[cheering]
[nsync, "bye bye bye"]
(SINGING) I'm doing this tonight.
You're probably gonna start a fight.
I know this can't be right.
Hey, baby, come on.
[cheering]
- Hello, VMAs!
[applause]
Over 20 years ago, we were just kids when we won Best
Pop Video for Bye Bye Bye.
[cheering]
It was our first VMA, and it meant the world to us.
- That award validated our hard work.
And, well, we might have won again for pop
but-- you guys remember that?
- Little bit. - Yeah.
- A little bit, yeah. - A lot has changed in--
- I remember.
- --the past two decades.
But one thing remains constant.
A creative, boundary-pushing video leaves
a lasting mark for decades.
- Now, we just wanted to say, thank you, MTV and,
especially, all of you guys.
Thank you so much, each and every one of you,
for always supporting your favorite musical artists.
So thank you, guys.
[cheering]
- Y'all ready to give out the first award?
- Yes!
[cheering]
- Well, here are the nominees for Best Pop.
[cheering]
- Best Pop.
[miley cyrus, "flowers"] I can buy myself flowers.
- Miley Cyrus, "Flowers."
(SINGING) Write my name in the sand.
[taylor swift, "anti-hero"] It's me.
- Taylor Swift, "Anti-Hero."
(SINGING) At tea time--
[ed sheeran, "eyes closed"] Eyes.
- Ed Sheeran, "Eyes Closed."
(SINGING) Oh, I keep dancing with my--
[pink, "trustfall"] Go where love--
- Pink, "Trustfall."
(SINGING) It's a trustfall, baby.
[demi lovato, "swine"] My life!
- Demi Lovato, "Swine."
(SINGING) Rights, my choice!
You sunk your--
- Olivia Rodrigo, "Vampire." (SINGING) Oh, blood sucker.
[dua lipa, "dance the night"] Dance.
- Dua Lipa, "Dance the Night" from Barbie, the Album.
(SINGING) Runnin', not one hair out of place.
[cheering]
- All right.
All right.
[cheering]
And the VMA goes to--
the unstoppable Taylor Swift.
[taylor swift, "anti-hero"] It's me.
Hi, I'm the problem.
It's me.
At tea time, everybody agrees.
I stand directly at the sun but never in the mirror.
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero.
Sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby,
and I'm a monster on the hill, too big to hang out,
slowly lurching toward your favorite city, pierced
through the heart but never killed.
[cheering]
- I'm-- I'm not doing well pivoting from this to this.
Like I had-- I had your dolls.
I like--
- Marionettes, marionettes.
- What-- like, are you doing something?
What's going to happen now?
What are you-- there's something
they're going to-- they're going to do something.
And I need to know what it is.
You guys are-- you're pop personified.
So to receive this from your golden pop hands is really,
it's-- it's-- it's too much.
Thank you for the friendship bracelets.
I love making pop music.
I love making pop music videos.
I also loved making country.
I love slinking around different genres.
And the only reason I'm allowed to do that
is because you, the fans, gave me the opportunity to do that.
It's all just one big adventure.
And it's all so much fun to challenge
myself to make music that's different than what
I made last.
And I just love you for it.
But I really love making pop music.
So thank you so, so, so much for this.
[cheering]