She’s just gonna shake, shake, shake. Taylor Swift won't have performed at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, but she still controlled to thieve the show from the instant she stepped onto the black carpet.
The “Shake It Off” singer, 32, turned heads when she arrived on the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, August 28, in a sparkling silver Oscar de la Renta dress and sky-high heels. The glance, which she paired with a graceful updo and her signature pink lip, reminded fans of her 2017 music video, “Look What You Made Me Do,” through which Swift reclined in a tub stuffed with diamonds.
The songwriter endured to shine throughout the area, where she was noticed making a song and dancing along to multiple performances. When Fergie joined cohost Jack Harlow for a performance of his hit single, “First Class,” — her first live performance in 4 years — Swift bounced up and down in her seat to cheer for the former Black Eyed Peas member, 47. The camera additionally stuck the Pennsylvania native dancing to Lizzo along Dylan O’Brien, who accompanied her to the show.
Swift made positive that the Teen Wolf alum, 31, additionally joined her onstage when “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” won Breakthrough Long Form Video later within the show.
“Before this, I had directed and written my track videos, but I had by no means directed a short movie sooner than. … We put our whole hearts into this seeking to make something that may well be worthy of the love that you just, the fanatics have proven this tune,” the Cats famous person said in her speech. “Thank you for this pretty indication that we did one thing proper.” (Swift additionally gained Best Direction for the 10-minute clip.)
When it was different stars’ time to shine, Swift was once simply as intent on celebrating them. The “Red” singer was once spotted rapping alongside to “Super Bass” right through Nick Minaj‘s Video Vanguard Award performance. When the rapper, 39, arrived onstage to give her acceptance speech, lovers saw Swift encouraging those around her to give a standing ovation.
However, Swift’s most headline-grabbing second happened at the very end of the night, as she accepted the Video of the Year award. “You guys, I’m simply so proud of what we made, and I do know with each second of this second that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the lovers,” an crushed Swift mentioned, because the target market screamed for her. “Because I wouldn’t be able to rerecord my albums if it weren’t for you.”
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She persisted: “You emboldened me to try this, and I had type of made up my thoughts that for those who have been gonna be this generous and provides us this, it may well be a a laugh second to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21.”
Keep scrolling to relive all of Swift’s most memorable VMAs moments:
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