2020 MTV Video Music Awards (2020) - full transcript

- Before we get into
the music tonight,

we need to take the time
to talk

about the devastating loss
of Chadwick Boseman,

an actor whose talent

and passion is
a true inspiration

to all the fans he touched
and everyone he encountered.

We dedicate tonight's show

to a man whose spirit touched
so many.

He is a true hero,
not just onscreen,

but in everything he did.

His impact lives forever.



[The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights"]

♪ ♪

- ♪ I've been tryna call ♪

♪ I've been on my own
for long enough ♪

♪ Maybe you can show me
how to love ♪

♪ Maybe ♪

♪ I'm going
through withdrawals ♪

♪ We don't even have to do
too much ♪

♪ You can turn me on
with just a touch ♪

♪ Baby ♪

♪ I look around
and Sin City's cold and empty ♪

♪ No one's around to judge me ♪

♪ I can't see clearly
when you're gone ♪

♪ Oh, oh, and I said ♪



♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep
until I feel your touch ♪

♪ I said, ooh ♪

♪ I'm drowning in the night ♪

♪ Oh, when I'm like this,
you're the one I trust ♪

Hey! Hey!
Hey!

♪ ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I'm running out of time ♪

♪ 'Cause I can see the sun
light up the sky ♪

♪ So I hit the road
in overdrive ♪

♪ Baby ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ This city's cold and empty ♪

♪ No one's around to judge me ♪

♪ I can't see clearly
when you're gone ♪

♪ On, on, I said, ooh ♪

♪ I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep
until I feel your touch ♪

♪ I said, ooh ♪

♪ I'm drowning in the night ♪

♪ Oh, when I'm like this,
you're the one I trust ♪

♪ I'm just calling back
to let you know ♪

♪ I could never say it
on the phone ♪

♪ Will never let you go
this time ♪

♪ I said, ooh ♪

♪ I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ Oh, I can't sleep
until I feel your touch ♪

New York City, let's go!

Yeah!

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Coming up ♪

♪ No, no, no, baby ♪

Let's go!

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I said, ooh ♪

♪ I'm blinded by the lights ♪

♪ No, I can't sleep
until I feel your touch ♪

- Yes!

Let's give it up
for The Weeknd, you guys,

performing over a thousand feet
above Manhattan

from EDGE at Hudson Yards.

Tonight, we are taking over
the best city in the world.

Are you ready?

It's the 2020 MTV
Video Music Awards!

- It's the 2020 MTV
Video Music Awards,

with performances by...

With appearances by...

And the first ever
MTV Tricon Award

honoring Lady Gaga.

[cheers and applause]

Please welcome your host,
Keke Palmer.

[Keke Palmer, "Sticky"]

♪ ♪

- Welcome to the 2020

MTV VMAs!

We are all over
New York City tonight,

from Brooklyn and the Bronx
to the center of it all,

the world-famous
Empire State Building,

right here
in the heart of Manhattan.

This is incredible.

I can't believe MTV asked me
to host.

I don't if I was
their first choice,

or the only one brave enough
to do it during COVID.

Either way,
I got the job, loves!

But it's not all different
this year.

One of the coolest part
of the VMAs

is that we have the best fans
in the world.

And guess what.
They're here tonight.

Let me hear you
make some noise!

[cheers and applause]

I gotta say it.

2020 has undoubtedly been
a rough year for everybody,

and I'm not just talking
about my edges.

In fact,
when something goes wrong,

I just say, "2020!"

But as rough as it's been,

there have been
incredible moments

of inspiration

that have given
my generation hope.

I mean, we've seen heroes go
above and beyond,

whether they drive
a delivery truck,

work at a grocery store,

or serve on the frontlines
in a hospital.

And with the Black Lives Matter
movement,

we've seen our generation
step up,

take to the streets,

and make sure
our voices will be heard.

Enough is enough.

What we just witnessed
in Kenosha, Wisconsin,

is yet another
devastating reminder

that we can't stop,

that we can never tolerate
police brutality

or any injustice.

We must continue the fight
to end systemic racism.

The leaders of that movement
are you.

Us, the people
watching tonight.

It's our time to be the change
we wanna see.

We need to come together,

and music,
music has that power.

Music can help us heal.

It's all love, and that's
what tonight is about.

We are making
the impossible possible,

pushing the boundaries
of music performances

because that's what we do
on the VMAs.

We've got the biggest stars
in music.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.

Doja Cat.

Black Eyed Peas.

Miley Cyrus.

Maluma.

CNCO.

And for the first time ever,

BTS at the VMAs.

The next performer is speaking

directly to the times
we're living in,

so whenever you make mention
of him,

make sure you put some respect
on his name.

Give it up for DaBaby!

[DaBaby, "Peep Hole"]

- ♪ Every time I turn around,
I had a play outside the door ♪

♪ Call before you knock,
call before you knock ♪

♪ The neighbors think
I'm selling dope ♪

♪ Go, baby, don't wanna be
a player no more ♪

♪ I was looking
out the peephole with it ♪

♪ Every time I turned around,
I had a play outside the door ♪

♪ Now a [...] on beast mode
with it ♪

♪ I got 15 beds,
we ain't laying on the floor ♪

♪ I done hit
a lot of freak [...] ♪

♪ Guess safe, safe for you
to say that I'm a [...] ♪

♪ I'm out the game,
I'm not a player anymore ♪

♪ I got money to bail out ♪

♪ Won't pull over,
they know we gon' bail out ♪

♪ Drop the window, turn right,
throw the scale out ♪

♪ You mean we don't ride
with no scale now ♪

♪ Well sell 'em whole,
we sell 'em whole ♪

♪ I had 'em knocking
at my door ♪

♪ I used to have 'em
for the low ♪

♪ My neighbors think
I'm selling dope ♪

♪ I had the AC on
every winter ♪

♪ Young [...] had the [...]
in his coat ♪

♪ I hit a [...] with the fan ♪

♪ I hop out, [...] out, I was
taking pictures with the fans ♪

♪ I can show you how to ride
without a tool ♪

♪ All them times
I hit the middleman ♪

♪ All the times I took [...],
wanna be a boss ♪

♪ But ain't have what it took
to be the boss ♪

♪ She didn't know what it took
to be my ♪

♪ I ain't know what it took
until I lost ♪

♪ Yo, baby, he don't wanna be
a player no more ♪

♪ I was looking
out the peephole with it ♪

♪ Every time I turned around,
I had a play outside the door ♪

♪ Now a [...] going beast mode
with it ♪

♪ I got 15 beds,
we ain't laying on the floor ♪

♪ I done hit
a lot of freak [...] ♪

♪ Guess safe, safe for you
to say that I'm a [...] ♪

♪ I'm out the game,
I'm not a player anymore ♪

[siren wailing]
[DaBaby, "Blind"]

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I've been blind
for a while now ♪

♪ I just got the key,
they let me in, no ID ♪

♪ Doors opening up for me
and now I see ♪

♪ I've been blind
for a while now ♪

♪ I've been blind
for a while now ♪

♪ I've been blind, hey ♪

♪ Every single [...] damn day,

♪ Think he next to,
think he next to who? ♪

♪ Tomatoes, mustard,
mayonnaise ♪

♪ Better catch up, catch up,
catch up, catch up ♪

♪ Thankful that my head
too hard ♪

♪ For me to learn my lesson,
my head too [...] damn hard ♪

♪ 'Cause the way I did,
it worked out fine ♪

♪ Ooh, God,
you blessed me, amen ♪

♪ Probably ain't believe me ♪

♪ Know a [...] went
through hell and back ♪

♪ Now he finally on the TV ♪

♪ Now he don't even give
a [...] no more ♪

♪ Probably think it's easy ♪

♪ Let you know it ain't easy ♪

♪ I [...] her
like a bathing ape ♪

♪ She run from the [...]
like a cheetah, go ♪

♪ Two-tone AP watch on ♪

♪ Never see me use it
for a clock, tick tock ♪

♪ They see the way he [...] up
the charts, hmm ♪

♪ I wonder,
is he ever gonna stop? ♪

♪ And he charge 150
for the verses now ♪

♪ Pay it
or he never, ever drop ♪

♪ They noticed that a [...]
music versatile ♪

♪ Wonder if he ever gonna pop?
Go ♪

♪ I just got the key,
they let me in, no ID ♪

♪ Doors opening up for me
and now I see ♪

♪ I've been blind
for a while now ♪

♪ I've been blind
for a while now ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

[DaBaby, "Rockstar"]

♪ Whoo ♪

♪ I pull up like ♪

♪ How you pull up, Baby?
How you pull up? ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ How you pull up? ♪

♪ I pull up ♪

♪ SethlnTheKitchen, let's go ♪

♪ Brand-new Lamborghini,
[...] a cop car ♪

♪ With the [...] on my hip
like I'm a cop ♪

♪ Have you ever met
a real [...] rock star? ♪

♪ This ain't no guitar,
this a [...] ♪

♪ My [...] told me to promise
you gon' squeeze me ♪

♪ You better let me go
the day you need me ♪

♪ Soon as you up me on that,
get to [...] ♪

♪ And if I ain't enough,
go get the [...] ♪

♪ It's safe to say I earned it,
ain't a [...] gave me nothing ♪

♪ I'm ready to hop out
on a [...], get to [...] ♪

♪ Know you heard me say
"You play, you lay" ♪

♪ Don't make me push
the button ♪

♪ Full of pain, dropped enough
tears to fill up a, fill up a ♪

♪ Going for buckets,
I bought a [...] ♪

♪ I got a big [...],
it hold a hundred ♪

♪ Ain't going for nothing,
I'm ready to air it out ♪

♪ On all these [...],
I can see 'em running ♪

♪ Just talked to my mama,
she hit me on FaceTime ♪

♪ Just to check up on me
and my brother ♪

♪ I'm really the baby, she know
that her youngest son ♪

♪ Was always guaranteed
to get the money ♪

♪ Okay, let's go, she know

♪ That her baby boy was always
guaranteed to get the loot ♪

♪ She know what I do, she know
'fore I run from a [...] ♪

♪ I'ma pull it out and [...],
PTSD ♪

♪ I'm always waking up in cold
sweats like I got the flu ♪

♪ My daughter a G, she saw me
kill a [...] in front of her ♪

♪ Before the age of two ♪

[cheers and applause]

- ♪ Let's go ♪

- His new album "CTV3:

Cool Tape Volume 3" dropped
on Friday.

Jaden Smith.

- The nominees
for Best Collaboration

are some of the most
incredible songs

and badass videos of the year.

The best artists push
each other

to become even better.

When I've been in the studio
with Justin Bieber,

Tyler the Creator,
or my sister Willow,

It ups my game and theirs.

We challenge each other
to create something

none of us could have
done alone.

Here are this year's nominees
for Best Collaboration.

- And the VMA goes to...

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande,
"Rain on Me."

- ♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪

♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪

I'm so excited.
Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you, MTV.

This means the world.

Ariana and I really connected
through this song.

Thank you, Jaden, for giving us
this award tonight.

Thank you, MTV.
Thank you to all our fans.

Me and Ariana are
truly soul sisters.

And you know...
girl, this is for us.

We've both been through
some [...] together,

but we were willing
to share that with each other,

and Ari, I love you.

I feel like when we were in
the studio,

we turned our tears that felt
like endless rainfall

into diamonds,

and I will treasure

those diamonds with you
forever, honey.

I love you.
I love you, Little Monsters.

All the Arianators, you rock.

Thank you, MTV.

[cheers and applause]

- Coming up,
we reveal the winner

of this year's MTV VMA
Push Best New Artist.

It all started with 17

of the biggest breakout
artists of the year,

and your votes narrowed it
down to these three:

Congratulations
to the MTV VMA nominees

for Push Best New Artist,
presented by Chime.

Coming up, Miley,
what's good?

Miley's back at the VMAs

with a wrecking ball
you can't miss.

Repping Colombia,
Maluma brings

the hottest Latin dance party

to Brooklyn.

Lady Gaga returns to the VMAs

and makes it rain
with Ariana Grande.

And BTS Army, you ready?

Straight from South Korea,
BTS makes history

with their first ever
VMA performance.

[cheers and applause]

- Hey!

Hey!

Got me on top of
every building.

You guys having fun?

[cheers and applause]

This next artist has defined
so many iconic VMA moments

in the past decade,

constantly changing
and evolving,

pushing the boundaries
every time she comes in

like a wrecking ball.

Give it up for Miley Cyrus!

[Miley Cyrus's "Midnight Sky"]

♪ ♪

♪ La, la, la-la-la ♪

♪ La, la ♪

♪ Yeah, it's been a long night ♪

♪ And the mirror's telling me
to go home ♪

♪ But it's been a long time ♪

♪ Since I felt this good
on my own ♪

♪ Lotta years went by with my
hands tied up in your ropes ♪

♪ Forever and ever ♪

♪ No more ♪

♪ The midnight sky
is the road I'm takin' ♪

♪ Head high up in the clouds ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I was born to run ♪

♪ I don't belong to anyone ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ Fire in my lungs ♪

♪ Can't bite the devil
on my tongue ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ See my lips on her mouth ♪

♪ Everybody's talkin' now,
baby ♪

♪ Ooh, you know it's true ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ That I was born to run,
I don't belong to anyone ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ Loved by you ♪

♪ ♪

♪ La, la, la-la-la ♪

♪ La, la ♪

♪ Loved by you ♪

♪ She got her hair pulled back ♪

♪ 'Cause the sweat's
drippin' off of her face ♪

♪ She said, "It ain't so bad ♪

♪ If I wanna make
a couple mistakes" ♪

♪ You should know right now that
I never stay put in one place ♪

♪ Forever and ever ♪

♪ No more, no more ♪

♪ The midnight sky
is the road I'm takin' ♪

♪ Head high up in the clouds ♪

♪ I was born to run,
I don't belong to anyone ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ Fire in my lungs ♪

♪ Can't bite the devil
on my tongue ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ See my lips on her mouth ♪

♪ Everybody's talkin' now,
baby ♪

♪ Ooh, you know it's true,
yeah ♪

♪ That I was born to run,
I don't belong to anyone ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ ♪

♪ I don't hide blurry eyes
like you ♪

♪ Like you ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ Fire in my lungs ♪

♪ Can't bite the devil
on my tongue ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ Don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ See his hands
'round my waist ♪

♪ Thought you'd never
be replaced ♪

♪ Baby, ooh,
you know it's true ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ That I was born to run ♪

♪ I don't belong to anyone ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't need to be loved
by you ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ ♪

♪ La, la, la-la-la ♪

♪ La, la ♪

♪ You know it's true ♪

♪ You know it's true ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Loved by you ♪

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- She's the host of her own
upcoming daytime show,

"The Drew Barrymore Show,"
Drew Barrymore.

- Music videos paint the picture
of the moment.

They define the culture.

They can shock us, thrill us,
entertain us.

And the best,
they can even change us.

Tonight we celebrate
the visionaries

behind the most influential
videos of the year.

Here are the nominees
for Best Direction.

[dramatic whooshing]

- ♪ Somebody ♪

- ♪ If I was a man ♪

- And the VMA goes to...

Taylor Swift, "The Man"!

[cheers and applause]

- Guys, this is amazing.

This is the very first video
that I've ever directed

on my own, and...

I just--I'm so grateful
for this.

I wanna take an opportunity
to say thank you

to the team who believed in me
as a first-time director

and made this video with me;

Rodrigo Prieto, my DP,

my AD, Joe "Oz" Osborne,

my editor, Chancler Haynes,

Ethan Tobman,
who designed the sets,

Joseph Cassell,
who styled everybody,

Bill Corso and his amazing team
for turning me into a guy,

which was very thrilling.

Um, I also want to thank
Grant Miller at Ingenuity,

who did
all of the visual effects,

and my--there were two women
who I've worked with

in the past on music videos
who were the ones

who this time around convinced
me that I really was

up to the challenge
of directing on my own,

and those women were
my producers on this video,

Rebecca Skinner and Jill Harden,
so thank you for that.

I was told that this was
an industry-voted award,

so I wanna say thank you
to everyone in the industry

who voted for this video,

but I also really wanna thank
the fans because

you are the only reason why

the industry cares about
anything that I do,

and everything that you guys
have done with "Folklore"

this summer, I am just so
blown away and taken aback

by your generosity to me.

So... thank you for everything.

I hope I get to see you soon.

- Coming up,
global superstar Maluma

channels Papi Juancho and
brings the heat to Brooklyn,

Doja Cat takes us
to another planet

for her VMA debut,

and fresh off
their new single

that literally just broke
the internet,

BTS takes over
the streets of New York.

We're backstage
with The Weeknd

and live with Now United
and City Girls.

Head to @VMAs on Twitter

to vote for what you want to
see on the VMA Stan Cam.

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- Up next,
Toyota and the VMAs

celebrate the universal
language of music.

[smooth music]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

- Hey. Hey.
- [singing in Spanish]

- Hey.
- [singing in Spanish]

- Hey. Hey.
- [singing in Spanish]

- Freeze.

[smooth music]

♪ ♪

- [vocalizing]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Coming up, performances by
Maluma, CNCO,

and the award for
Best Latin Video,

brought to you by Toyota.

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

- VMA people, what's up?

Right now, we're heading over
to the Skyline Drive-In,

in my favorite borough,
Brooklyn, baby!

We're bringing music
back to the fans,

and tonight, everybody's
coming along for the ride.

Turn it up for
a global superstar,

bringing Colombia to the VMAs.

Maluma!

[cheers and applause]

[gentle music]

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Okay.

[singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Come on!

[singing in Spanish]

New York, VMAs.

[singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Papi Juancho.
Maluma, baby.

- Toyota
congratulates Maluma

on an unforgettable
VMA performance.

- Thank you.

- He's an award-winning
actor and singer

with a new single, "Stop,"
Anthony Ramos.

- You can't define the nominees
for Best Latin Video.

They're dance playlist fire.

They're sexy-as-hell ballads.

They are genre-crossing
collaborations.

And fans across the globe
watched them

a billion times over.

Here are the nominees
for Best Latin.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

- Bad Bunny,
"Yo Perreo Sola."

♪ ♪

- J Balvin, "Amarillo."

♪ ♪

Black Eyed Peas,
featuring Ozuna & J. Rey Soul,

"Mamacita."

- ♪ Mamacita ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

- Maluma, featuring J Balvin,

"Qué Pena."

♪ ♪

Anuel AA,
featuring Daddy Yankee,

Ozuna, Karol G
and J Balvin,

"China."

- [singing in Spanish]

- Karol G,
featuring Nicki Minaj,

"Tusa."

♪ ♪

- And the VMA goes to...

Maluma!

Let's go back
to the drive-in

where Maluma literally
just got off the stage.

Give it up one more time
for Maluma.

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Wow.

♪ ♪

Wow.

Oh, my God.
[laughs]

Wow, [speaking Spanish].
I can't believe this.

This is beautiful.

This is the first award
that I got from VMA.

Thank you very much, guys.
This is for you.

[cheers and applause]

I'm gonna say it in
Spanish though,

because I feel very proud
to be Latin, okay?

[speaking Spanish]

And everything I do,
I do it for them.

To my family,
I love you so much.

[speaking Spanish]

Papi Juancho.
Maluma, baby!

Whoo!
Thank you.

- ♪ Brooklyn home
of the greatest rappers ♪

- Coming up, Lady Gaga
is back on the stage

for an iconic VMA performance

with Ariana Grande.

This year's biggest artists
battle it out

for the most coveted VMA,
Video of the Year.

And Twitter, you ready?

All the way from South Korea,

BTS brings dynamite
to their VMA debut.

- Okay, one of the perks
of hosting this thing

is that I get to be
in New York City,

and I love New York City.

I mean, you never know
what you're gonna see

or who you're gonna meet.

- Hi, baby girl.

You looking as fly and fine

as a half-chilled
bucket of wine.

[chuckles]

- Okay, poetic lines, bro,
but no thanks.

- But you ain't even
heard me sing yet.

[upbeat music]

♪ Baby, you so fly ♪

♪ And fine as
a half-chilled bucket ♪

♪ Of wine ♪

- Wow.

♪ ♪

Pull the curtains, love.
Pull the curtains.

[Harry Styles'
"Watermelon Sugar"]

- ♪ Watermelon sugar ♪

- Please welcome the star
of "The Kissing Booth" movies,

Emmy nominated Joey King.

[cheers and applause]

- ♪ Watermelon sugar ♪

♪ ♪

- These are the songs

that inspired millions
of TikTok dances,

lit up everyone's playlist,

and kept us all feeling good
even though times were bad--

2020 bad.

Here are the nominees
for Song of the Year.

[train rumbling]

- Song of the Year.

Doja Cat, "Say So."

- ♪ No punches
left to roll with ♪

♪ You got to keep me focused ♪

- ♪ I'm about to get
the key to the city ♪

- Roddy Rich, "The Box."

- ♪ Pullin' out the coupe
at the lot ♪

- ♪ As long as I'm ♪

- Billie Eilish,
"everything I wanted."

♪ ♪

Lady Gaga
with Ariana Grande,

"Rain On Me."

- ♪ At least I'm alive ♪

- Megan Thee Stallion,
"Savage."

- ♪ Classy, bougie, ratchet ♪

- ♪ Let it go ♪

- Post Malone, "Circles."

- ♪ Our love went cold ♪

[cheers and applause]

- And the VMA goes to...

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande,
"Rain On Me."

[Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's
"Rain On Me]

- ♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

♪ Rain on me, rain, rain
rain on me, rain, rain ♪

♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Oh, my gosh.

Everybody, thank you.
Thank you so, so much.

Me and Ariana
appreciate this so much.

I remember when I wrote
the lyrics for the chorus,

and I sang them
for my producer

and collaborator, BloodPop,

and the lyrics were
"I'd rather be dry,

but at least I'm alive.
Rain on me."

I remember thinking
I had cried so many tears

that it felt
like unfathomable downpour

from my eyes,
but even with that much rain,

you don't have to drown

even though
it feels like you are.

You can still swim,
and if there's a strong current

with a bunch of waves,

and they keep crashing
over you,

if you keep swimming,
you'll reach the center

of the ocean where it's
calm, still, and peaceful.

May God bless you.

I'm very honored at the awards

I've been nominated for
this evening,

but I have to say
winning for best song

has to be my favorite because,
at the end of the day,

my heart is as a songwriter,

and I surely didn't ask
for a free ride.

Thank you.
Love you MTV!

Thank you to the fans!
Mwah!

Love you lots, babe.

[cheers and applause]

[Surfaces' "Sunday Best"]

- ♪ Feeling good
like I should ♪

♪ ♪

- Okay, Gaga and Ari,
take 'em all home.

We are about
to witness history.

The next group
doesn't just make music.

They break records.

I mean,
their new single "Dynamite"

literally just smashed
YouTube's record

for the most views
in the first 24 hours.

For the first time ever
on the VMAs--

army, are you ready?

All the way from South Korea,

BTS!

[BTS' "Dynamite"]

- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪

♪ So watch me bring the fire
and set the night alight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Shoes on,
get up in the morn' ♪

♪ Cup of milk,
let's rock and roll ♪

♪ King Kong, kick the drum ♪

♪ Rolling on
like a rolling stone ♪

♪ Sing song
when I'm walking home ♪

♪ Jump up to the top,
LeBron ♪

♪ Ding-dong,
call me on my phone ♪

♪ Ice tea
and a game of ping pong ♪

- ♪ This is getting heavy,
can you hear the bass boom? ♪

♪ I'm ready ♪

♪ Life is sweet
as honey, yeah ♪

♪ This beat cha-ching
like money, huh ♪

♪ Disco overload,
I'm into that ♪

♪ I'm good to go
I'm diamond ♪

♪ You know I glow up
hey, so let's go ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪

♪ So watch me
bring the fire ♪

♪ Set the night alight, hey ♪

♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite, woah-oh-oh ♪

- ♪ Bring a friend,
join the crowd

♪ Whoever wanna come along ♪

♪ Word up,
talk the talk ♪

♪ Just move
like we off the wall ♪

♪ Day or night,
the sky's alight ♪

♪ So we dance
to the break of dawn ♪

♪ Ladies and gentlemen,
I got the medicine ♪

♪ So you should keep your eyes
on the ball, huh ♪

- ♪ This is getting heavy ♪

♪ Can you hear the bass boom?
I'm ready ♪

♪ Life is sweet
as honey, yeah ♪

♪ This beat cha-ching
like money, huh ♪

♪ Disco overload,
I'm into that ♪

♪ I'm good to go
I'm diamond ♪

♪ You know I glow up
hey, so let's go ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪

♪ So watch me
bring the fire ♪

♪ Set the night alight, hey ♪

♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite, woah-oh-oh ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na, life is dynamite ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na, life is dynamite ♪

♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite, woah-oh-oh ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na, na-na,
na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Light it up, dynamite ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na, na-na,
na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na, na-na, ayy ♪

♪ Light it up, dynamite ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪

♪ So watch me bring the fire
and set the night alight ♪

- ♪ Hey ♪

- ♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite ♪

♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪

♪ So watch me bring the fire
and set the night alight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite woah-oh-oh ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na, life is dynamite ♪

♪ Dyn-na-na-na,
na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na, life is dynamite ♪

♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪

♪ So I'ma light it up
like dynamite woah-oh-oh ♪

[cheers and applause]

[BLACKPINK's
"How You Like That"]

- ♪ How you like that? ♪

- She's got
a new single "Baby,"

Madison Beer.

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- This year, we all
had to do things

a little differently.

Festivals, concerts,
movies, and TV shoots

came to a stop.

Our favorite artists
rose to the challenge

and gave us brand-new content
with a fresh perspective.

Here are the nominees
for Best Music Video From Home.

[dramatic whooshing]

- Best Music Video From Home.

- ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

- Ariana Grande
and Justin Bieber,

"Stuck With U."

♪ ♪

- ♪ Right foot up ♪

- Drake, "Toosie Slide."

♪ Left foot up,
right foot slide ♪

- ♪ I wanna feel happy days ♪

- Blink-182, "Happy Days."

- ♪ Happy days, happy days ♪

- Five Seconds of Summer,
"Wildflower."

- ♪ My wildflower ♪

- 21 Pilots,
"Level of Concern."

- ♪ Level of concern ♪

- John Legend, "Bigger Love."

♪ Bigger love ♪

♪ ♪

- Congratulations
to the VMA nominees

for Best Music Video
from Home.

Presented by Coors Light.

- And the VMA goes to...

Ariana Grande
and Justin Bieber,

"Stuck With U."

["Ariana Grande and Justin
Bieber's "Stuck With U"]

A huge congrats
to Ariana Grande

and Justin Bieber for winning
Best Music Video from Home

presented by Coors Lights

and to all of the nominees
who made the most of their time

chilling at home.

[Rosalía's "TKN"]

-♪ Zoom en la cara,
Gaspar Noé ♪

- SeeHer congratulates

all of the powerful
female voices tonight.

#SeeHerHearHer.

Coming up,
VMA history in the making.

We're just minutes away

from Lady Gaga
and Ariana Grande,

and because you said so,
Doja Cat is in the house

for her first ever
VMA performance.

The 2020
MTV Video Music Awards

are brought to you
by Burger King--

scan the QR codes
for a chance to win

free Whopper sandwiches
and tickets to the 2021 VMAs.

Toyota, let's go places.

Pepsi, that's what I like.

And SeeHer and L'Oréal Paris
congratulate

all the amazing
female voices tonight.

#SeeHerHearHer.

[cheers and applause]

- On the way, a performance
by Britney Spears and NSYNC,

Diana Ross,

and Lady Gaga
performing live from [bleep].

[Lady Gaga's
"Chromatica II"]

[low orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[orchestral rock music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

[Lady Gaga's "911"]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Turnin' up
emotional faders ♪

♪ Keep repeating
self-hating phrases ♪

♪ I have heard enough
of these voices ♪

♪ Almost like
I have no choice ♪

♪ This is biological stasis ♪

♪ My mood's shifting
to manic places ♪

♪ Wish I laughed
and kept the good friendships ♪

♪ Watch life,
here I go again ♪

♪ I can't see me cry ♪

♪ Can't see me cry ever again ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I can't see me cry ♪

♪ Can't see me cry ♪

♪ This is the end ♪

♪ ♪

♪ My biggest enemy is me,
pop a 911 ♪

♪ My biggest enemy is me ♪

♪ Pop a 911 ♪

♪ My biggest enemy is me
ever since day one ♪

♪ Pop a 911,
then pop another one ♪

♪ ♪

What's up, MTV?
Let me change real quick!

[cheers]

[Lady Gaga's "Rain On Me"
featuring Ariana Grande]

♪ I didn't ask
for a free ride ♪

♪ I only asked you to show me
a real good time ♪

♪ I never asked
for the rainfall ♪

♪ At least I showed up ♪

♪ You showed me
nothing at all ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's coming down on me ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Water like misery ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's coming down on me ♪

♪ I'm ready, rain on me ♪

♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ Rain, rain, rain on me,
rain, rain ♪

♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪

♪ Rain ♪

♪ On ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ Baby ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ Rain on me ♪

- ♪ Livin' in a world
where no one's innocent ♪

♪ Oh, but at least we try ♪
- ♪ We try ♪

♪ ♪ Gotta live my truth,
not keep it bottled in ♪

♪ So I don't lose my mind,
baby ♪

♪ I can feel it on my skin ♪

- ♪ It's coming down on me ♪

- ♪ Teardrops on my face ♪

- ♪ Water like misery ♪

- ♪ Let it wash away my sins ♪

- ♪ It's coming down on me ♪

- ♪ Let it wash away ♪

both: ♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪

♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ I'd rather be dry,
but at least I'm alive ♪

- ♪ Baby ♪
- ♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ Rain, rain ♪

♪ Rain ♪
- ♪ Rain ♪

- ♪ On ♪
- ♪ On me ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Rain on me ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Said ♪
both: ♪ Rain on me ♪

- ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪

both: ♪ Hands up to the sky ♪

- ♪ I'll be your galaxy ♪

both: ♪ I'm about to fly ♪

- ♪ Rain on me, tsunami ♪

both: ♪ Hands up to the sky ♪

- ♪ MTV, MTV, uh ♪

both: ♪ I'm about to fly ♪

- ♪ Rain on me ♪
- [vocalizing]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Rain on ♪

both: ♪ I hear the thunder
coming down ♪

♪ Won't you rain on me? ♪

- ♪ Rain ♪
- ♪ Rain ♪

both: ♪ On me ♪

[cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause continues]

[stirring piano music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

[Lady Gaga's "Stupid Love"]

- ♪ You're the one ♪

♪ That I've been waiting for ♪

♪ Gotta quit this crying ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna heal me ♪

♪ If I don't open the door ♪

♪ Kinda hard to believe ♪

♪ Gotta have faith in me ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Freak out, freak out ♪

♪ Freak out,
freak out ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ I get down, I get down,
I get down ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ Freak out, freak out ♪

♪ Look at me now ♪

♪ 'cause all I ever wanted
was love ♪

♪ No ♪

[cheers and applause]

I want your love!

I want it all night,
every day!

But I want you to love yourself

tonight and every night.

Celebrate yourself!

Love who you are!

Be kind!

Mask up!

Be brave...

And braver all the time.

One!

Two!
Make it stupid!

♪ I want your stupid love ♪

[electric rock music]

♪ ♪

♪ I want your stupid love ♪

♪ Love, uh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Now it's time ♪

♪ To free me ♪

♪ From the shame ♪

♪ I gotta find that peace ♪

♪ Is it too late or ♪

♪ Could this love protect me ♪

♪ From the pain ♪

♪ I would battle for you ♪

♪ Even if we break in two ♪

♪ Freak out, freak out ♪

♪ Freak out,
freak out ♪

♪ I get down, get down ♪

♪ Get down, get down ♪

♪ Freak out, freak out ♪

♪ Freak out,
freak out ♪

♪ Look at me now ♪

♪ 'cause all I ever wanted
was your ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ ♪

♪ All I ever wanted was your ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

♪ I want your stupid love ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I want your stupid love ♪

♪ Love, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, hey, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, I ♪

♪ I, I, I want ♪

Whoo!

♪ We got a stupid love ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ Love, oh, oh, oh ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Make some noise, y'all!

Hey, hey!

Let me just say,

shout-out to everyone
actually named Karen out there

who is not starting fights
in parking lots.

We see you.

Our next presenter
has a new album, "Unearthed,"

and a new series,
"Nikki Fre$h."

Make some noise
for Nicole Richie!

♪ ♪

- Sometimes you wanna
get your Kpop on,

sometimes you need
serious girl power,

and sometimes you wanna
kick it with the guys

whose posters were up
in every bedroom.

No matter what,
the nominees for Best Pop

have you covered.

♪ ♪

- Best Pop.

- ♪ I'd rather be dry ♪

- Lady Gaga
with Ariana Grande,

"Rain On Me."
- ♪ Rain on me, rain, rain ♪

- ♪ Oh, I feel so ♪
- Halsey,

"You Should Be Sad."

- ♪ Feel so ♪

- ♪ Wanna make you ♪

- Jonas Brothers,
"What A Man Gotta Do."

- ♪ To be totally
locked up by you ♪

- ♪ Yeah, these are my ♪

- Justin Bieber
featuring Quavo,

"Intentions."

♪ ♪

- ♪ Hey, oh ♪

- BTS, "On."

- ♪ Bring the pain on, yeah ♪

- Taylor Swift, "Lover."

- ♪ You ♪

[cheers and applause]

- And the VMA goes to...

BTS, "On"!

- ♪ Yeah, hey, oh ♪

[singing in Korean]

all: BTS!

- Whoo!
Wow, thank you so much

for Best Pop at
the MTV Video Music Awards.

- Whoo!
- Yay!

- We are truly honored,

and we wanted to give
a shout-out to our fans, ARMY,

and people who stuck with us

and relate to our music.

- Yes.

It means so much to us
- Mm.

- Truly, through
our new single, "Dynamite,"

we hope that
everyone can receive--

everyone in the world
can receive

a message of hope
and positive energy

and good vibes only.
- Yeah, yeah.

- We want to comfort
and cure you all

in these deep, dark times,

like "Dynamite."

Let's sing of joy and comfort.

- Boom!

- This music is for you.

- Love you, ARMY!

- Whoo-hoo!
- Thank you, ARMY!

- Thank you, ARMY!
- And thank you, VMAs!

- Thank you!
- Yay.

- Whoo!
- See you later!

[cheers and applause]

- Congrats, BTS.

And, hey, I get to hand out
one more award tonight,

and it's near and dear
to my heart

because R&B is in my blood.

It's more than music;
it's a mood.

It will have you
in your feelings

or on your feet.

We spent the year vibing

with these nominees
for Best R&B.

[cheers and applause]

- Best R&B.

- ♪ This goes out
to the underdogs ♪

- Alicia Keys, "Underdog."

The Weeknd,
"Blinding Lights."

- ♪ Drowning in the night ♪

- ♪ Whoo, whoo ♪

- ChloexHalle,

"Do It."

both: ♪ Do it, do it ♪

- H.E.R., featuring YG,

"Slide."

- ♪ When we gon' slide ♪

- Khalid
featuring Summer Walker,

"Eleven."

Lizzo, "Cuz I Love You."

- ♪ Baby ♪

♪ Oh, baby ♪

[cheers and applause]

- And the VMA goes to...

The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights"!

["Blinding Lights" playing]

♪ ♪

- Thank you, VMAs and MTV.

I wanna thank La Mar Taylor

and Anton Tammi for the video.

It's really hard for me
to celebrate right now

and enjoy this moment,
so I'm just gonna say

justice for Jacob Blake

and justice for Breonna Taylor.

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

- ♪ Now from the top ♪

♪ Make it drop ♪

- Coming up, you haven't
seen the last of Mama Monster.

Multifaceted icon Lady Gaga
is back on the stage

to accept the first ever
MTV Tricon Award.

And music royalty is crowned

when Kelly Clarkson reveals
Artist of the Year.

VMAs Stan Cam is
behind the scenes with Maluma

and live with Sophie Tucker.

Follow at VMAS on Twitter
for more.

- [sighs]
Another place

that's at the top
of my New York bucket list

is the Bronx Zoo.

I wanna see those cats
from the "WAP" video.

[elegant music]
- [posh accent] Oh.

Excuse me,

you half-nicely dressed,

semi-well put together,

quasi-featured,
becoming young woman.

- Was that
a semi-quasi-compliment?

- I just had to say,

what an unusual
and light-to-medium

tragic choice in a top.
[gasps]

It's a dress, who knew?

You dress like my friend Janet

who never leaves
her walk-in closet

without looking like
she escaped

an Amazon bargain bin
fire sale,

which is hysterical because
those clothes themselves

look like they should be set
aflame.

[exaggerated laughter]

- Wow.
You cattier than Carole Baskin.

[hip-hop music]

- ♪ Even if you're hurt
and you can only see ♪

- Please welcome Grammy, Emmy,
and VMA winner

Kelly Clarkson.

- Hey, y'all know
I like to multi-task,

so the next category
is my favorite.

Because it doesn't recognize
just one achievement.

It's not just
for one song or one video.

It celebrates everything
an artist creates

on every platform,
all year long.

So here are the nominees
for Artist of the Year.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ I want your stupid love ♪

- ♪ Let it go ♪

- ♪ And our love went cold ♪

- ♪ Tryna find out why Baby
ain't all in her mentions ♪

- ♪ Sin City's cold
and empty ♪

- ♪ Thinkin' he's a player,
he's a member on the team ♪

- ♪ That yummy, yum ♪

♪ That yummy, yummy♪

- And the VMA goes to...

Lady Gaga!

- ♪ I want your stupid love,
love ♪

♪ ♪

- Oh, my gosh!

This is so exciting!

Thank you so much.

Being an artist

is the only thing

I've ever wanted to be

in my life.

I never wanted to
be anything else.

I remember when
I first came to California

after I built
this small following

for myself in New York,

I would be taken out
to these fancy dinners

with executives
who wanted to sign me,

and I remember
I never ever ordered

anything more
than a whiskey neat

or a large sake if we were
at a Japanese spot.

And I remember that
they used to ask me,

"Hey, LG,
why aren't you eating?"

And I said, "Because...

I didn't come
for the California roll."

Everyone always knew, if they
were hanging out with me,

that I was on a mission
to spread joy

through culture, through dance,
through music.

I've written music
my whole life,

and I feel so honored,

that I get to do this
every day,

and thank you so much
for this award

during a year
that I'm promoting

"Chromatica," my record,

an album that's a diary
of a very dark time

in my head,

and it's brought me
so much joy to see

that you can spin
your struggles into gold

and you just gotta believe
in yourself

and you gotta surround yourself
with good people.

I surround myself
with my family.

They're here.
My family.

I love you!

If you wanna win an award
like this,

don't eat the California roll
so they know you mean business.

I love you.
[kisses]

Thank you, MTV!
Thank you, fans!

I love you.
You're the best.

[energetic music]

♪ ♪

- Every night
during the pandemic,

New Yorkers opened windows

and stood on rooftops
to make noise

in appreciation
of healthcare workers

who stood bravely
on the frontline.

Doctors, nurses, EMTs,
and volunteers

put themselves in harm's way
every single day.

Across every state
and in every city,

medical workers showed us
the true meaning of courage.

And to lift themselves up,

they brought music and dance

into the hallways of hospitals
throughout the country.

Tonight we thank them

and celebrate them.

[cheers and applause]
Yes!

These are the everyday heroes:

frontline medical workers.

[dramatic whoosh]

[horn honking]

[Ciara's "Level Up"]

- ♪ Level up, level up,
level up, level up, level up ♪

- ♪ Living for today ♪

- ♪ Till I'm gonna need ♪

♪ Somebody to lean on ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ I see ♪

- The MTV VMAs salute
all of the heroes

that keep us safe
and keep us going.

- Thank you so much, VMAs.

all: Thank you, VMAs!

- Stay safe, stay healthy,
and keep on dancing.

- Presented by Extra Gum.

[cheers and applause]

- Coming up, with
a massive 2020 breakthrough,

Doja Cat takes the stage

for her VMA debut performance,

the Black Eyed Peas team up
With Nicky Jam and Tyga

for a party anthem
you'll have on repeat,

and Latin music stars CNCO
take us back to Brooklyn

for the ultimate
drive-in performance,

presented by Toyota.

- ♪ Yeah, I'm thankful ♪

♪ Scratch that, baby,
I'm grateful ♪

announcer: From
the upcoming film "Songbird,"

Sofia Carson.

- ♪ That smile ♪

♪ I'm so thankful ♪

- Music has always been
the soundtrack for change.

This year, it captured
the voice of a generation

dedicated to promoting
equality,

seeking justice,

and encouraging self-love.

The artists celebrated
in this category

used their platforms
for the greater good,

and in doing so,
have inspired us all.

Here are the nominees
for Video for Good.

[cheers and applause]

[dramatic musical tone]

announcer: Video for Good.

- ♪ It's bigger
than black and white ♪

announcer: Lil Baby,
"The Bigger Picture."

- ♪ It can't change overnight ♪

announcer: Anderson .Paak,
"Lockdown."

- ♪ We thought it was
a lockdown ♪

- ♪ All the good girls
go to hell ♪

announcer: Billie Eilish,

"All The Good Girls
Go to Hell."

- ♪ I can't breathe ♪

announcer: H.E.R.,
"I Can't Breathe,"

- ♪ You're taking my life ♪

announcer: Demi Lovato,
"I Love Me."

- ♪ 'Cause mine's
the only heart ♪

♪ I'm gonna have for life ♪

- ♪ I'm so sick of them
coming at me again ♪

announcer: Taylor Swift,
"The Man."

- ♪ If I was a man ♪

announcer: Thank you
to all the nominees

who used their voice,

presented by Pepsi.

[upbeat music]

[cheers and applause]

- And the VMA
goes to...

H.E.R., "I Can't Breathe."

- Thank you
so, so, so much.

I can't believe I'm winning
the VMA.

Um, I really have no words.

Like, it's a dream come true
for me,

and I'm so proud to be
a part of this category.

All the other nominees
were super dope.

I'm super proud of everybody

speaking out
on social injustice,

but thank you to Shane Adams,
who directed the video,

thank you to D'Mile, Tiara,

all the creators that were part
of this video and this song.

Um, it wouldn't be what it was
without you guys.

I wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for you guys,

so thank you so much.

[cheers and applause]

- Congratulations to H.E.R.,

an artist who I admire deeply,

and who used her video
to promote racial equality

and amplify the Black Lives
Matter movement.

For the first time,

as part of this category,

Pepsi is donating $100,000

to the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund,

an organization fighting
for racial justice.

All artists in this category
have shed light on the issues

that they care most about

through the power
of their voices,

and now, it's time
to use yours.

Make a difference
in your community's future

and our country's future.

Unmute your voice

and speak up
about what you believe in.

Register to vote,

because your vote
is your voice.

[cheers and applause]

- Yes!
Get out and vote, people!

We need you!

This artist came a long way

to the VMA stage.

She made
her first big music video

in her own bedroom,

writing, making beats,

and shooting in front of sheets
she pinned to the wall.

Since "Mooo!" dropped,
she has become a force,

and she's about to crush it

with her first VMA performance.

A three-time nominee tonight,
Doja Cat.

[cheers and applause]

- Hi, this is
Something Quirkier

from MTV News.

Performing live
on Planet H.E.R.

is Doja Cat.

Enjoy.

Who the [bleep] is Doja Cat?

[synth music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Let me check my chest,
my breath right quick ♪

♪ He ain't never seen it
in a dress like this ♪

♪ He ain't never even
been impressed like this ♪

♪ Prolly why I got him
quiet on the set like zip ♪

♪ Like it, love it,
need it bad ♪

♪ Take it, own it,
steal it fast ♪

♪ Boy, stop playing,
grab my ass ♪

♪ Why you acting
like you shy? ♪

♪ Shut it, save it,
keep it pushing ♪

♪ Why you beating
'round the bush? ♪

♪ Knowing you want
all this woman ♪

♪ Never knock it
till you try ♪

♪ All them bitches hating
I have you with me ♪

♪ All of my [...]
saying you mad committed ♪

♪ Realer than anybody
you had and pretty ♪

♪ All of the body-ody,
the ass and [...] ♪

♪ It's been a long time
since you ♪

♪ Why? ♪

♪ Prolly why I got him
quiet on the set like zip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ All of them bitches hating
I have you with me ♪

♪ ♪

♪ He ain't never seen it
in a dress like this ♪

♪ He ain't ever even
been impressed like this ♪

♪ It's been a long time
since you ♪

♪ Fell in love ♪

♪ You ain't coming
out your shell ♪

♪ You ain't really been
yourself ♪

♪ Tell me, what must I do? ♪

♪ Do tell, my love ♪

♪ 'Cause luckily,
I'm good at reading ♪

♪ I wouldn't bug him,
but he won't stop cheesing ♪

♪ And we can dance
all day around it ♪

♪ If you fronting,
I'll be bouncing ♪

♪ If you want it,
scream it, shout it, babe ♪

♪ Before I leave you dry ♪

♪ Day and night to morning ♪

♪ Keep with me in the moment ♪

♪ I'd let you
had I known it ♪

♪ Why don't you say so? ♪

♪ Didn't even notice ♪

♪ No punches left
to roll with ♪

♪ You got to keep me focused ♪

♪ You want it, say so ♪

♪ Day and night to morning ♪

♪ Keep with me in the moment ♪

♪ I'd let you had I known it ♪

♪ Why don't you say so? ♪

♪ Didn't even notice ♪

♪ No punches left
to roll with ♪

♪ You got to keep me focused ♪

♪ You want it, say so ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Do that, do that, baby,
all night long ♪

♪ And I'ma turn off
all my phones ♪

♪ You know I hate it
when I'm left on read ♪

♪ But he make it all up
in the bed ♪

♪ And he take me out, dining
on nothing but the best ♪

♪ He got Off-White on right,
damn, he can dress ♪

♪ Making plans from the East,
bands in the West ♪

♪ Rock star, Black Beatle type,
bands on his bread ♪

♪ And baby, I want it,
and I'll just be honest ♪

♪ 'Cause I just can't front
when I look at you ♪

♪ Just keep it one hundred
when I throw these hundreds ♪

♪ I hope that your ass
gonna know what to do ♪

♪ That's my [...],
that's my wave ♪

♪ Do it like that
and I'll repay it ♪

♪ Don't be scared,
I ain't afraid ♪

♪ Just like that,
come my way ♪

♪ 'Cause I like it ♪

♪ I like it ♪

♪ I like it ♪

♪ I like it like that ♪

♪ Said I like it ♪

♪ I like it ♪

♪ I like it ♪

♪ I like it ♪

♪ Tha-tha-tha-tha that's my ♪

- ♪ Hey, oh ♪

♪ Hey, oh ♪

♪ Hey, oh ♪

♪ Hey ♪

- ♪ Tha-tha-tha-tha-
that's my ♪

- ♪ Hey, oh ♪

♪ Hey, oh ♪

♪ Hey, oh, hey ♪

- ♪ Tha-tha-tha-tha-
that's my ♪

[cheers and applause]

[punchy music]

announcer: Coming up,
Bella Hadid is in the house

to honor the iconic Lady Gaga

with the first-ever
MTV Tricon Award.

You voted.
Machine Gun Kelly reveals

this year's
Push Best New Artist.

Y muy caliente!
CNCO keeps the Latin flavor

alive for a performance
that'll be too hot to handle.

JoJo, Lauv, and Bryce Vine
are live on the VMA Stan Cam.

Follow @VMAs on Twitter
for more.

The 2020 MTV Video
Music Awards

are brought to you by:

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

- Please welcome
international supermodel

Bella Hadid.

- This year,
MTV is recognizing an artist

who is impossible to define.

You can't just call her
a triple threat

because her talent
and influence seems endless.

She turns pop music
into high art.

She redefines fashion.

She's not only an incredible
musician and composer,

but a powerhouse actor.

And she's a bold champion
for equality, human rights,

and mental health.

She is someone who inspires
and empowers all of us.

Lady Gaga is in a class
of her own,

and tonight, we celebrate
her many gifts

with the MTV Tricon Award.

- Global music superstar,

award-winning actor,

fashion trailblazer,

devoted activist.

Lady Gaga is a singular force,

a multidimensional artist
like no other.

- ♪ My biggest enemy is me ♪

- One of the bestselling

singer-songwriters
of all time.

- My first Moon Man.

- 13 VMAs, 11 Grammys,

six number one albums,

and an Oscar
for Best Original Song,

a Golden Globe
for her first TV acting role,

an Academy Award nomination

for Best Actress
in her film debut.

- If you have a dream,
fight for it.

♪ I want your loving ♪

- Her music videos,

live performances,

and red carpet fashions
gave us

some of the most iconic
pop culture moments

of the last decade.

- ♪ Caught in a bad romance ♪

And sometimes, life gives us

a million reasons
to wanna give up,

but we stick around.

- An activist
who fights for equality,

a philanthropist
supporting the mental

and emotional wellness
of young people,

and from the moment she
smashed onto the music scene,

a true LGBTQ hero.

- Bless God and bless the gays.

- Unexpected,
unforgettable,

unstoppable,

the first ever MTV Tricon,

Lady Gaga.

- Please welcome the first ever
MTV Tricon Award recipient,

Lady Gaga.

- ♪ I'm a free woman ♪

♪ I'm a free woman ♪

Oh, my gosh.

Guys, this is so cool.

This means a lot to me.

It means more to me
than you probably even realize.

I've been making music
since I was a little girl,

and even though I had
really, really big dreams,

I truly never could've imagined

that someday, I would be given
an award like this

that honored me
for so many of my passions.

I want you to know,
I failed over and over again

as an actress and as a musician
when I was young,

and though I gave back
to the local community

through service
as a young woman in New York,

philanthropy became
a much bigger part

of my life as a star,

and I started
the Born This Way Foundation

with my mother Cynthia
once my record broke.

I wanna share this award
with everybody at home tonight.

Everybody at home that is
their own form of a Tricon.

I wish for you to think
right now

of three things
that define who you are

and take a moment
to reward yourself

for your bravery.

This has not been an easy year
for a lot of people,

but what I see in the world is
a massive triumph of courage.

I also hope that people at home
that have big dreams,

I hope they see me here today
and accepting this award

and know how grateful I am,

and I want you to know
that you can do this too.

Just because we're separated
right now

and culture may feel less alive
in some ways,

I know a renaissance is coming

and the wrath of pop culture
will inspire you

and the rage of art will
empower you

as it responds to hardship
with its generosity and love.

This is what I believe.

I want nothing more than to be
your artist in 2020.

It's a total privilege.

I love you.

Stay safe, speak your mind,

and I might sound
like a broken record,

but wear a mask.

It's a sign of respect.
Thank you.

- Give it up
for Travis Barker.

- Hip-hop has always been
a huge part of my life.

It's been one of the biggest
blessings to collaborate

with some of today's
most important hip-hop artists.

The nominees in this category
inspire me to make music,

to evolve, and to always push
the boundaries of creativity.

Here are the nominees
for Best Hip-Hop.

- And the VMA goes to...

Megan Thee Stallion.

- Thank you, hotties.
Thank you, MTV.

Oh, my gosh, I cannot believe
I'm Best Hip-Hop.

[laughs]

But thank y'all for real.
Thank y'all so much.

This is my second Moon Man.
Definitely not my last.

I just wanna say
thank y'all so very much

and we gon' keep turning up.

[laughs]

- Congrats,
Megan Thee Stallion.

We can't celebrate hip-hop

without paying tribute
to the voices we lost

this year.

Juice Wrld and Pop Smoke were
trailblazing artists,

loved by the community

and millions of fans
across the globe.

Their music and influence
live on,

and so will the legacy

of the other brilliant artists
we lost.

Tonight, we remember them all.

- ♪ I don't wanna leave ♪

♪ I just wanna be with you ♪

♪ You, you, you ♪

♪ ♪

- The Brooklyn Bridge has
always been on my bucket list,

but I gotta admit it,

now that I'm here, I'm a little
bit frightened to go up there.

I mean... it's so huge.

- You can do it, babe.

You are a ray of li-ight

that crashed into a place
where we found lo-ove.

- Wow.
I'm a little confused,

but your encouragement
means a lot.

Thanks!
- Babe, I'm not talking to you.

I'm talking to me
and my fa-ans

about how I'm gonna answer
that DM from Tim Tim Chalamet

about how I hooked up
with The Weeknd.

Or was it on the weekend?

Or was it to a Weeknd song?

Ah, dance.
Whoo!

- You know what?
Forget about the bridge.

I'm going to the drive-in.

- Brooklyn, give it up
for your host, Keke Palmer.

[Keke Palmer's "Snack" playing]

- Oh, yeah.

♪ Walked up in the spot
and I'm lookin' like it ♪

♪ Yeah, you better cuff yo ♪

♪ 'Cause I know he biting ♪

♪ And my wrist so wet it lookin'
like some water ♪

♪ Throw that money,
run it back ♪

♪ Just like a quarter ♪

♪ Now I'm upping fifths
picking up the Loubs ♪

♪ If I catch
your [...] watching ♪

♪ Make him buy the shoes ♪

♪ It's a win-win-win,
I can never lose ♪

♪ Money counting
is what it sound like ♪

♪ Walked in the VMAs
lookin' like a snack ♪

♪ When I'm done hosting it,
you can have it back ♪

♪ I know you see all this ass
busting out the pack ♪

♪ Got me lookin' like a snack,
lookin' like a snack ♪

♪ Walked in this mother
lookin' like a snack ♪

♪ When I'm done with yo,
you can have him back ♪

♪ I know you see all this ass
busting out the pack ♪

♪ Got me lookin' like a snack,
lookin' like a snack ♪

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

That was everything.

Thanks for rockin' with me,
y'all!

[cheers and applause]

Now the guys in this next group
rep five different countries,

but when they come together,

they make one supremely dope
sound.

For the first time
on the VMA stage,

debuting their brand-new single,
"Beso,"

make some noise for CNCO!

[CNCO's "Beso" playing]

♪ ♪

- [singing in Spanish]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Toyota congratulates CNCO on
their debut VMA performance.

[upbeat music]

Make some noise
for tonight's winner

for Best Alternative Video,

Machine Gun Kelly.

♪ ♪

- I gotta lower myself
real quick.

What's up, guys?

MTV has a long history
of supporting exciting,

emerging talent,

getting behind new acts
and connecting them to fans

all over the world.

MTV PUSH has helped champion
superstars like the Biebs,

Bruno Mars, Billie Eilish,
and Lizzo.

Tonight,
for the first time ever,

PUSH and the Best New Artist
trophy have joined forces

to recognize the next wave
of talent.

You voted
over 39 million times--damn!

And we're about to announce your
PUSH Best New Artist of 2020.

Let's take one more look
at the final three.

[cheers and applause]

[dramatic whooshing]

Congratulations to
the MTV VMA nominees

for PUSH Best New Artist,

presented by Chime.

- All right,
and the VMA goes to...

Doja Cat!

[cheers and applause]

- I'm just gonna get down to it.

I wanna thank everybody.

I wouldn't have this in my hand

without the people
who helped me today,

so I want to thank, of course,

Yeti, Lydia,
my managers, Josh, Gordon,

Sal, my choreographer,
my dancers,

beautiful work.

My label, Peter, John,
Joe,

um, Michelle,
everybody there,

uh, and I know it's been
a really hard year,

and, uh, I-I just want everybody
to stay safe.

Take care of yourselves.

I think that I probably missed
one of the biggest thank-yous

so far--
[bleep] I'm rambling now.

[bleep].

I just wanna say thank you
to my fans.

It--me on social media
is one thing,

'cause I will joke
and I will meme all day,

but when I stand here right now

and tell you that
I'm so thankful to have you

as supporters,
the fact that this happened

and you are a huge part of that,

means everything to me,
and I'm not gonna cry,

but, um...

I love you, and thank you,
and, uh...

[cheering]

Stay safe.

Um... and thanks, Mom.

- MTV congratulates
tonight's big winners

on their VMA victories.

BTS "On,"
Best Choreography,

Best K-pop, and Best Group.

♪ ♪

Dua Lipa, "Physical,"
Best Visual Effects.

- ♪ And you know I got you,
so come on ♪

- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande,

"Rain on Me,"
Best Cinematography.

- ♪ Rain, rain on me,
rain, rain ♪

- Coldplay, "Orphans,"
Best Rock.

♪ ♪

Miley Cyrus,
"Mother's Daughter,"

Best Art Direction
and Best Editing.

- ♪ Don't [...]
with my freedom ♪

- Machine Gun Kelly,
"Bloody Valentine,"

Best Alternative.

- ♪ But I'll take some
from you tonight ♪

- CNCO,
"MTV Unplugged At Home,"

Best Quarantine Performance.

- Oh, my God, thank you so much.

We're so grateful.
This is a dream come true.

- For a list
of all tonight's winners,

♪ ♪

Coming up, Bebe Rexha crowns
music royalty

with the most coveted award
of the night,

Video of the Year.

And get on your feet.

Black Eyed Peas are about to
shut it down

with their biggest dance anthem
of all time.

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Video Music Awards

are brought to you by

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announcer: Please welcome
recent VMA winner

singer-songwriter
Bebe Rexha!

- What's up, VMAs?

I am so excited to present

the biggest award of the night.

This category
doesn't just honor

the best videos of the year.

It honors the best of all time.

These videos are iconic.

And tonight, one more joins
their ranks.

Here are the nominees
for Video of the Year.

[dramatic musical tone]

announcer: Video of the Year.

- ♪ This beat is cray-cray,
Ray J ♪

announcer: Eminem,
featuring Juice Wrld,

"Godzilla."

- ♪ Tame or placate
the monster ♪

announcer:
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande,

"Rain on Me."

- ♪ Teardrops on my face ♪

announcer:
The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights."

- ♪ I'm blinded by the lights ♪

announcer: Billie Eilish,
"Everything I Wanted."

♪ ♪

- ♪ If I was a man ♪

announcer:
Taylor Swift, "The Man."

- ♪ I'd be the man,
I'd be the man ♪

♪ ♪

announcer:
Future featuring Drake,

"Life is Good."

♪ ♪

- And the VMA goes to...

the Weeknd
with "Blinding Lights."

[cheers and applause]

Yay.

[upbeat electronic music]

- Thank you, MTV.

Thank you again, everyone

involved in making this video.

Again, hard to celebrate,

so I'm going to say it justice
for Jacob Blake

and justice for Breonna Taylor.
Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

- ♪ It was all a dream ♪

♪ I used to read
"Word Up" magazine ♪

♪ Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D ♪

- This has been
an incredible night.

I hope you had as much fun
as I did,

but don't worry.

Don't worry.
We're not done.

Right now, we've got one

of the best-selling groups
of all time.

With Nicky Jam and Tyga,

get on your feet
for Black Eyed Peas!

Good night, and be safe.

♪ ♪

- ♪ It's a crazy world ♪

♪ We are living
in some crazy times ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ Four, tres, two, uno ♪

♪ Don't you know I'm loco? ♪

♪ No quiero no problemo ♪

♪ Them girls they love
the coco ♪

♪ Don't need to call the popo ♪

♪ Judging me's a no-no ♪

♪ If you scroll
through my photo ♪

♪ I do not live in slow mo ♪

♪ I live my life in turbo ♪

♪ 'Cause it's mi vida loca ♪

♪ It's mi vida loca ♪

♪ I do what I wanna ♪

♪ I do what I wanna ♪

♪ You can't tell me nothing ♪

♪ Baby, no me diga' nada ♪

♪ You not my mama ♪

♪ Nah, nah ♪

♪ It's mi vida loca ♪

- ♪ It's mi vida loca ♪

- ♪ So cállate tu boca ♪

- ♪ So cállate tu boca ♪

- ♪ I already told ya,
I told ya ♪

♪ I'm livin' la vida loca ♪

- ♪ La vida loca ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ To the left, to the left ♪

♪ To the left, to the left ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Four, tres, two, uno ♪

♪ Vida loca y
no e' la de Ricky ♪

♪ Con una canción
y me busco el ticket ♪

♪ Dinero, 'tamo pa' eso ♪

♪ Will, tírame el beat,
que yo rompo el verso ♪

♪ Esto lo hicimo' pa' romper
la discoteca ♪

♪ Aquí no hay miedo,
lo dejamo' en la gaveta ♪

♪ Es mi vida loca,
es mi vida loca ♪

♪ Nadie me la toca ♪

♪ Nadie me la toca ♪

♪ Es mi vida loca,
algarete y no me importa ♪

♪ You're not my mama ♪

♪ It's mi vida loca ♪

- ♪ It's mi vida loca ♪

- ♪ So cállate tu boca ♪

- ♪ So cállate tu boca ♪

- ♪ I already told ya,
I told ya, I'm livin' ♪

♪ La vida loca ♪

- ♪ La vida loca ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life, trip ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Four, tres, two, uno ♪

♪ This a big face ♪

♪ Give me big space ♪

♪ Bring that ass back,
make it rotate ♪

♪ Shoot my shot,
all I need is one take ♪

♪ House party poppin'
on a Monday ♪

♪ Can't tell me
nothing like Kanye ♪

♪ And I never backtrack,
get it my way ♪

♪ Do what I say, be fiancé ♪

♪ I got girls
light skin like Sade ♪

♪ Dark skin, skin like cake ♪

♪ Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, okay ♪

♪ Flat stomach, no waist ♪

♪ She wanna kiss 'n
make up, olé ♪

♪ Don't you act up them boys
in the back ♪

♪ And they won't think twice,
just and react ♪

♪ My life a movie, 'nother hit,
it's a wrap ♪

♪ Tell a hater relax ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's my life ♪

♪ It's my life ♪

♪ It's my life ♪

♪ Four, tres, two, uno ♪

♪ Oyeme, óyeme,
esta es mi vida ♪

♪ Y quítate
de mi camino, metida ♪

♪ No tengas celos,
no seas jodida ♪

♪ Tú sabes que es mi estilo,
maravilla ♪

♪ Ey, no puedes matar
la movida ♪

♪ Ey, porque no estás
en mi liga ♪

♪ Ey, pegando,
pegando muy duro ♪

♪ Estoy trabajando
todo' lo' día' ♪

♪ We work hard ♪

♪ Play hard ♪

♪ Hot chicks on my radar ♪

♪ Stay lit on our liquid ♪

♪ 'Til we pass out
like Darth Vader ♪

♪ Squad it up
with these hot baes ♪

♪ And they stay south
of the equator ♪

♪ I shine like a quasar ♪

♪ Ain't another crazier ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I gotta feeling ♪

♪ ♪

- Want to send love
to the first responders

and the freedom fighters.

♪ I gotta feeling ♪

I know it's tough right now,

but we got to keep
the love alive.

♪ I gotta feeling ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good night ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good night ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good, good night ♪

♪ Tonight's the night ♪

♪ Let's live it up ♪

♪ Let's live it up ♪

♪ I got my money ♪

♪ Let's spend it up ♪
- ♪ Let's spend it up ♪

- ♪ Go out and smash it ♪
- ♪ Smash it ♪

- ♪ Like oh, my God ♪

♪ Jump off that sofa ♪

♪ Let's kick it off ♪

♪ Fill up my cup ♪

♪ Mazel tov ♪

♪ Look at her dancing ♪

♪ Just take it off ♪

♪ Let's paint the town ♪

♪ We'll shut it down ♪

♪ Let's burn the roof ♪

♪ And then we'll do it again ♪

♪ Let's do it, let's do it ♪

♪ Let's do it, let's do it ♪

♪ Let's do it, let's do it ♪

♪ Let's do it up ♪

♪ And do it, and do it ♪

♪ And do it, do it, do it ♪

♪ Let's do it, let's do it ♪

♪ Sure, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Here we come, here we go ♪

♪ We gotta rock ♪

♪ Easy come, easy go ♪

♪ Now we on top ♪

♪ Fill the shot, body rock ♪

♪ Rock it, don't stop ♪

♪ Round and round, up and down,
around the clock ♪

♪ Monday, Tuesday ♪

♪ Wednesday and Thursday ♪

♪ Friday, Saturday ♪

♪ Saturday to Sunday ♪

♪ Get-get-get-get-get with us ♪

♪ You know what we say ♪

♪ Party every day ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa-party every day ♪

♪ And I'm feeling ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good night ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good night ♪

♪ That tonight's gonna be
a good, good night ♪

♪ Oooh ♪

Wakanda forever.
Black lives matter.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪