{"id":25222,"date":"2022-08-29T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=25222"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T10:12:03","slug":"mtv-vmas-2022-taylor-swift-wins-and-johnny-depp-surprises-in-chaotic-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/08\/29\/mtv-vmas-2022-taylor-swift-wins-and-johnny-depp-surprises-in-chaotic-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV VMAs 2022: Taylor Swift wins and Johnny Depp surprises in chaotic ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">Taylor Swift took home the night\u2019s biggest prize \u2013 and announced a new album \u2013 during the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, a chaotic, bleep-heavy show that nodded to music phenomena past and present, and featured a surprise appearance by Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"js-rich-link ar-5pulpm js-culture\" data-article-id=\"\/rendered-items\/music\/gallery\/2022\/aug\/29\/vmas-2022-mtv-video-music-awards-in-pictures\">\n<div class=\"js-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8dba22fa3ab399788798ea7515976ab2ef4417ff\/0_0_5000_3333\/master\/5000.jpg?width=500&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=bounds&amp;s=5e7213bb4f8b8b7359acba9891efd1f9\" alt=\"Related article\" \/><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">Swift, who won best longform video and video of the year for All Too Well (10 Minute Version) for her 2021 re-recorded album Red, was the only artist to double-up on televised awards. Across three hours, MTV moonmen statues went to industry veterans such as Nicki Minaj (best hip-hop) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (best rock); non-English superstars such as Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny (artist of the year) and Blackpink\u2019s Lisa (best K-pop); and newer faces Jack Harlow (song of summer), Lil Nas X (best collaboration, with Harlow, for Industry Baby) and Dove Cameron, a former Disney child star turned actor, who surprised some to win best new artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">Swift noted that the final category of the evening, video of the year, was historic, as \u201cfor the first time in VMA history, four of the directors nominated in the video of the year category are women.\u201d The pop star said her fans had \u201cemboldened\u201d her to re-record her first five albums, as part of a dispute with her former record label, and used the speech to announce a \u201cbrand new album\u201d that will be released 21 October.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"js-rich-link ar-5pulpm js-culture\" data-article-id=\"\/rendered-items\/music\/2022\/aug\/29\/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-coming-in-october\">\n<div class=\"js-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a48e88b98455a5b118d3c1d34870a1d3aaa1b5c6\/0_41_3322_1994\/master\/3322.jpg?width=500&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=bounds&amp;s=a80ed632427a27f3b14cf21cbbe4a046\" alt=\"Related article\" \/><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">Swift is the only artist to win a third video of the year trophy, and the first to win for a video she directed herself. She won previously in 2015 for Bad Blood and 2019 for You Need to Calm Down.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ar-cmc5a5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-launch-slideshow ar-2o0qqj\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ae05f435a8d3c051035758de106e70373425689f\/0_48_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=500&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=bounds&amp;s=4c03b6322eb6b5960ed71b7b3782290c\" alt=\"LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj on stage\" data-ratio=\"0.6\" data-caption=\"LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj on stage.\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP\" \/><figcaption class=\"ar-1sgks0z\"><span class=\"ar-lm5yto\">LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj on stage.<\/span><span class=\"ar-k19hzv\"> Photograph: Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">The spectre of virality hung over the ceremony in Newark, New Jersey which, after two relatively buttoned-up (and Covid-straitened) years, swerved into raunchy, unpredictable, self-consciously forward-thinking territory. Snoop Dogg and Eminem performed their new song From the D 2 the LBC mostly in the metaverse, alongside Bored Ape NFTs. Ads for sponsor Doritos appeared on stage far more than LL Cool J, one of three \u201cemcees\u201d along with rappers Jack Harlow and Nicki Minaj. Several performances, including Minaj\u2019s and J Balvin\u2019s, included holographic elements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">In a controversial move seemingly targeted at generating internet chatter, Johnny Depp made several surprise cameos, his head digitally superimposed on the helmet of MTV\u2019s floating astronaut mascot. His appearance came nearly three months after his victory in a highly public defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard that generated coverage some criticised as encouraging \u201can orgy of misogyny\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">The 59-year-old actor, who joked to the crowd outside the Prudential Center that he \u201cneeded the work\u201d, appeared later in the telecast to say he\u2019s \u201cavailable for birthdays, barmitzvahs, batmitzvahs, weddings, wakes, any old thing you need\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ar-cmc5a5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-launch-slideshow ar-2y5qut\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0596de711bc2f0860cea93c3548e8abd2db8f5f7\/0_0_4000_2627\/master\/4000.jpg?width=500&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=bounds&amp;s=2888ba3604865636b4b8da139c3150a4\" alt=\"Lizzo performs at the VMAs\" data-ratio=\"0.65675\" data-caption=\"Lizzo performs at the 2022 VMAs.\" data-credit=\"Photograph: John Angelillo\/UPI\/REX\/Shutterstock\" \/><figcaption class=\"ar-1sgks0z\"><span class=\"ar-lm5yto\">Lizzo performs at the 2022 VMAs.<\/span><span class=\"ar-k19hzv\"> Photograph: John Angelillo\/UPI\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">The bleep-heavy telecast offered plenty of risque moments. Lizzo, accepting the video for good award for her song About Damn Time, shouted down \u201call the bitches who got something to say about me in the press\u201d with \u201cbitch I\u2019m winning, hoe!\u201d The camera panned out to generic stadium shots for seconds at a time during M\u00e5neskin\u2019s performance as lead singer Damiano Damon gyrated in assless chaps. And the Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea\u2019s thank you to drummer Chad Smith was almost entirely censored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">There were several nods to musical legacy; Harlow opened the show with his song First Class, an interpolation of Fergie\u2019s 2006 hit Glamorous alongside the former Black Eyed Peas member herself. There were not one but two lifetime achievement awards, given to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Minaj.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ar-cmc5a5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-launch-slideshow ar-pjh8qt\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d31b4b0e6952ef3faf25b85a02ca1f1d350cf7a5\/0_160_4445_2668\/master\/4445.jpg?width=500&amp;quality=85&amp;fit=bounds&amp;s=c39d09cc07746e04a4c86f67e0d79482\" alt=\"Red Hot Chili Peppers\" data-ratio=\"0.6002249718785152\" data-caption=\"Red Hot Chili Peppers at the VMAs.\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Guerin Charles\/ABACA\/REX\/Shutterstock\" \/><figcaption class=\"ar-1sgks0z\"><span class=\"ar-lm5yto\">Red Hot Chili Peppers at the VMAs.<\/span><span class=\"ar-k19hzv\"> Photograph: Guerin Charles\/ABACA\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">The band performed their new single Black Summer and their 2002 hit Can\u2019t Stop before accepting the Global Icon award, celebrating their almost 40-year career. Lead singer Anthony Kiedis thanked \u201cthe sassy mistress known as MTV for supporting us for 1,000 years or more\u201d while Flea, in an effusive and curse-laden addition, said he loved \u201ccockroaches and dirt and trees, and every human being \u2026 deer and deer antlers, and birds and sky\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">In a fittingly hot pink-themed medley, Minaj dipped into over a decade of hits, followed by a scattered acceptance speech in which the 39-year-old Trinidadian-American rapper, clearly nervous, at one point walked away from the podium to retrieve her phone from an assistant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">\u201cI wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here,\u201d Minaj said in her speech. \u201cI wish that people had understood what they meant and what they were going through. I wish people took mental health seriously, even for the people that you think have the perfect lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ar-1gzzifj\">She brought the show home with \u201cstay super freaky, have great vagina, I love you\u201d \u2013 a fitting end to a strange, profane evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift took home the night\u2019s biggest prize \u2013 and announced a new album \u2013 during the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, a chaotic, bleep-heavy show that nodded to music phenomena past and present, and featured a surprise appearance by Johnny Depp. Swift, who won best longform video and video of the year for All [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[10618,11974,6156,7273,12939,9705,12135,12887,6573,7651,8659,8289,9214,5222,9171,12326,10933,12785,3593,7712,1271,9026,10596,12634,10483,7022,11062,13103,7356,6155,3874,11932,2408,4445,7816,6220,5913,4792,7815,5058,11900,2323,10574,1157,11973,7039,428,6978,6838,9271,2155,10041,7333,1217,10304,11581,6348,10885,8033,3954,5320,10415,594,10353],"class_list":["post-25222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-album","tag-amber-heard","tag-anthony","tag-ape","tag-astronaut","tag-bad-blood","tag-bad-bunny","tag-black","tag-blackpink","tag-camera","tag-chad","tag-child","tag-covid","tag-crowd","tag-decade","tag-defamation","tag-dispute","tag-eminem","tag-english","tag-ex-wife","tag-fans","tag-global-icon-award","tag-health","tag-houston","tag-human-being","tag-internet","tag-j-balvin","tag-jackson","tag-johnny-depp","tag-lead","tag-lil-nas","tag-lil-nas-x","tag-lizzo","tag-ll-cool-j","tag-love","tag-mental-health","tag-michael-jackson","tag-mtv","tag-music","tag-new-album","tag-new-jersey","tag-newark","tag-nicki-minaj","tag-one","tag-phone","tag-rapper","tag-rock","tag-singer","tag-sky","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-speech","tag-summer","tag-taylor-swift","tag-trees","tag-trial","tag-us","tag-victory","tag-video","tag-will","tag-women","tag-work","tag-who","tag-x"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}