VMAs 2015 Recap

Nicki Minaj opened the show, and halfway through her performance Taylor Swift made an appearance, officially putting an end to any leftover rumours of their mini-feud from when the nominations for the VMAs were originally announced. They even went into a verse of Swift’s song ‘Bad Blood’, just to really drive the point home, hugging at the end.

I really enjoyed Miley Cyrus as a host. She did a bit about what goes on behind the scenes of her Instagram account, which included appearances from Ike Barinholtz and Andy Samberg. She then pulled an Ellen at the Oscars selfie moment, but that was pretty lame.

Britney was the first presenter of the night, returning to the stage that she made legendary. 

Best Male Video went to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars for ‘Uptown Funk’.

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Our Canadian homeboy The Weeknd performed (and killed it for someone who is the only person onstage for their performance).

Rebel Wilson made an appearance to let us all know that she hates the police (strippers).

Best Hip Hop video went to Nicki Minaj for ‘Anaconda’, and her and Rebel twerked it out onstage.

Nicki called out Miley for stuff she said in an interview earlier this week, saying “now back to this bitch who had a lot to say about me in the press last week. Miley what’s good?” and the gauntlet was thrown.

Miley tried to quash it, but it’s hard to say whether it worked out or not. Minaj immediately tweeted out “Lmfaaoooooooo” with 3 heart eye emojis so WHO KNOWS.

Big Sean and Nick Jonas presented together, because obviously.

The winner of Best Female Video was Taylor Swift for Blank Space (and Kanye actually let her finish this time).

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Demi Lovato performed at the VMAs for the first time, and she just seems like a real rad girl. Plus anyone who wears over-the-knee boots in any capacity makes me so happy. Iggy Azalea also showed up (in over-the-knee boots too, holla) half way through, which was fun. I just like seeing all these female artists supporting each other. 

Justin Bieber performed his hit of the summer and his new song. I gotta say, it’s nice to see our boy back closer to the kid we all fell in love with. I mean, he flew at the end and then cried. HE CRIED.

Miley Cyrus did a LOT of bits about weed. 

Tori Kelly performed in a very ‘artsy’ way.

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Taylor Swift presented Kanye West with the Vanguard Award (PS. if you weren’t feeling old enough, it’s been SIX YEARS since “Ima Let You Finish”. SIX YEARS).

He basically spent his whole speech apologizing to Taylor for that incident SIX YEARS AGO, and it was actually very, very sweet. He just wanted people to like him more. He voiced it for all of us when he said “I don’t understand award shows, man”. Same, Yeezy, same.

Oh, and he announced he’ll be running for President in 2020. Obviously.

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Pharrell performed his song ‘Freedom’. He also tried to give a speech, but come on, man, nothing compares after Kanye.

Fetty Wap won the Artist to Watch award.

Twenty One Pilots and A$AP Rocky performed. Which was just as annoying as you’d expect it to be.

Video of the Year went to Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar for ‘Bad Blood’. Ugh. Any of her videos but that one, please. Of course she brought her whole squad onstage to accept it, too.

We got a VERY quick Miley nip-slip. Which is something she's been fighting hard for, so accidental or not, she got what she wanted and guess what - the world did not end.

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And the final performance of the evening was the girl herself. It was full of references to weed and drag queen dancers. I dug it.

She also announced that her new album is online for FREE right now (mileycyrusandherdeadpetz.com, for when the internet stops breaking the page with views).

The main takeaway from tonight’s VMAs: Everyone has beef that can be solved. And everyone is high.