And in what way. Among the winners were BTS, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and many of your favorites. In addition, very interesting things happened and we will tell you about them here.
By Alberto Rojas Eguiluz
The pandemic changed the format of the MTV VMAs, but yesterday everything returned to normal, and in what way! In the first entirely face-to-face delivery of these awards in three years, history was made, there were surprises, artists debuted in this show and more. Now come the most important details.
Taylor Swift dominated the night
As some of us expected, Taylor was the queen of the 2022 MTV VMAs. She won Video of the Year, Best Direction and Best Long-Term Video, all for All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version). Of course, she did not have it easy because among her competitors were Harry Syles, Olivia Rodrigo, Ed Sheeran and Billie Eilish, just to name a few.
But that was not all for Taylor, well, nothing stupid, she took advantage of the spotlight of the Prudential Center, in New Jersey (the delivery was there) to announce that her next album, MidnightsIt comes out on October 21. Pure good news with her.
Bad Bunny made history!
How do you see that the Puerto Rican singer is the first Spanish-speaking artist to be named the Artist of the Year at the VMAs? As Bad Bunny is on tour, he received the award from him at Yankee Stadium in full concert. To give you an idea of ââthe feat of the author of Yonaguni, won over Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, among other top artists. Pure history in the delivery of the Moonman.
BTS, group of the year
K-Pop was present at the VMAs. BTS won this award from groups of the genre, such as BLACKPINK, and legends, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others.
But BLACKPINK was not far behind
BLACKPINK girls won the Moonman for Best Performance in the Metaverse for their video TheVirtual. Who did they beat? None other than artists like Justin Bieber and BTS to name a few. Also, this was BLACKPINK’s first appearance at international awards, and they did it with a spectacular version of Pink Venom on stage, so it was his night too.
More K-Pop
Interestingly, the award for Best K-Pop Artist was not taken by BLACKPINK or BTS, that went to LISA for LISA. Among the nominees were also ITZY and SEVENTEEN.
To end the K-Pop VMAs, just the boys of SEVENTEEN won Best Performance of the Year.
Harry Styles also won Moonmans
The award for Best Album of the Year went to your spoiled Harry Styles for Harry’s House, But that was not all. She also won the VMA for Best Cinematography and Best Pop Artist for the video for As It Was.
And the Best Latino wasâŠ
For no one, because the award went to a woman, so it should be for Best LatinAAA, and that was Anitta. The Brazilian made her debut at the MTV VMAs with a spectacular show and taking this award over Bad Bunny himself, J Balvin and Daddy Yankee (nothing else).
And the other spoiled?
The night of the MTV VMAs ended very well for many of your favorite artists. The video saoko, by RosalĂa, won the award for Best Edition. Dove Cameron was the Best New Artist and the Song of the Year went to Billie Eilish, for Happier Than Ever.
As you can see, at the MTV Video Music Awards there was something for everyone. A worthy return to the face-to-face format of these awards, which always leave us with swollen hands from applauding so much.