The MTV VMAs have been getting progressively worse since the early 2000s when Britney reigned supreme. This year looks to be the worst yet with little promotion and a lackluster lineup. There are rumors going around that there were some big problems with the contracts and a bunch of performers dropped out so MTV was scrambling at the last minute to secure people to perform. There seems to be some validity to the story considering they didn't announce any performers until 5 days before the show (they typically start a month in advance) and those they announced were flops like Tori Kelly (literally who?), Demi Lovato, and Macklemore.
I thought that I would give a brief rundown of what to expect in tomorrow night's show since a lot of the info like the presenters' list hasn't been posted here yet. The show starts at 9pm EST and will be available to stream live on MTV's youtube channel for your hate-watching pleasure.
Appearing on the red carpet:
Taylor Swift (she will premiere her new video for "Wildest Dreams")
Fifth Harmony
Big Sean
Bruno Mars
Charlie Puth
Colbie Caillat (lol)
E-40
Fall Out Boy
FKA Twigs
Mark Ronson
OMI
Vance Joy
Performing on the red carpet during the pre-show:
Nick Jonas - Levels
Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Presenting:
Britney Spears (she'll present the first award of the night)
Rita Ora
Miguel
John Legend
Ne-Yo
Ice Cube (and his son and “Straight Outta Compton” star, O’Shea Jackson, Jr.)
Rebel Wilson
Serayah
“Empire” star Jussie Smollett
Emily Ratajkowski
Kylie Jenner
MTV is trying really hard to play up the crazy, unpredictable angle by talking about how they gave Miley Cyrus free reign to do whatever she wants and saying "You never know who will surprise us, drop in out of the blue or just flat crash the party at the last minute." Uh huh.
Performers:
Nicki Minaj is opening the show. HollywoodLife claims she's performing "Trini Dem Girls" but it's HollywoodLife so who knows.
Tori Kelly is performing her "giant hit" "Should've Been Us"(MTV's words… it peaked at #64 but lol okay MTV). Tori said this about her performance: "I really just wanted it to be about the song and the music, nothing too crazy stage-wise, at least with props and stuff like that. I wanted to focus on the simplicity of the music and strip it back.” Yeah, sounds like the perfect kind of performance for the VMAs...
Macklemore is probably performing his new song "Downtown"
Demi Lovato is probably performing "Cool for the Summer"
21 Pilots and A$AP Rocky are performing together
Justin Bieber is performing his new song "What Do You Mean?"
The Weeknd is performing "Can't Feel My Face"
and Pharrell is performing (I don't know what)
Miley is reportedly going to close the show with a performance featuring 30 drag queens from RuPaul's Drag Race
Kanye West is receiving the Video Vanguard Award but I doubt he's performing otherwise they would've announced it
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