The moment of the year has come this year too, when the cosmonaut of the award MTV Video Music Awards “launched” on our screens, and most importantly, in the hands of this year’s winners, at the first “normal” MTV Video Awards ceremony in two years.

And such an awards ceremony could not do without impressive moments, surprises and all those moments that we generally treasure.

And this year they were:

Taylor Swift makes history (again)…

The music industry phenomenon not only increased its MTV VMA collection, but also broke the record. The 32-year-old pop star won Best Director, Longest Video, and Video of the Year with the 10-minute version of “All Too Good.”

As for the latest award, with this year’s statuette, Taylor Swift becomes the first musician to win this category for the third time, and the first to win it for a video she directed. As Swift also noted, this was also the first time that the 4 female directors nominated in the Video of the Year category were women. Quite good.

…and he’ll have a new record when they hit midnight

As if all of the above wasn’t enough, Taylor Swift announced from the awards stage that we’ll be hearing her tenth album soon. Specifically, “Midnight” releases on October 21, and in it Swift will tell “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life,” as we read that night on her social networks. So, all Swifts set their clocks to 12 o’clock at night on October 21st.

We met in the metaverse

We don’t know if technology will “swallow us”, but virtual reality is increasingly giving back to modernity. He did the same at the MTV VMAs: Eminem and Snoop Dogg appeared in their NFT versions of their avatars to sing “From The D 2 To LBC” together, while we also saw holograms at Nicki Minaj and J Balvin’s live performances.

And let’s not forget that the metaverse now has its own category: Best Performance in the Metaverse, which was won by the Korean girls Blackpink.

40 years of Red Hot Chili Peppers with a deep bow to Taylor Hawkins

It’s been nearly 4 decades since the Red Hot Chili Peppers name was known to the public, and hopefully 22 years since the Californians last performed on the MTV VMA stage. That’s why they’ve now risen to receive the Global Icon award for their overall offering.

A lot was said in the RHCP acceptance speech, including a list of things Flea loves, including… cockroaches, dirt and anteaters, as well as a small tribute to the late Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins. In fact, Chad Smith dedicated the award to the band’s former drummer Dave Grohl, and his drum boot had “Taylor” and an eagle on it.

Damiano David of Moneskin came out of his clothes (literally)

And if once the Red Hot Chili Peppers went on stage in some … socks, then this time they left the revealing outfit to others. The frontman of the Italians, whom we met with last year’s Eurovision victory, is not the first time he “enrages” the audience, but for the first time he does it from the MTV VMA stage. The pants chosen by Damiano David (similar to those worn by Christina Aguilera during the “Nude” era) for Maneskin’s appearance at the American Awards also caused the director to prefer long shots during their performance (which caused complaints).

Did you miss Johnny Depp?

Whether yes or no, the actor also attended the MTV Awards in several ways, some of which made us uncomfortable. For example, when we saw his head on the astronaut award mascot on the screens. Not only that: Depp has appeared between commercial breaks saying things like, “I needed this job,” while stating that he’s available for “birthdays, bar mitzvahs, weddings, whatever.” Good.

Bad Bunny “hurt” Madonna-Britney Spears 2003

Once upon a time (that is, in 2003) Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera took the stage together at the MTV VMAs, and the queen of pop decided to kiss two other pop stars on the lips. Her kiss with Spears (and, surprisingly, not Aguilera) is perhaps the most recognizable moment in MTV VMA history.

We don’t know if Bad Bunny wanted to steal some of the glory of the moment, but during his performance, he kissed one of his dancers.

And Nicki Minaj gave her best wishes

The rapper took to the stage not only to receive the Pioneer Award – Michael Jackson, but also for a 10-minute performance that included some of the most famous tracks of her career. Of course, we keep not only the pink feast that passed before our eyes during her live performance, but also the wish given to Nicki Minaj: “Stay crazy, hold the vulva, I love you.”