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2017 MTV Video Music Awards |OT| Hosted by Katy Perry

K

Khaos Kontrol

Banned
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When: 8 PM EST
Where: The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Performers
Kendrick Lamar
Miley Cyrus
Ed Sheeran
Fifth Harmony
P!nk
Lorde
The Weeknd
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Shawn Mendes
Katy Perry
Demi Lovato
Logic
Khalid
Julia Michaels
Post Malone
Cardi B of ”Bodak Yellow,"
Rod Stewart with DNCE

Nominees

Video of the Year
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble."
Bruno Mars — ”24K Magic"
Alessia Cara — ”Scars to Your Beautiful"
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — ”Wild Thoughts"
The Weeknd — ”Reminder"

Artist of the Year
Bruno Mars
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
Lorde
The Weeknd

Best New Artist
Khalid
Kodak Black
SZA
Young M.A
Julia Michaels
Noah Cyrus

Best Collaboration
Charlie Puth (featuring Selena Gomez) — ”We Don't Talk Anymore"
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — ”Wild Thoughts"
D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty) — ”Broccoli"
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — ”Closer"
Calvin Harris (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean) — ”Feels"
Zayn and Taylor Swift — ”I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)"


Best Pop
Shawn Mendes — ”Treat You Better"
Ed Sheeran — ”Shape of You"
Harry Styles — ”Sign of the Times"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) – ”Down"
Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – ”Chained to the Rhythm"
Miley Cyrus — ”Malibu"

Best Hip Hop
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble."
Big Sean — ”Bounce Back"
Chance the Rapper — ”Same Drugs"
DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) — ”I'm the One"
D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty) — ”Broccoli"
Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) — ”Bad and Boujee"

Best Dance
Zedd and Alessia Cara — ”Stay"
Kygo and Selena Gomez — ”It Ain't Me"
Calvin Harris — ”My Way"
Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) — ”Cold Water"
Afrojack (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) — ”Gone"

Best Rock
Coldplay – ”A Head Full of Dreams"
Fall Out Boy – ”Young and Menace"
Twenty One Pilots – ”Heavydirtysoul"
Green Day – ”Bang Bang"
Foo Fighters – ”Run"

Best Fight Against the System
Logic (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) – ”Black Spiderman"
The Hamilton Mixtape – ”Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)"
Big Sean — ”Light"
Alessia Cara — ”Scars to Your Beautiful"
Taboo (featuring Shailene Woodley) – ”Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL"
John Legend — ”Surefire"

Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble." (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
Imagine Dragons — ”Thunder" (Director of Photography: Matthew Wise)
Ed Sheeran — ”Castle on the Hill" (Director of Photography: Steve Annis)
DJ Shadow (featuring Run the Jewels) — ”Nobody Speak" (Director of Photography: David Proctor)
Halsey — ”Now or Never" (Director of Photography: Kristof Brandl)

Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble." (Directors: Dave Meyers and The Little Homies)
Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — ”Chained to the Rhythm" (Director: Mathew Cullen)
Bruno Mars — ”24K Magic" (Directors: Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars)
Alessia Cara — ”Scars to Your Beautiful" (Director: Aaron A)
The Weeknd — ”Reminder" (Director: Glenn Michael)

Best Art Direction
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble." (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
Bruno Mars — ”24K Magic" (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
Katy Perry (featuring Migos) — ”Bon Appétit" (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — ”Wild Thoughts" (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
The Weeknd — ”Reminder" (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and KID. STUDIO)

Best Visual Effects
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble." (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
A Tribe Called Quest — ”Dis Generation" (Visual Effects: Brandon Hirzel of Bemo)
KYLE (featuring Lil Yachty) — ”iSpy" (Visual Effects: Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi of GloriaFX)
Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — ”Chained to the Rhythm" (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
Harry Styles — ”Sign of the Times" (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez of ONE MORE)

Best Choreography
Kanye West — ”Fade" (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor and Guapo)
Ariana Grande (featuring Nicki Minaj) — ”Side to Side" (Choreographers: Brian and Scott Nicholson)
Kendrick Lamar — ”Humble." (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
Sia — ”The Greatest" (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — ”Down" (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

Best Editing
Future — ”Mask Off" (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs of VHPost)
Young Thug — ”Wyclef Jean" (Editors: Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini)
Lorde — ”Green Light" (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — ”Closer" (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
The Weeknd — ”Reminder" (Editor: Red Barbaza)

Song of the Summer
Ed Sheeran — ”Shape of You"
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber) — ”Despacito (Remix)"
Lil Uzi Vert — ”XO Tour Llif3"
Shawn Mendes — ”There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — ”Down"
Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo) — ”OMG"
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — ”Wild Thoughts"
Demi Lovato — ”Sorry Not Sorry"
 
V

Volimar

Member
Best Fight Against The System



God, how tone deaf. The corporate machine is giving an award for fighting against the machine. The audience will probably eat that shit up.
 
M

Meowster

Member
I'd like to watch but I'm gonna be busy watching Game of Thrones. I'll make sure to follow the thread and see the highlights later on though. Katy Perry is a really awkward choice for a host so I am curious how she does.
 
B

Bronx-Man

Banned
Outside of Kendrick, DRAM, & Thugga, I can't think of a single nominee I like in any of those categories. This year's sucked for music and that's really weird especially compared to how good 2016 was.
 
NYR

NYR

Member
Nothing makes me feel Older than the VMAs every year. Have no clue who 70% of those people are, used to watch this religiously in the late 90s and early 00s. Still remember the one that was the same day the Dreamcast came out.
 
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uncelestial

Member
Meh. Mainstream music is garbage these days but there is so much better access to independent stuff it doesn't matter. Let pop be pop. At least Kendrick is getting his due. At this point MTV has so much less cultural power than when I was young, it's hard to even be mad at what a shitshow that is.
 
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ZeoVGM

Banned
"Best Fight Against the System" award is one of the rare times where something actually made me cringe.

uncelestial said:
Meh. Mainstream music is garbage these days.
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This is "old man yells at cloud" stuff. There's plenty of great "mainstream music." Kendrick and Lorde are both mainstream and nominated for the biggest awards, for example.
 
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uncelestial

Member
ZeoVGM said:
"Best Fight Against the System" award is one of the rare times where something actually made me cringe.



This is "old man yells at cloud" stuff. There's plenty of great "mainstream music." Kendrick and Lorde are both mainstream and nominated for the biggest awards, for example.
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No, it's pretty accurate. I already gave props to Kendrick; we'll have to agree to disagree on Lorde. And frankly those are the best two on offer on a very bad list of music. Well, no, ATCQ and Imagine Dragons are also rad.

But DJ Khaled is nominated in five categories, for fuck's sake. Ed Sheeran in four. The fucking Chainsmokers in two. If you actually think this constitutes the best music that has come out recently, then you're probably the one who is out of touch. Sorry.
 
Erebus

Erebus

Member
Meowster said:
I'd like to watch but I'm gonna be busy watching Game of Thrones. I'll make sure to follow the thread and see the highlights later on though. Katy Perry is a really awkward choice for a host so I am curious how she does.
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I think she has hosted the MTV EMA before.
 
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ZeoVGM

Banned
uncelestial said:
No, it's pretty accurate. I already gave props to Kendrick; we'll have to agree to disagree on Lorde.
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I mean, I'm not saying you have to like Lorde. But she had one of the most acclaimed albums of the year.

But DJ Khaled is nominated in five categories, for fuck's sake. Ed Sheeran in four. The fucking Chainsmokers in two. If you actually think this constitutes the best music that has come out recently, then you're probably the one who is out of touch. Sorry.
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There is always bad mainstream music. And it's the freaking VMAs. Their nominees are always filled with this stuff so it's not a sign of anything.

Like I said, saying mainstream music is garbage just isn't true. And if you're going to say "Lorde doesn't count because I don't like her," then the argument is just silly.
 
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ZeoVGM

Banned
Ponn said:
Wait, tonight? Opposite the GoT finale? Well ok good luck with that.
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I wonder which was scheduled first? Because that is some god awful scheduling if MTV chose this date knowing the Game of Thrones finale would be on.
 
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Lima

Member
uncelestial said:
No, it's pretty accurate. I already gave props to Kendrick; we'll have to agree to disagree on Lorde. And frankly those are the best two on offer on a very bad list of music. Well, no, ATCQ and Imagine Dragons are also rad.

But DJ Khaled is nominated in five categories, for fuck's sake. Ed Sheeran in four. The fucking Chainsmokers in two. If you actually think this constitutes the best music that has come out recently, then you're probably the one who is out of touch. Sorry.
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Imagine Dragons are rad but you hate the Chainsmokers. Okay bro...
 
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