Beyond that I have to say that I really enjoyed the show! The performances were stellar including ones from Lady Gaga dressed as her scary, booze-swigging, alter ego Jo Calderon, and the newly pregnant Beyonce who was glowing and sounded great performing "Love on Top"! Her hubby Jay-Z and Kanye even rocked it out with a high energy performance of "Otis". I liked Kevin Hart's brief interludes and overall thought it was one of the better VMA's of late.
Now on the awards!! (Agree or disagree, these are my opinions folks!)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Ok. I'll give Katy this one but really just based on the song. Quite honestly all of her videos look the same to me -- party scenes full of half naked pretend teens in angst. We get it Katy. She should definitely try a new concept next go round.
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
LOVE Gaga. And LOVE "Born This Way" as a song. But I'm sorry. The video for "Born This Way" was disturbing and creepy on many levels! The video just attempted too much for a 5 min clip. Not a fan at all.
Here's where I think Adele was robbed. Her video was beautifully done and fit the song amazingly. Also it was so different than the usual videos in rotation. (when MTV actually decides to play music that is..) She definitely should have won this award.
BEST NEW ARTIST
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
God Bless Tyler the creator and his merry band of misfits OKTBVGTYY...or whatever but NO NO NO way in hell he should've won new artist! His songs were never in real rotation anywhere and I dare say even MTV only played his super controversial video late night (do they still do that?) If it had been his crew-mate Frank Ocean, I would have agreed - as he had a very successful year and landed as one of the few cameos on the Watch the Throne album. Meanwhile, Wiz Khalifa had a great year after years of grinding for a spot. You can't deny what a mega-hit "Black and Yellow" was. Foster the People also would have been a good choice to win this award as their first single is currently in the Billboard top 10 and is just a great record in general.
BEST MALE VIDEO
Justin Bieber, “U Smile”
Icant.com. MTV just can't get enough of this child. And they were clearly biased with this choice. Every video nominee in this category (Kanye "All of the Lights", Cee-lo "F- You", Bruno Mars "Grenade" etc etc) deserved to win this more than Bieber.
BEST COLLABORATION
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”
Although I love Kanye, this was the weakest collaboration of the bunch. Kanye and Katy have ZERO chemistry as evident from that awkward acceptance speech and hug. "Look at Me Now" was one of the biggest hits of the year - Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes slaughtered each of their verses. Kanye and Rihanna made magic with "All of the Lights" and have great chemistry. And not to even get started with "Give Me Everything Tonight" where Pitbull and Ne-Yo bounced off of each other seemlessly and got my party started night after night this summer. Ill-awarded-award indeed.
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
I really like Nicki Minaj but personally hated the song and hated the video even more. Beyond that this award could have gone to any other of the nominees and I would have been ok.
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Foo Fighters, “Walk”
I like Foo-Fighters and if this award had have been based on the video for "Rope" (which was dope) I would have agreed. It wasn't, however, and I really think Foster the People should have won for "Pumped Up Kicks"
BEST POP VIDEO
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”
I guess so, MTV. I feel like they just gave her this award so she would show up. We all know and Britney has just been going through the motions with most of this stuff lately. I don't mind the song however.
BEST VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
Well duh.
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”
Most definitely! Beyonce killed it in this Mad Max and the Thunderdome meets Major Lazer video.
Well there you have it! Congrats to all of the winners!
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