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- MTV

- The captain has turned on the fasten seatbelt sign.

We have begun our final approach to the VMAs.

On behalf of VMA Air, we thank you

for flying with us. Have a good show.

[Lyrics] - I been a - G

- Throw up the - L

- Sex in the

- A-M-O-R-O-U-S

- And I can put you in - First class

Up in the sky - I can put you in

- First class up in the

Up in the

- I can see the whole city from this balcony

Back in 2019,

I was outside freely,

But now they got it out for me

I don't care what frat that you was in,

You can't alpha me, keep dreaming

Pineapple juice, I give her sweet, sweet, sweet

I know what they like so I just keep cheesing

Hard drive full of heat seeking

Tryna come the same day as Jack, rethink it

You don't need Givenchy, you need Jesus

Why do y'all sleep on me, I need reasons

Uh, I got plaques in the mail, peak season

Shout out to my UPS workers

Making sure I receive it

You can do it too, believe it

- I been a - G

- Throw up the - L

- Sex in the - A-M-O-R-O-U-S

- And I can put you in - First class up in the sky

First class up in the sky

- Ladies and gentlemen, Fergie!

- Hello, MTV!

[Lyrics] Wear them gold and diamond rings

All them things don't mean a thing

Chaperones and limousines

Shopping for expensive things

Be on the movie screens

Magazines and bougie scenes

I'm not clean, I'm not pristine

I'm no queen, I'm no machine

I still go to Taco Bell

Drive-through, raw as hell

I don't care, I'm still real

No matter how many records I sell

After the show, after the Grammys

I like to go cool out with the family

Reminiscing On days when I had a Mustang

And now I'm

- First class, up in the sky

Popping champagne

Living my life in the fast lane

I won't change

By the glamorous

Ooh, the flossy, flossy

The glamorous

The glamorous, glamorous

By the glamorous

Ooh, the flossy, flossy

The glamorous

The glamorous, glamorous

By the glamorous

Ooh, the flossy, flossy

If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home

If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home

If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home

If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home

- Yeah!

- It's bad bitch o'clock.

Lizzo in five, four, three, two, one.

- [Lyrics] In a minute, I'm going to need a sentimental

Man or woman to pump me up

Feelin' fussy, walkin' in my Balenci-ussies

Trying to bring out the fabulous

Because I give a [...] way too much

I'm going to need like two shots in my cup

Want to get up, want to get down, down, down, down

Because it's about damn

It's about damn, about damn

It's about damn time

Sheesh.

Girl, I'm about to have a panic attack

I did the work, it didn't work, ah, ah

That truth, it hurts, gosh darn, it hurts, ah, ah

That lovey-dovey ish, was not a fan of it

I'm good with my friends, I don't want a man, girl

I'm in my bed,

I'm way too fine to be here alone

On other hand, I know my worth, ah, ah

And now he callin' me, why do I feel like this

What's happenin' to me, oh, oh, oh

Am I ready, girl, there ain't a doubt

Am I ready, what you talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

To be loved, to be loved, to be loved

Am I ready, you deserve it now

Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

To be loved, to be loved

How am I supposed to love somebody else

When I don't like myself, like, ooh

Guess I better learn to like this, ooh

It might take my whole life just to do, damn

He call me Melly, he squeeze my belly

I'm too embarrassed to say I like it

Girl, is this my boo

That's why I'm asking you because you know

I be through, yeah, yeah

Am I ready, girl, there ain't a doubt

Am I ready, what you talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

To be loved, to be loved, to be loved

Am I ready, you deserve it now

Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

To be loved, to be loved

Yeah

You found me, I was fed up with the fantasy

What you want to do, think I'm ready, boo

I think you like that

When I clap back like that, let me know

Clap, y'all.

- [Lyrics] You found me, I was fed up with the fantasy

What you want to do, think I'm ready, boo

I think you like that

- MTV!

- [Lyrics] Let me know

- [Lyrics] Oh, yeah

- [lyrics] Am I ready, what you talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

- [Lyrics] To be loved, to be loved, to be loved

Am I ready, you deserve it now

Because I want it, that's what I'm talking about

Am I ready, you going to figure it out

To be loved, to be loved

Yesterday, I would have run away

And I don't know why

I don't know why, know why

Yesterday, I would have run away

And I don't know why

I don't know why

But I'm ready

Ah!

- It's the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards,

with performances by Jack Harlow, Lizzo,

Eminem and Snoop Dogg,

BLACKPINK, Bad Bunny, Marshmello and Khalid, J.

Balvin featuring Ryan Castro, 2022 MTV

Global Icon Red Hot Chili Peppers,

Anitta, Maneskin, Panic! At the Disco,

Kane Brown, and a special Video

Vanguard award performance by Nicki Minaj, with your hosts

LL Cool J, Jack Harlow and Nicki Minaj.

- Hey, you know what?

I need to do work.

- [Lyrics] I'm going to knock

- Please welcome LL Cool J.

- [Lyrics] Mama said knock you out

I'm going to knock you out

Mama said knock you out

I'm going to knock you out

Mama said knock you out

- New Jersey, what's up?

Hey, yo. Welcome to the biggest music party of the year,

no question about it.

The 2022 MTV VMAs, make some noise.

Okay. So I remember when I first--

you know, the first time I hit the VMA stage,

you know what I'm saying, in a lot of ways,

we was introducing hip-hop to the world.

You know what I'm saying? It was live that night.

NWA was in the building. I mean, it was amazing.

But tonight--listen up.

Tonight is your opportunity to prove

that this is the livest and loudest MTV crowd

in the history of MTV. Make some noise.

Tonight, we straight out of Jersey.

Are you ready to have some fun? That wasn't loud enough.

I said, "Are you ready to have some fun?"

All right. All right. Hold your horses.

Tonight, I get to host with two incredible artists.

We saw Jack Harlow kick off the show, "First Class."

He did his thing, and it's a big night

for Nicki Minaj, right?

She's receiving MTV's highest honor,

the Video Vanguard award. So make some noise for Nicki.

Now, tonight, anything can happen,

and that's what we're here for. So let's get to the winners.

To hand out the first award of the night,

two artists with brand-new music out,

"Code" and "God Did,"

here are Offset and DJ Khaled.

- [Lyrics] Ah, ah, ah, ah, staying alive, staying alive

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- Yeah! - Yeah! Make some noise!

- Yes, sir!

- They ain't believe in us!

- God did! - Huh!

- God did! God did!

The album is out right now called "God Did."

They ain't believe in us.

- Huh! - God did!

- Uh-huh! They ain't believe in us! VMAs did!

- Yeah!

- Offset, it's time to read the prompter.

I got to take my glasses off because I can't really see.

- Let's do it. - I'm excited to present

the award for Best Collaboration

because that's what I do. God did!

- Yeah!

- When I get in the studio with artists like my brother

Offset, we bring the best of the best because God did!

- Huh!

- You mean to tell me that God believed in us,

it's our job to go even harder.

- Yeah!

- So we about to introduce the best collaboration.

I can't read that. I got to be me.

- Be-- - And you always got to be you!

Offset, my bad. Go ahead.

- Yeah, so, these nominees each brought their own talent

to the table, elevated they game,

created something that's true to themselves

and unlike anything they've done before. Check them out.

- God did! - Huh!

- Best Collaboration.

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby."

Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa, "Sweetest Pie."

Post Malone and The Weeknd, "One Right Now."

Drake featuring Future and Young Thug, "Way 2 Sexy."

Rosalía featuring The Weeknd, "La Fama."

Elton John and Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)."

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, "Stay."

- And the VMA goes to --

God did!

- Yeah!

- Best Collaboration, and the winner is

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow! - And Jack Harlow! Let's go!

- [Lyrics] I told you long ago on the road

I got what they waiting for I don't run from nothing, dog

Get your soldiers, tell them I ain't laying low

You was never really rooting for me anyway

When I'm back up at the top, I want to hear you say

He don't run from nothing, dog

Get your soldiers, tell them that the break is over

My track record so clean,

They couldn't wait to just bash me

I must be getting too flashy,

Y'all shouldn't have let the world gas me

It's too late because I'm here to stay,

And these girls know that I'm nasty

I sent her back to her boyfriend with my handprint

on her [...] cheek

- And this one is for the champions!

- Yo, I know we both won this award,

but I just want to take a moment to say thank you to Nas.

Obviously this song started with him,

so I'm just super grateful for the opportunity,

the chance and -- Bitch, I told you!

- Wow. I'm up here, like, half-naked.

But, look, I want to say something.

I really appreciate you, MTV.

You know, I worked really hard last year,

you know, me and my boy, Jack.

Thank you for the love, and hopefully I'm back up here,

and I have something better to say.

But I love y'all, and I'll see some of y'all

on the Long Live Montero tour.

[cheers and applause]

- [Lyrics] Don't call me baby

- Please welcome Avril Lavigne.

- [Lyrics] I know it's crazy

I love it when you hate me

The highs, the lows, the yeses, the nos

You're so hot when you get cold

Don't call me baby

- So all year long,

MTV helps amplify incredible musicians,

connecting them with new fans all over the world,

and tonight, one of them will be named

Best New Artist.

Past winners included Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber

and myself back in 2002, my first award, yes.

So it's up to you guys to decide this year's winner,

so vote now.

- The power is in your hands to name this year's

Best New Artist, and you narrowed it down to three.

Tonight, Maneskin, Dove Cameron, and Seventeen

battle it out to claim the ultimate title.

It all comes down to you. Your tweet is your vote.

For Maneskin, tweet #votemaneskinvma.

For Dove Cameron, tweet #votedovecameronvma.

For Seventeen, tweet #voteseventeenvma. Vote now.

Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.

Congratulation to the Best New Artist

nominees presented by Extra gum.

- [Lyrics] Hold up, oh, baby, baby

You won't break my soul You won't break my soul

- Coming up, their brand-new video

literally just broke the internet.

BLACKPINK take the VMA stage for the first time ever.

Barb, your queen is here,

Nicki Minaj is crowned this year's

Video Vanguard. Hip-hop giants

Eminem and Snoop Dogg are in the house,

and stay tuned as Instacart delivers even more Lizzo.

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[music]

- Welcome back to the VMAs! Make some noise!

Now, this show brings together superstar artists

from all over the world who are making dope music,

the universal language,

from Latin to rock to hip-hop to K-Pop,

and tonight's show is the most diverse and global ever,

and you've got a front row seat!

Make some noise for four-time nominee tonight:

Latto.

[Lyrics] Who else got a ass doing like this

Who else throw it back like this

What else make them mad like this

What else make them act like this

Yeah, I know you like my booty-booty

Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty-booty

Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty

Yeah, I know you like my booty-booty

Booty-booty, booty-booty, booty-booty

This next group has not only dominated K-Pop.

They've taken over the world.

They're called BLACKPINK.

But to their fans, the Blinks,

y'all know them as Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa.

For their first time ever at the VMAs

and their first-ever U.S. awards show,

performing their new single, "Pink Venom,"

give it up for BLACKPINK!

- [Lyrics] BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK

BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK

Kick in the door, waving the coco

[singing in Korean]

I talk that talk, runways I walk, walk

[singing in Korean] pop, pop [singing in Korean]

One by one, then two by two

[singing in Korean]

Makes no sense, you couldn't get a dollar out of me

[singing in Korean]

Look what you made us do

[singing in Korean] fire

[singing in Korean]

I bring the pain like This that pink venom

This that pink venom

This that pink venom

Get them, get them, get them

Straight to your dome like

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Straight to your dome like

Ah, ah, ah

Taste that pink venom

Taste that pink venom

Taste that pink venom

Get them, get them, get them

Straight to your dome like

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Straight to your dome like

Ah, ah, ah

Black paint and ammo, got bodies like Rambo

Rest in peace, please light up a candle

This the life of a vandal, masked up

and I'm still in CELINE

Designer crimes or it wouldn't be me, ooh

Diamonds shining, drive in silence,

I don't mind it, I'm riding

Flying private side by side with the pilot up in the sky

And I'm wilding, styling on them and there's no chance

'Cause we got bodies on bodies like this a slow dance

[singing in Korean]

Look what you made us do

[singing in Korean] fire

[singing in Korean]

I bring the pain like

This that pink venom

This that pink venom

This that pink venom

Get them, get them, get them

Straight to your dome like

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Straight to your dome like

Ah, ah, ah

Taste that pink venom

Taste that pink venom

Taste that pink venom

Get them, get them, get them

Straight to your dome like

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Straight to your dome like

Ah, ah, ah

[singing in Korean] provoke us

[singing in Korean] and you know this

[singing in Korean] shot that potion

[singing in Korean] ocean

Come and give me all the smoke [singing in Korean]

like I'm so rock and roll

Come and give me all the smoke

[singing in Korean] stop, drop

I bring the pain like

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

Straight to your, straight to your,

straight to your dome like

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

Brra-ta-ta-ta, trra-ta-ta-ta

I bring the pain like

[applause]

- J. Balvin with Ryan Castro

in five, four, three, two, one.

- Latino gang.

[speaking Spanish]

[singing in Spanish]

- Please welcome from the new movie,

"Look Both Ways," Lili Reinhart.

- This is the VMAs, the Video Music Awards.

We celebrate the art of the music video,

and streaming has opened the door for artists

to push that even further.

From traditional music videos to documentaries

and short films,

these next nominees told their stories through incredible

filmmaking that had fans obsessing over every detail.

Here are the nominees.

- Best Long-form Video.

Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."

Billie Eilish,

"Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles."

Madonna, "Madame X."

Foo Fighters, "Studio 666."

Kacey Musgraves, "Star-Crossed."

Olivia Rodrigo, "Driving Home 2 U."

- And the VMA goes to...

Taylor Swift,

"All Too Well (Ten Minute Version)."

- [Lyrics] Because there we are again

in the middle of the night

I'm dancing 'round the kitchen

in the refrigerator light

Down the stairs, I was there

I remember it

All too well, yeah

[applause]

- Wow.

So I had --

You know, before this,

I had directed and written my music videos,

but I had never made a short film before,

and so I want to first start out

by saying thank you to Sadie Sink, Dylan O'Brien,

my amazing cinematographer, Rina Yang,

my producer, Saul Germaine,

and the rest of our incredible crew for trusting me,

for lending me their brilliance,

their talent, their time.

We put our entire hearts into this,

trying to make something that might be worthy of the love

that you, the fans, have shown this song.

Thank you for this beautiful indication

that we did something right. Love you guys.

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- Please welcome back Offset. - Yes, sir!

Yeah, make some noise!

First and foremost, I just dropped a new record,

"Code," out now. Yes, sir!

Okay. MTV has always shared the VMA stage

with the most talented emerging musicians

with the help of MTV Push.

All night long, we'll be hearing from breakout artists

on the extended play stage presented by Doritos.

So first up, we got Conan Gray. Make some noise!

[Lyrics] Let me just set the scene

I'd just left the party at Blake's and it's Halloween

Had the keys to my car in my hand

But I didn't leave

Because the potential of us

It was keeping me up all night long

I left a text you won't read all night long

This could be a disaster

There's so many factors, like, what if you freak out

And then we're losing it all at the critical chapter

Where I say, I love you and you don't say it after

This could be a disaster

I'm pedaling backwards by saying that I'm drunk

I really shouldn't have called, I'm a little bit plastered

You call me a liar, now I'm falling in faster

This could be a disaster

Disaster

Disaster

- Coming up, Jimmy Fallon hits the stage

to award Album of the Year.

Where our K-Pop stans at? We crown Best K-Pop Video,

and Bad Bunny takes us to the iconic

Yankee Stadium for the world's hottest tour.

VMA Stan Cam is live all night on Twitter.

Follow @vmas and tell us

what you want to see behind the scenes.

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards

are brought to you by the first-ever Corolla Cross,

Toyota, "Let's go places";

Extra gum, "Chew it before you do it";

and "See her in Secret,"

congratulate all the amazing female voices tonight.

"If you can see her, you can be her."

- Hey, VMAs. Let's get back to the -- music, shall we?

- Believe me like a dreaming

- Please welcome Chloe.

[applause]

- You know that friend you don't see enough,

but whenever you do, it's just the best time ever?

That's like these two artists, but when they drop

straight fire, we can't stop listening too.

Performing "Numb," give it up for Marshmello and Khalid.

[applause]

- I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

I, I want to get numb

And forget where I'm from

Because looking in your eyes

Like looking at the Sun

I feel like you're the Moon

I feel like I'm the one

I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

I, I want to get numb

And forget where I'm from

Because looking in your eyes

Like looking at the Sun

I feel like you're the Moon

I feel like I'm the one

I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

Want to get numb, go crazy

Want to wild out because lately

Life is so short but amazing

Late night party in the hotel lobby, and I'm

Just reached into my savings

I'll do it too if you take it

Yeah, life is only what you make it

I, I want to get numb

And forget where I'm from

Because looking in your eyes

Like looking at the

I feel like you're the Moon

I feel like I'm the one

I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

Hey

I want to get numb, numb, numb

Yeah, yeah

I

I just want to get lost

Tonight and dance with you

I just want to get way too

Let's set the - Set the mood

- You're my fantasy

Yeah, I don't want to fall asleep

There's nothing in this world

Yeah, and I

I want to get numb

And forget where I'm from

Because looking in your eyes

Like looking at the Sun

I feel like you're the Moon

I feel like you're the world

I want to get numb, I want to get numb

Yeah, looking in your eyes

Like looking at the Sun

I feel like you're the Moon

I feel like

I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

I want to get

Numb, numb, numb, numb

Yeah, hey, hey, hey

I want to get numb, numb, numb, numb

[applause]

- Please welcome Jimmy Fallon.

[cheers and applause]

- Everybody can think of an album that changed their life

that hooked you from the first track

and got better with each song until you're just convinced

that you discovered something made just for you

when actually you were sharing that experience

with millions of people who felt the exact same way.

That connection is the power that only a great album has.

Here are the nominees for Album of the Year.

[applause]

- Album of the Year.

Billie Eilish, "Happier Than Ever."

- All right

- Drake, "Certified Lover Boy."

- Too sexy for that metro housing

- So easy

- Adele, "30."

- On me, baby

- Bad Bunny, "Un Verano Sin Ti."

- [singing in language]

- Harry Styles, "Harry's House."

- As it was

- And the VMA goes to...

Harry Styles, "Harry's House."

- You know it's not the same

As it was

- Harry is across the river at Madison Square Garden.

He's about to go onstage. Congratulations, Harry!

[applause]

- Hi, VMAs.

I hope you're having a nice time. I'm Harry.

Thank you so, so much for this award for Album of the Year.

I know this is a fan-voted award.

I would like to say thank you to all my friends who voted.

Thank you so, so much.

I obviously wouldn't be holding this if it wasn't for you.

I'd like to thank Tom and Tyler I made the album with

and everyone who worked on the album with me.

I'm sorry I can't be there with you tonight.

I'm about to go onstage just down the road,

but I hope you're having a wonderful evening,

and thank you so much. Thank you.

[applause]

- You see, it's hard to find an end to something

That you keep beginning over and over again

I promise that the ending always stays the same

So there's no good reason

In make-believing

That we could ever exist again

I can't be your friend, can't be your lover

Can't be the reason we hold back each other

From falling in love

With somebody other than me

I wish that you would stay in my memories

But you show up today just to ruin things

I want to put you in the past

Because I'm traumatized

But you're not letting me do that

Because tonight

- Starships were meant to fly

- Coming up, blink, you haven't seen the last of Blackpink.

The ladies are back onstage to bring back out

Latin music goddess Anitta.

Legends Cheech and Chong crown the Red Hot Chili Peppers

as this year's Global Icon, and, Barbs, you ready?

We're just minutes away from the Nicki Minaj

VMA takeover!

Whose reaction do you want to see in the audience

while Nicki Minaj takes the stage?

Vote now on VMAs Fan Cam.

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The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are brought to you by

Burger King, "Have it your way";

Swiffer Sweeper, "Stop cleaning. Start Swiffering";

Kraft Singles, "Square It";

and by Doritos.

Snap the code and find triangles

for a chance to win prizes.

- These performers dominated 2022,

but only one can take home the award for artist of the year.

Will it be a big win for Lil Nas X?

- Will it be Puerto Rico's own Bad Bunny?

- [singing in language]

- [Lyrics] Turn up the music

- Is it "About Damn Time" for Lizzo to take home the win?

- [Lyrics] I've got a feeling

I'm going to be all right

- Is Jack Harlow flying first class to the title?

- [Lyrics] Why do y'all sleep on me

I need reasons

- [Lyrics] We've been doing all this

- Will Harry be styling the night

away with a Moon Person?

- [Lyrics] About anything you want until the morning

[Lyrics] I feel extra sexy

- Will "Certified Lover Boy" Drake be

the artist of the year?

- [Lyrics] Sexy take on protecting

- [Lyrics] You say oh, I love you

- Will it be Ed Sheeran

claiming the title for the second time?

- [Lyrics] Give me the shivers

- Find out who takes home artist of the year

when the MTV Video Music Awards continue.

[applause]

- [Lyrics] Yo, I had to reinvent

I put the V in vent

I put the heat in vents

Man, I been competing since

I look beyond what people saying

And I see intent

Then I just sit back and decipher

What they really meant

I am not Jasmine

I am Aladdin So far ahead

These bums is lagging

See me in that new thing Bums is gagging

I'm starting to feel like a dungeon dragon

- [Lyrics] I shoot the lights out

Hide until it's bright out

Oh, just another lonely night

Are you willing to sacrifice your life

- [yells]

Pull up in the monster Automobile gangsta

With a bad -- that came from Sri Lanka

Yeah, I'm in that Tonka color of Willy Wonka

You could be the king but watch the queen

Okay First thing is first

I'll eat your brain

Then I'ma start rocking gold teeth and fangs

Because that's what a mother mother monster do

Hairdresser from Milan

That's the monster do

The pink wig thick -- give them whiplash

I think big, get cash

Make them blink

And look at what you just saw

This is what you live for

I'm a mother -- monster

Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing

A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing

A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

Ay, yo

Look like I'm going for a swim

Dunked on them Now I'm swinging off the rim

She ain't coming off the bench

While I'm coming off the court fully drenched

Here go some haterade

Get your thirst quenched

Styled on them in this Burberry trench

These girls copy every word, every inch

But gang-gang

I pull in that quarter milli' off the lot

Oh, now she trying to be friends like I forgot

Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc

Ain't pushing out his babies 'cause he's --

Ay, yo I been on

Bitch you been corn

Bentley tints on

Fendi prints on I mean, I been

Storm X-men been formed

He keep on dialing Nicki like the Prince song

Say what I been on

Bitch you been corn

Bentley tints on

Fendi prints on Ay, yo

I been North Lara been Croft

Plates say Chun Li

Drop the Benz off [applause]

I fly with the stars

in the skies

I am no longer trying to survive

I believe that life is a prize

But to live doesn't mean you're alive

Don't worry 'bout me and who I fire

I get what I desire

It's my empire

And yes, I call the shots

I am the umpire I sprinkle holy water

Upon a vampire, hey

In this very moment I'm king

In this very moment I slayed

This very moment I bring

Put it on everything that I will retire with the ring

And I will retire with the crown

Yes

No, I'm not lucky I'm blessed, yes

Clap for the heavyweight champ, me

But I couldn't do it all alone, we

Young Money raised me

Grew up out in Baisley

Southside Jamaica, Queens

And it's crazy Because I'm still hood

Hollywood couldn't change me Shout-out to my haters

Sorry that you couldn't faze me

Ain't being cocky We just vindicated

Best believe that when we done

This moment will be syndicated I don't know

This night just remind me of

Everything they deprived me of

MTV!

[Lyrics] It's a celebration very time

We link up

We done did everything they can think of

Greatness is

I wish that I could have this moment for life

For life

Sing! Sing.

[Lyrics] For life

Let me hear you.

[Lyrics] Because in this moment

I just feel so alive

Alive

Alive

Alive

This one is for the boys with the booming system

Top down AC with the cooler system

When he come up in the club He be blazing up

Got stacks on deck like he saving up

And he ill He real

He might got a deal He pop bottles

And he got the right kind of

He cold, he dope He might sell --

He always in the air But he never fly coach

He a motherlovin' trip, trip

Ship, ship When he make it

Kiss him on the That's the kind of dude

I was looking for And yes

You'll get slapped if you're looking

I said excuse me, you're a hell of a guy

I mean my, my, my, my

You're like pelican fly I mean

You're so shy And I'm loving your tie

You're like slicker than the guy

Oh, yes I did Yes I did

Somebody please tell him who the eff I is

I am Nicki Minaj

Back coupes up

Boy you've got my heartbeat running away

Hey

Beating like a drum and it's coming your way

Can't you hear that

Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass

He got that super bass

Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass

Yeah, that's that super bass

Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass

He got that super bass

Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass

Yeah, that's that super bass

[applause]

- [Lyrics] My anaconda don't

My anaconda don't

My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon'

- Oh, my gosh Look at her butt

Oh, my gosh Look at her butt

Oh, my gosh Look at her butt

Oh, my gosh

Look at her butt

- Little in the middle But she got much back

Little in the middle But she got much back

- Oh, my god

Look at her butt

- She's all right

That girl's all right

With me

Yeah

Ayo, I can lick it I can ride it

While you slipping and sliding

I can do all them little tricks

And keep the -- up inside it

You can smack it You can grip it

You can go down and kiss it

And every time he leave me alone

He always tell me he miss it

He want a F-R-E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K

A-K, A-K, A-K

E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K Okay

One thing about me I'm the baddest alive

He know the prettiest girl didn't come

Until I arrive

I don't let chickens get to me

I eff they man if they try

I got a princess face

A killer body, samurai

They can't be Nicki They so stupid

I just laugh when they try

A thong bikini

I think I'll go for a dive

His ex went up against me

But she didn't survive

On applications, I write pressure

Because that's Pressure applied

Can't -- a regular guy

Than umbrellas and stickier than apple pie

I can lick it I can ride it

While you slippin' and slidin'

I can do all the little tricks and keep the -- up inside it

You can smack it You can grip it

You can go down and kiss it

And every time he leave me alone

He always tell me he miss it

He want a F-R-E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K

A-K, A-K, A-K

E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K

Because what the -- This ain't Chanel, custom down

What the -- This ain't Burberry

Custom brown He's like

Could you throw it back while you touch the ground

Then he said do that, I said yup

Hold up

Ain't no need for you to double tap

Keep these -- on they

Be on the lookout when I come through

BOLO Oh, whoa

Elegant -- with a ho glow

If ain't Then I won't --

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

-- is this tea I just F'd a G

Made him say uh Just ask Mr. P

Ball so hard I just took a knee

Get me rocky ASAP Word to Rih

Let's go Freak

I can lick it I can ride it

While you slipping and sliding

I can do all them little tricks

And keep the -- up inside it Let me hear you!

[Lyrics] You can smack it

You can grip it You can go down and kiss it

And every time he leave me alone

He always tell me he miss it

He want a F-R-E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K

A-K, A-K, A-K

E-A-K

F-R-E-A-K

[applause]

Thank you.

- I love you, Nicki Minaj.

You're an icon, a trailblazer and a legend.

- Queen, you've taught me to always put myself first

and be completely unapologetic about it.

- Nicki, you give me so much confidence

and make me feel like I can express myself.

- Nicki, Nicki, Nicki,

there is no other girl on earth that could make us feel

the way you make us feel with your music.

- You have always been my inspiration

for strength and confidence.

You are literally the reason that I'm alive.

- You've inspired millions around the world,

and the Barbz love you so much.

- Nicki, I love you so much.

[chatter] - I love you so much.

- Please welcome members of Nicki Minaj's fan army,

the Barbz.

- We are here on behalf of all the Barbz all over the planet.

- This is such an incredible honor

to be on the stage tonight

and to be part of this huge moment

for the reigning queen of hip-hop.

[applause]

- Her music is everything.

We owe her everything.

She is everything, okay? [applause]

- And there's no one who deserves this more than her.

- Congratulations to the 2022 MTV Video Vanguard,

Nicki Minaj.

[Lyrics] Bitches ain't -- and they ain't saying nothing

A hundred mother -- can't tell me nothing

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

I beez in the trap

Beez in the trap

Damn, damn What they say about me

I don't know, man

-- is on your biscuit

If I get hit

Swinging on a big bitch

I don't know, man

[applause]

Hey, guys. How are you?

Oh, thank you.

Let me tell you something. I don't want to -- I don't --

I don't want them to start rolling the music on me,

but I never, ever in my life have written a speech,

and today I jotted, like, something down on my phone,

and I gave it -- I gave my phone to Joe,

and he's not up here with it,

which is sad because now I don't remember stuff.

Well, first of all, I want to say to everyone in here,

God bless you, and thank you.

Give it to me. Where is it? Who has it, Joe? Oh.

Okay. Okay. All right.

So here are the things that I jotted down

and I want to say it because I never end up

saying anything planned, right? Okay.

So I want to take a second to just say "Thank you"

to all of the key people that inspired me

and who I think inspired my flow,

Lil Wayne, Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z,

Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh.

And then I wrote people who gave me huge opportunities

that I'll never forget: Kanye West,

Beyoncé, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Eminem,

Britney Spears, Rihanna and all my Caribbean people,

but, Beanie Man, thank you for everything

and all that you make us. Gang wagwan.

Of course, you guys, I have to thank Drizzy

for always saying the things that I need to hear

to get me back in the game,

my whole Young Money family, Baby, Slim,

Mack, my Republic family, Monte Avery, my babies, Wendy,

Joe, Josh, RAPO, the whole Republic building.

I wrote this down. I don't know why, y'all,

but this was in my spirit to say.

I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here.

[applause]

I wish that people understood

what they meant and what they were going through.

I wish people took mental health seriously,

even for the people who we think have the perfect lives.

I wish Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle were here.

RIP, Daddy, my cousin, Richard, and my business manager,

Angelo, who I never got to say, "Rest in peace" to publicly,

to all the artists, producers and writers

who have contributed to any of my projects,

all the people who allowed me --

I'm sorry, also to all the people

who allowed me to feature on their work.

Thank you. I feature on so many people's music and albums.

[applause] And I want you to know

that I appreciate each and every one of you.

I don't take that for granted.

Thank you for giving me a chance to show my skills.

MTV, thank you for always being amazing for me,

and my whole [Indistinct], I love you.

And look. There's one -- Hold on.

Hold on. You better lay low. Hold on. I got this.

That's mine. That's mine. Hold on. The Barbz.

Barbz!

[applause]

You know what? Thank you.

Thank you so much. And to --

You guys are my babies, but I have a new baby.

Yo. Hold on 2 seconds

because I know they probably went to commercial, but listen.

I have a new baby. His name is Papa Bear,

and I love him. Papa Bear, I love you so much.

Mommy loves you so, so, so, so, so, so, so much.

But, you guys, thank you. Go right now.

I just put out my first greatest hits album,

y'all, "Queen Radio" album,

"Volume I." [applause]

I love you guys. Thank you. [applause]

[Lyrics] Feeling myself

I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Yeah Feeling myself

I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited, yeah

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Feeling myself

I'm conceited Flo Milli

You never dated a chocolate

You want a model All for the internet

All that kikiki I ain't into that

All my mini-mes

I invented that facts

Long-ass weave flow my back

I want a pitcher with a baseball bat, swing

Girls don't like when I talk like that

Please don't bark Because Milli bite back

I huff and I puff an I blow -- down

Stand up Go sit down

Put your ear on this --

Hear this ocean sound I -- once, boy

You old -- now

You got money because you on --

Milli got millis because Milli got hits

You pop pimples I pop

You can talk like this when you really that

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited

Yeah Feeling myself

I'm conceited

Feeling myself I'm conceited

[applause] - Oh, that's --

- Coming up, titans of hip-hop Eminem and Snoop Dogg

team up for a mind-blowing Metaverse performance.

Our favorite Brazilian queen, Anitta, slays her VMA debut.

You broke the Internet voting for your faves.

Sofia Carson awards Best K-Pop Video,

and rock royalty is in the house.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

become this year's MTV Global Icons.

- [Lyrics] I can't seem to ever get

- Who will be named this year's Best New Artist?

MTV is putting it in your hands.

Your Tweet is your vote. Vote now.

Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.

Stay tuned for your Best New Artist,

presented by Extra Gum.

Ready for another epic performance?

Pepsi invites you to watch the world premiere of the new song,

"Wild," from breakout artist and winner of

"Becoming a Pop Star," Samy Hawk.

- I just want you guys to know that I'm available

for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings,

wakes, any old thing you need, anything.

You name it. So, oh, I'm also a dentist.

- [Lyrics] I represent Queens

She was raised out in Brooklyn

- Doing it and doing it and doing it well

- You guys ready to take a little trip with me

from the D to the LBC?

Are you ready for MTV to play pinball with your brain cells?

Huh? Bing, bing, bing.

Two hip-hop giants dropped a weed track

and got the real world and the metaverse sky high.

You know we always break new ground,

so on that note and a VMA first,

from the other side of metaverse,

here are Eminem and Snoop Dogg!

- Yo, hold on. Oh, my god, bro. How'd you get that in here?

- I got the connection. Man, don't trip. Wake up.

- Yo, man.

I feel like you're getting me high again, bro.

We in it now though. Let's go.

Yeah. Yo, Snoop, is that-- - Yeah, what the [...] man?

This shit's the size of my hand, dog.

Shit's going to make me relapse.

[Lyrics]

That's how I know that I'm in the studio with the Doggy

In Californ-E,

'Cause my homie from Long Beach

Always got that bomb weed, that's why I feel a calm breeze

Every time I palm trees, get it,

just like that blonde bleach

I went platinum, then so did my albums,

Calvin's turning me into a zombie

Because these buds are like The Hulk,

they're twice the size that his arm be

And that is some strong green

Got a contact, my contact lenses are foggy,

I might end up in Walgreen's

Pharmacy with my arm asleep gone off, mixed with

I will treat Paula Dean like a human pinball machine

Bouncing balls off her,

if y'all are seeking the smoke, I got all the weed

I am a walking mother-effing marijuana leaf

And I'm here to stay

My reign's so definite my longevity needs

a hearing aid, still wearing

Hanes T-shirts,

I done bodied some features with legendary names

Was there when Dre turned the Chronic to monetary gain

'Cause dope is addictive just like they call it marijuana,

because like marriage, you want to, marry Jane

It's like you and Spider-Man feel the very same

My adversaries came

But these little degenerates are my lineage,

when it comes to pockets weren't many if,

any as skinny as mine bitch, I was penniless

Now I'm plenty rich,

and the shit don't make any sense,

I was in a mother pinch like a titty twist

Now I'm sitting as pretty as each penny is,

while I'm penning this in the lab on you guinea pigs

I'm fixing to fool, I'm in effect,

give me the, and when I pull the big out

That trigger, pull it until the mother shit runs out of bullets

Somebody better call an ambulance

If you live, it will be miraculous,

I got more hits than a contract killer

Like caterpillars that don't got antennas, other words

I don't got no god damn fillers

Mt. Westmore, you did not plan for this,

from Detroit all the way to Los Angeles

Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213

Let's see them blunts raised

Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313

Let's see them blaze

Make money moves like the matrix

Make more mount motivation

Roll up, more meditation I'm watching the moves

that you make might want to stick to the basics

Military mindset, locked in, cocked in,

making sure the mission is profitable

Ain't no mission impossible

One phone call and my monsters will go

Dump phones, hop in a Mazda and go

Funk that, y'all stay I'm fixing to go

Think you slick, boy this Crip

You ain't ready to take it where I'm fixing to go

Mafia rules

You making a mockery, me a monopoly

Speak on my flow, my, I'm mopping 'em

Slept on my flo' now suckers is copying

I'll be opping through all this opulence

Give me a task, I conquer it

This ain't the time for pondering

You suckers is following, this realness we be honoring

You looking for followers and not watching my homies

that's following Homies bump them mics

I'm like like what, yeah, Rob

East side, East up Hey, Eminem woke the beast up

Let y'all ride now, want it back like the lease up

Think it's a game you gone see something

Ain't no peace, you'll be missing a piece of you

Popped off, now sheets on them

Mama all mad, kids all sad, damn my bad

Send a few coins to the coroner Please make a sweet for them

Because I don't hop on tracks, I leap on 'em

In the fields with the cleats on them

Steve Job of the cannabis mob In due time, knew it be mine

Suge knew I'd go platinum the minute I signed

If you're looking for the one, I'm the homie to find

Young crook sold dope in the middle of Pine

To being the face of this

Long Beach, these seas is different

Four man with the put on

Still getting bread with the homies I've put on

Yea, yea I put my hood on

Things got cold, I put my hood on

Yea, yea Marshall and Calvin,

both from the gutters like public housing

Now we both performing for hundreds of thousands

Wearing no makeup, but we still be clowning them

- Yo, Slim, wake up!

- Wait! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, whoa, whoa, oh!

What? What just happened?

Oh, shit. Is this MTV?

- MTV, dog, we got a show to do.

Come on, man.

- Come on, Slim.

- MTV, hands up! [Lyrics]

Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213

Let's see them [...] raised

Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313

Let's see [...] raise

My Detroit hitters versus everybody

My Long Beach hitters versus everybody

My Detroit, leave with a body

My Long Beach, shoot up the party

Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213

Let's see them blunts raised

Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313

Let's see them blaze

- Come on! [Lyrics]

My Detroit, versus everybody

My Long Beach, versus everybody

My Detroit, leave with a body

My Long Beach, shoot up the party

- Hands up everybody!

- [Lyrics] You ain't nothing but a

- Dog, player, ah, get it

- Please welcome from the film "Purple Hearts," Sofia Carson.

[music]

- How we doing, VMAs?

Can we please give it up for Snoop and Eminem

because that was insane!

K-Pop fans are as passionate

and intense as any sports fans, right?

They go hard for their teams,

and they come out in massive numbers to support them

and treat every win or loss like it's life or death.

And there is a lot on the line this year with this category

pitting returning champs

against record-breaking newcomers.

Here are the nominees for best K-Pop.

- Best K-Pop.

BTS, "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)."

Itzy, "Loco."

Stray Kids, "Maniac."

Twice, "The Feels."

Lisa, "LALISA."

Seventeen, "Hot."

- And the VMA goes to-- Can I get a drum roll please?

Lisa!

- [Lyrics] Just say, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me

Call me, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me

Ooh-oh, [foreign], attitude

[foreign], the loudest in the room

Just say, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me

Call me, Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me

Ooh-oh, aljana attitude

[singing in Korean] the loudest in the room

[singing in Korean]

- Oh, this is heavy.

Oh, my god.

Hi, New York.

Hi, everyone.

First of all,

I want thank you to MTV for this wonderful honor.

I want to thank all of my collaborators

in my solo project,

especially Teddy Oppa, YG,

and [speaking Korean]

for making "LALISA" so much more special,

and Blinks, I mean--

Blinks, I mean, you're, like, the most important ones.

Like, thank you so much for making this happen.

I love you.

And, girls, [speaking Korean]

I love you!

Thank you for loving "LALISA" so much.

Have a wonderful night, guys. Thank you.

[speaking Korean]

- Please welcome Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong!

- Hey. What's up?

Listen.

We just wandered over here

because we smelled that last performance.

It smelled like--

I'm telling you, it smelled like Snoop Dogg.

- That's because it was Snoop Dogg, dude.

- Oh, even better, man.

Hey, we're here tonight to hand out the MTV Global Icon Award

to one of our favorite bands of all times,

the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The award recognizes artists who have lost--

left an indel-- endearing-- I'm [...] sorry--

an enduring mark on the world

and are just an impactful as ever.

- Tonight's honorees met in the halls of Fairfax High

in Los Angeles, the Lions,

and they started gigging on the Sunset Strip.

They infused LA punk with high octane bass lines

and electric stage show presence

like nothing we have ever seen before.

- And numbers don't lie: six Grammys...

over 100 million records sold,

and 4 decades on top.

- They have already released a number one album this year

and have another brand-new album--

studio album ready to come on this October 14th.

- And personally, of course, whenever I think of the band,

you know, I think of somebody putting a sock on [...]

- Here are MTV's newest Global Icons, Los Chipocludos,

the Red Hot Chili Peppers!

- [Lyrics] A lazy rain am I,

The skies refuse to cry

Cremation takes its piece of your supply

The night was dressed like noon,

A sailor spoke too soon

And China's on the dark side of the moon

Hit it now

Platypus are few,

the secret life of Roo

A personality I never knew,

Get it on

My Greta weighs a ton,

The archers on the run

And no one stands alone

Behind the sun

It's been a long time since I made a new friend

Waiting on another black summer to end

It's been a long time, and you never know when

Waiting on another

black summer to end

Crack the flaming whip,

a-sailing on a censorship

Riding on a headless horse to make the trip

It's been a long time since I made a new friend

Waiting on another black summer to end

It's been a long time, and you never know when

Waiting on another black summer to end

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

Waiting on another black summer to end

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

Waiting on another black summer to end

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

Waiting on another black summer to end

Can't stop, addicted to the shindig

Chop Top, he says I'm going to win big

Choose not a life of imitation

Distant cousin to the reservation

Defunct, the pistol that you pay for

This punk, the feeling that you stay for

In time I want to be your best friend

East side love is living on the West End

Knocked out, but, boy, you better come to

Don't die, you know, the truth as some do

Go write your message on the pavement

Burn so bright, I wonder what the wave meant

White heat is screaming in the jungle

Complete the motion if you stumble

Go ask the dust for any answers

Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

The world I love, the tears I drop

To be part of the wave, can't stop

Ever wonder if it's all for you

The world I love, the trains I hop

To be part of the wave, can't stop

Come and tell me when it's time to

Sweetheart is bleeding in the snow cone

So smart, she's leading me to ozone

Music, the great communicator

Use two sticks to make it in the nature

I'll get you into penetration

The gender of a generation

The birth of every other nation

Worth your weight, the gold of meditation

This chapter's gonna be a close one

Smoke rings, I know you're gonna blow one

All on a spaceship, persevering

Use my hands for everything but steering

Can't stop the demons when they need you

Mop tops are happy when they feed you

J. Butterfly is in the treetop

Birds that blow the meaning into bebop

The world I love, the tears I drop

To be part of the wave, can't stop

Ever wonder if it's all for you

The world I love, the trains I hop

To be part of the wave, can't stop

Come and tell me when it's time to

Wait a minute, I'm passing out, win or lose

Just like you

Far more shocking than anything I ever knew

How about you

Ten more reasons why I need somebody new

Just like you

Far more shocking than anything I ever knew

Right on cue

Can't stop, addicted to the shindig

Chop Top, he says I'm going to win big

Choose not a life of imitation

Distant cousin to the reservation

Defunct, the pistol that you pay for

This punk, the feeling that you stay for

In time I want to be your best friend

East side love is living on the West End

Knocked out, but, boy, you better come to

Don't die, you know, the truth as some do

Go write your message on the pavement

Burn so bright, I wonder what the wave meant

Kick start the golden generator

Sweet talk but don't intimidate her

Can't stop the gods from engineering

Feel no need for any interfering

Your image in the dictionary

This life is more than ordinary

Can I get two, maybe even three of these

Coming from the space to teach you of the Pleiades

Can't stop the spirits when they need you

This life is more than just a read-through

[applause]

- Ladies and gentlemen,

the 2022 Icon--

MTV Icon Global Award goes to the Chili Peppers!

- Los Chipocludos! - Thank you.

- I want to give it you for real.

[music]

[applause]

- Thank you, Cheech and Chong. Thank you.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Y'all are some bad mother flip-flops.

So nice to see your face.

Hello.

I did want to thank the sassy mistress

known as MTV for supporting us for 1,000 years or more.

I also wanted to thank planet Earth

and the people of planet Earth for listening and caring

and paying attention to what we do.

It's a blessing, but really, really, really, really,

really I want to thank Flea and John and Chad Smith,

Chad mother Gaylord Smith for giving me

a purpose in my life for the last 40 years.

I would have been a free-floating disaster of space

if not for these boys, so thank you, boys,

for giving me something to do with my life and love.

- Hey, everybody.

We try to, you know, make some cool visual art with our--

that go to our music, and thank you,

MTV, for supporting that for all these years.

You know, it's a real honor to be here

and play in front of you guys. Thank you so much.

There's another musical icon-- global icon,

and his name is my brother Taylor Hawkins,

and I want to dedicate this to Taylor and his family.

I love them, and I miss him every day,

and fly on, Hawk. Fly on, brother. Thank you.

- That mother is tall.

To my bandmates, I love you so much.

To my wife, Melody, I love you.

To my children, Sunny and Clara, I love you.

To everyone of you out there watching on TV and here,

I love you. I breathe for you.

I love cockroaches and dirt and trees

and every human being and the ocean and the fish

in it and deer and deer antlers and birds in the sky and love

and everything that isn't love is cowardice.

I love you. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you.

- And John says it all with his smile.

That's what he got to say. It's his smile

and his guitar playing and his just sweet nature.

We love him. Thank y'all. Have fun.

[applause]

- [Lyrics] She think she funny Well, I'm hilarious

Girl, keep it cute before I embarrass you

I think it's crazy how they play the

Mess with they mind, I don't get out of character

Wait, I be heating up, I got to reload

Hating, he ain't messing with my ego

Thirty inches got me feeling Filipino

Name hold weight like a boat full of

Ain't no need for wasting time

When I see you out in public, girl, your ass is mine

You can get away from me offline

But when you walk up in the, you'll be back in the bind

They ain't tell you I was one of a kind

Got these trying to copy on the front of they mind

You hate before you brush your teeth

I ride your face to sleep

I might make a run and make the headlines

Make a go night-night like it's bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

I might make a run and make the headlines

Make a go night-night like it's bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime, bedtime

Z, Z, Z, Z, Z, Z

- Coming up, what's popping?

Jack Harlow and the ladies of BLACKPINK

return to the stage. Anitta is ready to work.

Her first-ever VMA performance is next.

And one of the biggest artists on the planet,

Bad Bunny, takes over Yankee Stadium.

- The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards

are brought to you by Kraft Singles,

"Square it;"

the first-ever Corolla Cross, Toyota,

"Let's go places;" and by Descovy.

- [Lyrics] Like

- Please welcome one of our hosts tonight,

Jack Harlow.

- [Lyrics] My chain hitting like

King is back in his hometown

When them wheels hit and I touch down, they

- Hey.

- [Lyrics] She down low Three-point stance

I'm back there doing Jack dance like

- VMAs!

[applause] - We here. We here, baby.

- What's up? Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.

One second. One second.

Being here hosting tonight with two icons

like LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj,

it's genuinely a honor. It's a honor.

[applause]

I remember. I know you remember back in high school

watching the VMAs instead of doing the paper

we had due the next day, and we'd just gather around

the TV and enjoyed it, and now we're here.

My family is in Louisville having a watch party right now.

This is crazy, brother.

[applause]

Crazy. Listen.

I can guarantee you all of our performers

and nominees put in the work to get here.

It was not luck, so give it up for them.

Give it up for them. Give it up for them.

[applause]

So let's keep it going.

I need you to please welcome

Bebe Rexha! [applause]

- [Lyrics] No, I don't need your help

To make me sick

To make me ill

I don't need anybody else

Because I can break my heart myself

I don't need your help

Getting off of this carousel

I don't need anybody else

- Hi!

- [Lyrics] Because I can break my heart myself

- What up? Okay. Listen.

Yeah, I'm going to show this leg.

Music has always been a soundtrack to change, okay?

And the videos in this next category

all have something to say, okay?

They inspire us to stand up for our rights

or to see things from a different perspective.

The nominees for Video For Good push us to be better,

to be ourselves and to be nicer to each other.

Take a look.

[applause]

- Video For Good.

- [Lyrics] Crack a bottle

- Kendrick Lamar, "The Heart Part 5."

- [Lyrics] Remains

We start over That's the problem

Our foundation was trained to accept whatever follows

- [singing in French]

- [lyrics] Turn up the music

- Lizzo, "About Damn Time."

- [Lyrics] I got a feeling

I'm going to be okay

- [lyrics] Y'all sexualize lesbians

- Latto, "Pussy."

- [Lyrics] They engage and then gossip live

From they mama basement

If you don't get a pussy up, then they'll take it

- Wow.

- Rina Sawayama, "This Hell."

- [Lyrics] With you We're burning up together, baby

That makes two

- Okay, and the VMA goes to

Lizzo, "About Damn Time."

- [Lyrics] Turn up the music

Turn down the lights

I got a feeling

I'm going to be all right

Okay - Okay

- All right It's about damn time

Turn up the music

Let's celebrate

I've got a feeling

I'm going to be okay

Okay - Okay

- All right

It's about damn time

[applause]

[crowd chanting "Lizzo"]

- Bitch!

Thank you so much, you all.

First, I want to say shout-out to Christian Breslauer,

who directed the music video, Tittylauer.

I don't know what Music Video For Good means,

but I do know what your vote means, and that's a [...] lot.

Your vote means everything to me.

It means everything to making a change in this country.

So remember when you're voting for your favorite artist,

vote to change some of these laws that are oppressing us.

[applause]

I want to say thank you so much

for supporting me and loving on me.

And now to the bitches that got something to say

about me in the press...

[applause]

You know what? I'm not going to say nothing.

They be like, "Lizzo, why don't you clap back?

Why don't you clap back?"

Because, bitch, I'm winning, ho.

[applause]

Big bitch is winning, ho!

That's why vengeance so painful, bitch!

[Indistinct]!

[applause]

[music]

- [Lyrics] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

- Please welcome back BLACKPINK.

- [Lyrics] BLACKPINK

- This global pop superstar from Brazil

sings in five different languages,

has a Guinness World Record as the first Latin solo artist

to have number one song in the world,

and has collaborated with Cardi B,

Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, and Madonna.

- You're about to see why these artists

are going to work with her and why she has some of

the most obsessed fans in the planet.

- Just like us, she's making her debut live

VMA performance tonight.

- We present you Anitta!

[applause]

[Lyrics] [singing in Portuguese]

- VMAs, did you think

I wasn't going to shake my ass tonight?

[energetic music]

- Kiss me from the roof to the lobby

[applause]

- [Lyrics] When they say that I can't

- Damn lie

- Ain't dapping no hands - Sanitize

- We going to slide on your man - Landslide

- It's a [...] in my pants - Hand

- You going to try to recant - Can't not

- I could step on a ant - Ant pile

- I'm a shoot at the ground

Dance now Dance Dance

Dance Oh, what a handsome gift

To live in a land of sin

Running with bands and

And my little nasty chick

That what I asked of him

He told me he'd grant my wish

You dance with the devil

You never dance again

Dance now Dance

Dance Hands up Dance

Dance Hands up

Dance Dance

Dance Dance

Dance now Dance

Dance Dance

Dance now Dance

- I'm not the

- Look - I'm not the

[applause]

- Coming up, you streamed them billions of times.

Ashley Graham hands out Best Latin Video.

Glam rock is back. Maneskin takes the stage

for their very first VMA performance.

Tonight's host Nicki Minaj is back onstage.

- [Lyrics] Yeah, yeah, yeah

- And Kane Brown makes his grand VMA debut,

presented by Toyota.

Head to Twitter and vote now to see how Kane Brown

gets ready for his performance.

[Lyrics] Got me thinking

Sometimes it be like that

- So, rain check on practice?

- Rain check.

[Lyrics] Ain't life grand

Only ones I keep around me is my fam

No coincidence It's always been the plan

And I wouldn't trade it for nothing

So this is my mood forever

Ain't life grand

Only ones I keep around me is my family

No coincidence It's always been the plan

And I'll always keep it trilly with the fans

Ain't life grand I saw it all

I saw it in my head, yeah

Ain't life grand

- Up next, Kane Brown makes his VMA debut at the Toyota stage.

[Lyrics] We about to feed these youngins to the Metaverse

Meanwhile I'm over here just trying to pen a verse

Because I'm done being extra with the extroverts

- So what I want you to understand is,

when our next performer was trying to break into Nashville,

people told him he wasn't country enough.

- You're country enough in my book.

- Respect. But you know what? He didn't just break in.

- Damn right. - He broke records --

- Damn right.

- Putting out hit after hit --

- Damn right. - Selling out stadiums --

- Damn right. Damn right. Damn right.

- Now, he can make whatever type of music

he damn well pleases.

- Damn right. Damn right.

- His sound is impossible to box in,

and this record right here is proof.

- Yep. - Heading North to Fort Lee,

New Jersey, for his first ever VMA performance --

- Damn right. - Kane Brown.

[applause]

[Lyrics] Ain't life grand

Come on!

[Lyrics] I had thoughts of superstardom

Singing in the mirror

I was flossing Swear that I saw this

Remember when I couldn't stand it

Now I got the posture

Finally threw a pair of dice

Call me Frankie Scoblete

All just to see your hands jumping at the concert

Yeah Come on

And I wouldn't trade it for nothing

No, I wouldn't change it ever

It's too long to live it for nothing

So this is my mood forever

Ain't life grand

Only ones I keep around me is my fam

No coincidence It's always been the plan

And I always keep it trilly with the fans

Oh, ain't life grand

And I love a little whiskey in my hand

I make it disappear then reappear again

Matter fact I never want this life to end

Until the end Yeah

The voices in my head

They used to make me wanna break down

Had me hella weighed down

Had me in a corner

Had me beat but I'm okay now

True to what they say If there's a will

Then there's a way out

Took all of my dreams

I took them back because I'm awake now

Yeah

And I wouldn't trade it for nothing

No, I wouldn't change it ever

It's too long to live it for nothing

So this is my mood forever

Ain't life grand

Only ones I keep around me is my fam

No coincidence It's always been the plan

And I always keep it trilly with the fans

Oh, ain't life grand

And I love a little whiskey in my hand

I make it disappear then reappear again

Matter fact I never want this life to end

Until the end I saw it all

I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah

Ain't life grand

And I wouldn't trade it for nothing

No, I wouldn't change it ever

It's too long to live it for nothing

So this is my mood forever

Ain't life grand

Only ones I keep around me is my fam

No coincidence It's always been the plan

And I always keep it trilly with the fans

Oh, ain't life grand

And I love a little whiskey in my hand

I sip it down so I can fill it up again

Matter fact I never want this life to end

Until the end I saw it all

I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah

Ain't life grand

I saw it all

I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all I saw it in my head, yeah

I saw it all

I saw it in my head, yeah

Ain't life grand

Woo.

[applause]

- Toyota congratulates Kane Brown

on his epic VMA performance.

- Welcome back one of our hosts tonight, Nicki Minaj.

[applause]

- Hey.

- Nicki, what's up?

Nicki, what's up?

- New Jersey, what -- is good? [applause]

Is New York in the building?

[applause]

Queens, Brooklyn, Harlem --

- Hey, yo.

- The Bronx --

Oh. I got it. Where my bad (bleep) at?

[applause]

All right. Child, this long hair.

We gone figure it out. We gone --

Okay. I love the VMAs. I've loved the VMAs

since I was a little, tiny, teeny, bitty girl.

I have dreamt of being on this show,

but I could have never guessed that's actually

what my future would hold. Can you believe this night?

[applause]

- Barbz,

I'm officially Video Vanguard royalty.

And now, on top of that, I get to host.

So you know what that means, right, y'all?

Buckle your -- --

[applause]

Our next presenter is a badass business woman,

supermodel and a mother.

She does it all. Please welcome the beautiful Ashley Graham.

- [Lyrics] I wanna tell you, baby, that I love you

I love you I'll always love you, baby

I want to love you

All right, y'all.

The nominees in this category hail from Colombia,

Puerto Rico, Brazil and the USA, y'all.

And their music has taken over every corner of the globe.

We streamed their songs billions of times,

and their videos destroy these records.

All right? They are the biggest superstars on the planet.

Here are the nominees for Best Latin.

[applause]

- Best Latin --

- [singing in language]

- Daddy Yankee, "Remix".

- J. Balvin and Skrillex, "In Da Getto".

- Anitta, "Envolver".

- Becky G and Karol G, "Mamiii".

- Bad Bunny, "Titi Me Pregunto".

- Farruko, "Pepas."

- And the VMA goes to...

Anitta, "Envolver."

[applause]

- Oh, my God.

I really wasn't expecting that. I think I'm going to cry.

[applause]

Okay, so I just want to say,

for whoever doesn't know this, it's --

Tonight, it's the history. It's first time of Brazil here.

[applause]

It's the first time my country

has even win an award like that,

and I just want to say thank you for my family,

for my fans, and --

[applause]

Tonight, I performed here a rhythm that,

for many years in my country, was considered a crime.

I was born and raised in the ghetto of Brazil,

and for whoever was born there, we never --

We never would think this is possible, so thank you so much.

[applause]

- From the Extended Play Stage

presented by Doritos, give it up for JID.

[Lyrics] Push the -- off of the porch or break a -- down

Get this -- If it happen to blow

It makes surround sounds

Pussycat on my lap Push it back

And go to town down

Putting rap on my back

And I'm blacking, snatching crowns

I done came back around

Like a -- selling -- in pounds I got a bag now

But it's nothing to brag about

-- blast in the background I'm a Black man

With the bloodhounds

-- 10 making love sounds To a bad chick

She from uptown I'm from down South

Not a loudmouth

We can -- around

Hit the music, baby Cut it down

Hit a doobie while you do me indubitably

I feel like I'm -- now

I feel like a -- down when I shine bright

Blind -- is up now

In the cut Big black truck

Pack sacked up

You can pick it up now Okay

Push the -- pack off of the porch

Or break a pound down Get this --

If it happen to blow

It makes surround sounds

Pussycat on my lap

Push it back And go to town down

Putting rap on back

And I'm blacking, snatching crowns

Yeah Yeah

[Indistinct]

- [Lyrics] I don't want to

- Coming up, Maneskin performs their number-one smash hit,

"Supermodel." We stan this TikTok queen.

Dixie D'Amelio hits the stage next, and these nominees serve.

We award Best Hip-Hop Video and Artist of the Year.

- Who will be named this year's Best New Artist?

MTV is putting it in your hands.

Your tweet is your vote. Vote now.

Head to vote.mtv.com to make your voice heard.

Stay tuned for your Best New Artist,

presented by Extra Gum.

- [Lyrics] Ayo, this week, Rari, next week, Lambo

Bitch, I'm fly I don't land though

- Welcome back. It's time -- You guys, I just calculated it.

It's -- like, 5 minutes went by.

It is time for a Barbie wellness check.

Okay? I'm going to do those throughout the night.

Now, do you look good?

[applause]

Do you feel good?

[applause]

Do you have some good coochie or penis?

[applause]

Okay, okay, okay!

Well, let's keep all those good juices flowing.

Please welcome to the stage Dixie D'Amelio!

[music]

- This next artist echoes the best rock bands of all time

and still serves up that kick-you-in-the-ass energy

of something completely cutting edge.

Bringing their number-one hit "Supermodel"

to the VMAs, it's Maneskin.

- Woo! VMAs, make some noise!

[Lyrics] Alone at parties in a deadly silhouette

She loves the cocaine, but cocaine don't love her back

When she's upset, she talks to Maury and takes deep breaths

She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh

Way back in high school, when she was a good Christian

I used to know her, but she's got a new best friend

A drag queen named The Virgin Mary takes confessions

She's a '90s supermodel

Yeah, she's a master, my compliments

If you want to love her, just deal with that

She'll never love you more than money and cigarettes

Every night's a heartbreak

Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Savor every moment until she has to go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Come on!

[Lyrics] Alone at parties, she's working around the clock

When you're not looking, she's stealing your Basquiat

Low-waisted pants on OnlyFans, I'll pay for that

She's a '90s supermodel

Yeah, she's a master, my compliments

If you want to love her, just deal with that

She'll never love you, you just look a bit like her dad

Every night's a heartbreak

Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Savor every moment until she has to go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Woo! VMAs, give it up!

Woo!

[Lyrics] She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh

[cheers and applause]

Thank you!

- [singing in language]

- Give it up for Becky G!

- [speaking language]

Look, as a young Latina

growing up in Inglewood, hip-hop was everywhere,

and it was a part of the neighborhood that I grew up in.

It was a part of us, and we listened to it,

but not only did we listen to it, we lived it,

and the artists who created it did not just inspire us,

but they inspired the culture of Best Hip-Hop.

So let's check them out.

- Best Hip-Hop.

Latto, "Big Energy."

Kendrick Lamar, "N95."

Future featuring Drake and Tems, "Wait for U."

Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby, "Do We Have a Problem?"

Pusha T, "Diet Coke."

Eminem and Snoop Dogg, "From the D 2 the LBC."

- And the VMA -- and the VMA goes to --

I am not surprised! It is her night!

Ladies and gentlemen, Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby!

[Lyrics] Tell 'em my Nina, my, she a rider

I got a shooter, and I got a driver

They want that heat, I'm the only provider

Little bad foreign, word to Fivio

Know the vibe, that's word to Five, yo

Beef, we about to resolve, yo

Pull up on a opp, do we have a problem

Hold up, shorty, hold up

Please don't touch me, look at my fit

Look at my ankle, look at my wrist

This one a pack, this one a brick

That one a opp, that one a lick

This one for Pop, this one for Juice

I am the one

Okay, you guys.

I want to make this really quick.

Okay. Now, earlier I was talking about artists

who worked with me at the beginning of my career,

and I left a few people out,

so I'm just going to name them really quick:

Will.I.Am, Fergie, Taylor Swift,

who had a huge part in the success of "Super Bass,"

Elton John recently, but, you know, he's an icon,

Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,

Keyshia Cole, Gucci Mane, Puffy.

I got to shout out South Side Jamaica, Queens, New York City!

All the artists that have helped put us

on the map from the beginning,

Salt-N-Pepa, Kid and Play, I think, right?

Nas, 50, LL, the whole G-Unit,

but this award is for "Do We Have a Problem?"

so I want to thank Lil Baby, who I love so much.

Thank you, Lil Baby, for doing this with me,

and shout out to P. And --

Oh, and tonight, someone special with me is Fendi.

If you guys know, you know.

Fendi, thank you for being there from the beginning,

from the come-up, for believing me,

for seeing something in me when no one else did.

Fendi, I love you. Thank you.

And you guys, the Barbz, voted, so this is for the Barbz!

- [Lyrics] Now, I remember when you'd call me late at night

I gave you my hours and advice just trying to fix you

And all your daddy issues

But now, I don't even miss you anymore

So, I, I want all the tears back that I cried

All the hours spent giving advice

On how to write your songs

All you did was prove me wrong

When you said you loved me

Well, you must've had your fingers crossed

- Coming up, Bad Bunny takes over Yankee Stadium

for a performance you cannot miss.

Panic! at the Disco lights up the entire arena,

and music royalty is crowned

when we reveal Artist of the Year.

VMA fan cam is live behind the scenes

with your faves all night.

Follow @vmas on Twitter for more.

- [Lyrics] Ayo, this week, Rari, next week, Lambo

Bitch, I'm fly I don't land though

- Welcome back. It's time -- You guys, I just calculated it.

It's -- like, 5 minutes went by.

It is time for a Barbie wellness check.

Okay? I'm going to do those throughout the night.

Now, do you look good?

[applause]

Do you feel good?

[applause]

Do you have some good coochie or penis?

[applause]

Okay, okay, okay!

Well, let's keep all those good juices flowing.

Please welcome to the stage Dixie D'Amelio!

[music]

- This next artist echoes the best rock bands of all time

and still serves up that kick-you-in-the-ass energy

of something completely cutting edge.

Bringing their number-one hit "Supermodel"

to the VMAs, it's Maneskin.

- Woo! VMAs, make some noise!

[Lyrics] Alone at parties in a deadly silhouette

She loves the cocaine, but cocaine don't love her back

When she's upset, she talks to Maury and takes deep breaths

She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh

Way back in high school, when she was a good Christian

I used to know her, but she's got a new best friend

A drag queen named The Virgin Mary takes confessions

She's a '90s supermodel

Yeah, she's a master, my compliments

If you want to love her, just deal with that

She'll never love you more than money and cigarettes

Every night's a heartbreak

Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Savor every moment until she has to go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Come on!

[Lyrics] Alone at parties, she's working around the clock

When you're not looking, she's stealing your Basquiat

Low-waisted pants on OnlyFans, I'll pay for that

She's a '90s supermodel

Yeah, she's a master, my compliments

If you want to love her, just deal with that

She'll never love you, you just look a bit like her dad

Every night's a heartbreak

Hey, don't think about it, hey, just let it go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Savor every moment until she has to go

Because her boyfriend is the rock and roll

Woo! VMAs, give it up!

Woo!

[Lyrics] She's a '90s supermodel, uh-uh-uh

[cheers and applause]

Thank you!

- [singing in language]

- Give it up for Becky G!

- [speaking language]

Look, as a young Latina

growing up in Inglewood, hip-hop was everywhere,

and it was a part of the neighborhood that I grew up in.

It was a part of us, and we listened to it,

but not only did we listen to it, we lived it,

and the artists who created it did not just inspire us,

but they inspired the culture of Best Hip-Hop.

So let's check them out.

- Best Hip-Hop.

Latto, "Big Energy."

Kendrick Lamar, "N95."

Future featuring Drake and Tems, "Wait for U."

Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby, "Do We Have a Problem?"

Pusha T, "Diet Coke."

Eminem and Snoop Dogg, "From the D 2 the LBC."

- And the VMA -- and the VMA goes to --

I am not surprised! It is her night!

Ladies and gentlemen, Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby!

[Lyrics] Tell 'em my Nina, my, she a rider

I got a shooter, and I got a driver

They want that heat, I'm the only provider

Little bad foreign, word to Fivio

Know the vibe, that's word to Five, yo

Beef, we about to resolve, yo

Pull up on a opp, do we have a problem

Hold up, shorty, hold up

Please don't touch me, look at my fit

Look at my ankle, look at my wrist

This one a pack, this one a brick

That one a opp, that one a lick

This one for Pop, this one for Juice

I am the one

Okay, you guys.

I want to make this really quick.

Okay. Now, earlier I was talking about artists

who worked with me at the beginning of my career,

and I left a few people out,

so I'm just going to name them really quick:

Will.I.Am, Fergie, Taylor Swift,

who had a huge part in the success of "Super Bass,"

Elton John recently, but, you know, he's an icon,

Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,

Keyshia Cole, Gucci Mane, Puffy.

I got to shout out South Side Jamaica, Queens, New York City!

All the artists that have helped put us

on the map from the beginning,

Salt-N-Pepa, Kid and Play, I think, right?

Nas, 50, LL, the whole G-Unit,

but this award is for "Do We Have a Problem?"

so I want to thank Lil Baby, who I love so much.

Thank you, Lil Baby, for doing this with me,

and shout out to P. And --

Oh, and tonight, someone special with me is Fendi.

If you guys know, you know.

Fendi, thank you for being there from the beginning,

from the come-up, for believing me,

for seeing something in me when no one else did.

Fendi, I love you. Thank you.

And you guys, the Barbz, voted, so this is for the Barbz!

- [Lyrics] Now, I remember when you'd call me late at night

I gave you my hours and advice just trying to fix you

And all your daddy issues

But now, I don't even miss you anymore

So, I, I want all the tears back that I cried

All the hours spent giving advice

On how to write your songs

All you did was prove me wrong

When you said you loved me

Well, you must've had your fingers crossed

- Coming up, Bad Bunny takes over Yankee Stadium

for a performance you cannot miss.

Panic! at the Disco lights up the entire arena,

and music royalty is crowned

when we reveal Artist of the Year.

VMA fan cam is live behind the scenes

with your faves all night.

Follow @vmas on Twitter for more.

- [Lyrics] Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

- Please welcome, from "Ink Master," Joel Madden.

- [Lyrics] Always complaining

If money is such a problem

You got so many problems

Think I could solve them

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

- Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses,

Metallica, Pearl Jam.

Those aren't just the iconic bands that helped build MTV,

they're previous winners of this next award.

Here are this year's nominees for Best Rock.

- Best Rock.

Foo Fighters, "Love Dies Young."

Jack White, "Taking Me Back."

Three Days Grace, "So Called Life."

Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Black Summer."

Shinedown, "Planet Zero."

Muse, "Won't Stand Down."

- And the VMA goes to...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Black Summer."

- [Lyrics] It's been a long time

Since I made a new friend

Waiting on another black summer to end

It's been a long time and you never know when

Waiting on another black summer to end

- Flea.

- Yes?

- I challenge you to a thank-off.

- I accept your challenge.

- I will say a name. You retaliate.

- All right.

- Are you ready?

- I'm prepared.

- Debra Chow, thank you.

- Debra Chow is a very nice, creative and intelligent woman,

and we're grateful to work with her.

- Rick Rubin, thank you.

- He's got a mighty beard, and he's a nice man.

- Mo Ostin and Warner Brothers Records, thank you!

- God bless Mo Ostin, the beautiful man.

- Chad mother -- Gaylord Smith!

- Out of Detroit --

Chad mother --

- We made a record with Rick Rubin.

Debra Chow directed it, the "Black Summer."

We had fun doing it.

John brought that puppy into rehearsal one day.

It was a beautiful thing. Y'all get home safe!

[Lyrics] I like you, I do

I want to be your friend, go shopping in a Benz

I like you, I do

- Please welcome the star of the upcoming movie,

"Bros," Billy Eichner.

- Hello!

What's up, MTV?

Now, listen up!

Some of you know me as Billy on the Street.

But on September 30th,

I have a movie coming out called "Bros."

"Bros" is making history as the first gay rom-com

ever made by a major studio

and the first where every role is played

by an openly LGBTQ actor! Right?

And I need you all there in theaters on September 30th

because we need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas

and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court

that we want gay love stories!

And we support LGBTQ people!

And we are not letting them drag us back

into the last century

because they are in the past, and "Bros" is the future!

Are you with me, VMAs?

And speaking of sinners,

there are only a few voices in rock

that can transport you to another place.

All you sinners already know who we're talking about.

That's right. They have defied genres,

constantly reinvented and redefined their style.

They don't just have albums. They have eras.

VMAs, this is Panic! at the Disco!

[Lyrics] Stare at a wall that's told a thousand tragedies

Holding a hand that's loved every part of me

A lady comes and tells me that I got to leave

Right away, everybody is the enemy

Deep breaths from the room where I watch you lie

Any beat from your heart gets me through the night

You're my love, you're my death, you're my alibi

Say this isn't goodbye

Who's gonna drive me home tonight

Who's going to argue until they win the fight

You're the only one that knows how to operate

My heavy machinery Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

A rush of blood floods hot thoughts in my head

Red roses sitting silently beside the bed

I'm saying more right now than I ever said

Don't wanna live if the thought of loving you is dead

Who's gonna drive me home tonight

Who's going to argue until they win the fight

You're the only one that knows how to operate

My heavy machinery

Who's gonna drive me home tonight

Who's going to argue until they win the fight

You're the only one that knows how to operate

My heavy machinery

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Who's gonna drive me home tonight

Who's going to argue until they win the fight

You're the only one that knows how to operate

My heavy machinery

Who's gonna drive me home tonight

Who's going to argue until they win the fight

You're the only one that knows how to operate

My heavy machinery

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

Don't let the light go out

[applause]

- Please welcome back Avril Lavigne.

- I love that I get to hand out the award

for Best New Artist tonight

because it's about to change somebody's life like it

changed mine 20 years ago.

And it's still one of my favorite memories.

You've been all voting all night,

so let's take one more look at the nominees.

- Best New Artist.

- The power was in your hands

to name this year's best new artist,

and you narrowed it down to three.

Maneskin.

Dove Cameron.

And Seventeen.

It all came down to your voice, your vote,

and it's time to find out who's taking home the title.

This is your Best New Artist presented by Extra Gum.

- All right.

And the VMA goes to...

Dove Cameron.

- [Lyrics] I could be a better boyfriend than him

I could do the -- that he never did

Up all night, I won't quit

Thinking I'm gonna steal you from him

I could be such a gentleman

Plus, all my clothes would fit

- Wow. Thank you so much.

I'm so floored. I'm so moved. This is so wild to be up here

with so many artists that I worship.

These are some of my all-time favorite artists up here.

I -- This year has been so wild,

and I have no explanation for it

except that I have you guys to thank.

I know that. I want to dedicate this

to all of the queer kids out there

who don't feel that they can take up space

and inhabit the fullness of who they are.

Thank you for getting an overtly queer song

onto mainstream radio.

Thank you for supporting me

as the person and the artist that I am.

I hope that in that way you've also given

that same privilege to yourselves.

I love you so much. Thank you, MTV.

Thank you, Columbia Records. Thank you guys.

Thank you. Thank you.

[Lyrics] I guess that flowers

Aren't just used for big apologies

I guess I should've been more conscious how you spoke to me

Because when we'd fight, you give me space

And not communicate

And for a while, I thought that's what I should appreciate

Maybe I was holding on to what I thought you were

But when you think too hard, eventually, it starts to hurt

The version of you in my head now I know wasn't true

Young people fall for the wrong people, guess my one was you

- The party continues!

Congratulations to these MTV favorites on their

VMA victories.

Song of the Year,

Billie Eilish, "Happier Than Ever."

Push Performance of the Year, Seventeen, "Rock With You."

Best Alternative, Maneskin, "I Wanna Be Your Slave."

Best R&B, The Weeknd, "Out of Time."

Best Metaverse Performance, BLACKPINK, "The Virtual."

Group of the Year, BTS.

Best Pop and Best Cinematography,

Harry Styles, "As It Was."

Best Direction, Taylor Swift,

"All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."

Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects,

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby."

Best Choreography, Doja Cat, "Woman."

Best Editing, Rosalía, "Saoko."

For a complete list of winners, go to vma.mtv.com.

The party is not over yet.

We crown your Video of the Year next,

presented by Burger King.

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards

are brought to you by Burger King,

"Have it your way";

Swiffer Sweeper,

"Stop cleaning. Start Swiffering";

and by Doritos.

Snap the code to find triangles

for a chance to win prizes.

- [Lyrics] Hey Ho

Hey Ho

- Okay, you guys.

first of all, let's acknowledge queens,

royalty right here, please. [applause]

Thank you. - What up? What up?

What's up, queen?

- Yeah. All right.

It is time for the biggest award of the night.

- No question.

Now, from the moment the nominations drop,

there is one thing everybody wants to know:

Which artist will take home VMA for the video of the year?

- Yes. Here are the nominees.

- Video of the year--

- [Lyrics] You know it's

- Harry Styles, "As it Was"--

- [Lyrics] As it was

- Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby"...

[Lyrics] Oh, I love you

- Ed Sheeran, "Shivers...

- [Lyrics] And when you're close up give me a shiver

- Doja Cat, "Woman"--

- [Lyrics] Let me be your woman

- Drake featuring Future

and Young Thug, "Way 2 Sexy"...

[Lyrics] Need more things in here

I like it crowded

- Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)"...

- [Lyrics] All too well

- Olivia Rodrigo, "Brutal"...

- [Lyrics] It's brutal out here

- Video of the year, presented by Burger King.

[crowd chanting "Taylor"]

- And the VMA goes to--

- Taylor Swift. [applause]

- [Lyrics] 'Cause there we are again

When I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known

It was rare I was there

I remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, you were there

You remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there

You remember it all

It was rare, I was there

I remember it all too well

[applause]

- I'm so honored to have been recognized

alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category,

and I just want to say I'm so heartened

by the fact that for the first time in VMA history,

four of the directors nominated in the video of the year

category are women.

[applause]

- We love you!

- And, you guys, I'm just so proud of what we made.

And I know with every second

of this moment that we wouldn't have been able

to make the short film

if it weren't for you, the fans...

[applause]

Because I wouldn't be able

to rerecord my albums if it weren't for you.

[applause] - We love you so much.

- You emboldened me to do that, and I had--

I had sort of made up my mind

that if you were going to be this generous and give us this,

I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that--

[applause]

That my brand-new album comes out October 21st.

And I will tell you more at midnight.

[applause]

- Burger King congratulates Taylor Swift

on her video of the year win.

- Well, congrats to all of tonight's winners,

an incredible performance.

- Y'all, I got to say this.

I forgot to say during my performance, though--

Listen to me. Listen to me, y'all.

Shh. Listen. You guys,

the last few years have been really rough on everyone.

So you, you, you, you, all of you guess what?

You made it. We made it.

[applause]

- It wasn't your time to go. You have a purpose.

You have greatness inside of you.

Goodnight, everyone. Stay super freaky.

Have great vagina. I love you.

- Love you. You see.

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