Taylor Swift won the video of the year award at the annual MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) for her 2012 breakup song ‘All Too Well’.
The singer thanked fans from the stage at the Prudential Center in New Jersey as she accepted the honor, the 14th VMA of her career. ‘All Too Well’ is one of the past hits Swift re-recorded after a dispute with her former record label.
“We wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” Swift said, before revealing that she will release her next album on Oct 21.
Called Midnights, the album will tell the stories of “13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life,” the singer said in a Twitter post after her win.
Swift bagged three categories Video of the Year, Best Long-form Video, and Best Direction whereas Harry Styles took the Best Pop, Best Cinematography, and Album of the Year. K-pop band BTS also bagged the Group of the Year award, a category they won for the past four years.
Also at the VMAs, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny was named Artist of the Year and was handed his Moon Person statue at New York’s Yankee Stadium, where he was playing a concert to a sold-out crowd.
Here is a list of winners:
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’
Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny
Best Collaboration
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Best K-pop
Lisa – ‘LALISA’
Best New Artist
Dove Cameron
Push Performance of the Year
SEVENTEEN – ‘Rock With You’
Best Pop
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Best R&B
The Weeknd – ‘Out of Time’
Best Hip-hop
Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – ‘Do We Have A Problem?’
Best Rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Black Summer’
Best Alternative
Måneskin – ‘I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE’
Best Latin
Anitta – ‘Envolver’
Video for Good
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Best Metaverse Performance
BLACKPINK – The Virtual
Best Long-form Video
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’
Best Cinematography
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Best Direction
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’
Best Art Direction
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Best Choreography
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Best Editing
ROSALÍA – ‘SAOKO’
Group of the Year
BTS
Song of the Summer
Jack Harlow – ‘First Class’
Album of the Year
Harry Styles – Harry’s House