2022 MTV Video Music Awards (2022) - full transcript
[music]
- 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.
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.
[music]
[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.
[music]
- 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.
[music]
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Snap the code
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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.
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.
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:
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:
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."
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.
[upbeat music]
- 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.
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.
[music]
[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.
[music]
- 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.
[music]
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are brought to you by
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Snap the code
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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.
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.
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:
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:
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."
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.
[upbeat music]