Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny y Lil Nas X
And it had a visible special dimension beyond the strictly musical and scenic after the last two editions affected by the pandemic.
The American folk-pop megastar, that is, Taylor Swift, can be considered as the great winner of the awards, since with the song All too well she has won the awards for the video clip of the year, the best direction and the best long form video. It should be noted that this is the third time that she has won the Video of the Year award – a record – after having done so on previous occasions with Bad blood and You need to calm down.
For his part, the hyperpopular Harry Styles, and former member of the bandboy One Direction, won three awards, starting with the listed album of the year thanks to Harry's house and best pop and choreography video clip with As it was. Finally, the other triple winner was the duo made up of Lil Nas X
Harlow also won a solo statuette for First class, chosen as the best song of the summer.
And the rapper Lil Nas X, who had seven nominations, surely did not leave anyone indifferent either with a fan-shaped headdress and a skirt exhibited with the torso in the air.
A point and apart, but just as protagonist although not by number of awards, was the singer Bad Bunny. The star from Puerto Rico – as everyone knows, a Caribbean island under US jurisdiction – was not physically present on the Newark stage, since on Saturday and Sunday night he had to give two concerts before 100,000 unconditional fans at the New York Yankee Stadium. He appeared on video dressed in a pink satin suit and white-rimmed sunglasses, and in a short speech he made a plea for Puerto Rico, its culture, and its language.
“I always believed, from the beginning, that I could become great, that I could become one of the best singers in the world without having to change my culture, my language, my language, my jargon; I am Benito Antonio Martínez from Puerto Rico for the whole world”, said the charismatic Caribbean artist. By the way, Harry Styles also thanked the awards received remotely by video, since he had a performance that day at Madison Square Garden in New York.
In the field of intense parliaments, the evening did not end with Bad Bunny's words. Swift herself – who also attracted attention on the red carpet with her vaporous and partially and literally crystalline wardrobe – framed the award for best video received for her All too well (ten minutes!): “I am very proud of what we have done”, said the 32-year-old singer, who has decided to re-record her first six albums to control the rights herself, against the music industry.
"We could not have made this short film if it weren't for you, the fans," concluded the singer, who also praised the work of the women behind the cameras and highlighted that this year, for the first time, four video clip directors had been nominated .
Swift took advantage of the situation to announce that she will release a new album on October 21, entitled Midnights, in which she will tell thirteen stories of sleepless nights throughout her life.
And no less intense (as was more or less expected) was the spectacular rapper Nicki Minaj, 17 times nominated for the VMAs and 5 times winner for hits like Anaconda, Chun-Li or Hot girl summer. On this occasion, in addition to also acting as the mistress of ceremonies alongside LL Cool and Jack Harlow and singing, she received the honorary Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, as well as the statuette for the best hip-hop video for her song Do we have a problem ?
oh! There was also live music, including some rock... Lizzo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Måneskin, Blackpink, J Balvin, Fergie with Jack Harlow, the conscientious Brazilian Anitta or the extraordinary collaboration of Snoop Dogg with Eminem.
