Taylor Swift won Video of the Year at the 2022 MTV VMAs, becoming the only artist to win the award three times and the first winner to have directed her own music video.
Swift also announced at the end of her acceptance speech that she has a new album due out on October 21.
The short film for the song “All Too Well” stars Dylan O’Brien, Sadie Sink and Swift herself. Sink and O’Brien play a young couple going through the ups and downs of a broken relationship. O’Brien attended her VMAs with Swift and took the stage with her when he accepted the award for Best Long Form Video. Sink was not present, but Swift greeted her.
Swift’s film has also been declared eligible for the Oscar. In the end, Swift plays an adult version of the Sink character, who gives a reading of her first novel while O’Brien watches from outside.
The film is divided into segments such as “An Upstate Escape”, “The First Crack in the Glass”, “Are You Real?” “The Breaking Point”, “The Wobble”, “It’s Been Thirteen Years” and “The Memory”.
Swift was nominated along with Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, Drake feat. Young Thug, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo.
The Video of the Year Award closed out the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, which say there’s a fair amount of good and not-so-good times. Nicki Minaj accepted the Video Vanguard Award after performing a medley of her hits. Johnny Depp’s face appeared on the floating astronaut’s helmet at the awards show.
Jack Harlow and Lizzo opened the show with a performance of their hits “First Class” and “About Damn Time.”
BLACKPINK, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more performed. Cheech and Chong presented the Peppers with an honorable award. The full list of winners can be seen below.
