So as the 2019 MTV VMAs arrive, let’s take a look back at the 2009 VMAs and their long, long shadow. And the way it has influenced their two images in the decade since follows the lines of major schisms in American culture. It set the narrative that Taylor Swift would always be a pop culture victim, for better or for worse. The story foreshadowed Kanye West’s eventual transformation into a pop culture villain, which would be realized with West’s embrace of Donald Trump and Trumpism. What happened at the 2009 VMAs helped define Twitter as the conversation driver it is today. It was such a petty nothing of a moment! A drunk celebrity with a history of being volatile acted out at an awards show: So what? Why was that such a big deal? Why is it so ingrained in our cultural consciousness now, 10 years later?īut the resulting fallout was explosive. On one level, the fact that the scandal would go on to have such legs seems absurd. It was the moment in which Kanye West stormed the VMAs stage as Taylor Swift attempted to accept her award for Best Video by a Female Artist and told her, “I’mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!” Weigh in below on who you think should win!Ĭheck out best directing, choreography and special effects nominees - then vote! - at MTV.Ten years ago this fall, there came a VMAs moment that will live forever in infamy. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Into the Great Wide Open” featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life” Best Pop Videoīest Video That Should Have Won A Moonman Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You” We’re talking Britney Spears, Beyonce, Eminem, Kanye West, Lady GaGa, Kelly Clarkson, Jay-Z and potentially U2! Check out the just released list of nominees and weigh in on which one you think should take home a Moonman on Sept. And that doesn’t even begin to cover the musicians who will be walking the red carpet because their videos have been nominated. Green Day, Taylor Swift and Pink will perform while Chace Crawford, Jordin Sparks, Katy Perry and Ne-Yo are all confirmed to be attending or presenting.

Hard to top that, right? Well, believe it or not, the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are shaping up to be the most star-studded ceremony in recent memory - and no, that has nothing to do with the fact we shared a green room with Snoop Dogg last year. Last year’s ceremony ended with host Russell Brand riding off into he sunset with three-time winner Britney Spears after he mingled with the cast of “Twilight,” ribbed on the Jonas Brothers and offended Jordin Sparks.

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