipients like Shakira, who was honored in 2023. To rejoice her achievements throughout her music profession, the 39-year-old singer performed a medley of her best hits, including “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream,” “Lifetimes,” and more.
In her heartfelt speech, she thanked her husband, Orlando Bloom, who presented the award, her daughter Daisy Dove, and her fanbase. She addressed her fans, saying, “My Katy Cats! You stood by me for a lifetime, and the LGBTQ community who I recognize I might not be here without and who show me that you would be able to be each kind and c**t.”
Megan Thee Stallion boldly recreated Britney Spears’ iconic outfit from her “Slave 4 You” music video, complete with an actual snake wrapped round her arms. As the group went wild, she screamed in fear, “Okay! Okay! Stop the music! Stop the music! I’m just playing — come get this snake. I don’t know this snake, and this snake doesn’t know me.”
Eminem kicked off the fortieth annual event in Elmont, Latest York, with a performance of his songs “Houdini” and “Any individual Save Me” from his most up-to-date album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). His show featured several men in blonde wigs resembling his early 2000s Slim Shady look, including a young look-alike version of himself.
Taylor Swift won the MTV ‘Video of the 12 months’ award for the third 12 months in a row for her music video “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone. While thanking her team and the 29-year-old musician for his or her assist in creating the project, she made sure to present a special shoutout to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. In her speech, she shared, “Something that I’ll at all times remember is once I would finish a take and say ‘cut,’ I might at all times hear someone cheering ‘woo’ from across the studio where we were shooting, and that one person was my boyfriend, Travis.”
Chappell Roan reacts to photographer telling someone to “shut the f*ck up”:
“You shut the f*ck up!”
— Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) September 11, 2024
Chappell Roan made headlines last night after a photographer reportedly shouted, “shut the f**k up” while she was posing on the carpet. The 26-year-old singer immediately responded, pointing a finger on the person and yelling back, “You shut the f**k up!”
