The MTV Video Music Awards were celebrated this Sunday at the Prudential Center in Newark, when the two previous editions had suffered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
And it was Taylor Swift who created the event, with the video for her ten-minute song,
All Too Well
, featured on the re-recorded 2021 album
Red
.
Indeed, Taylor Swift is the first artist to be awarded this prize three times, recalls Billboard, but that's not all.
This is the first time that an artist who makes the video for one of his own songs has been rewarded.
In his acceptance speech, the interpreter of
Shake It Off
also noted that “for the first time in the history of the VMAs, four of the directors nominated in the category of Video of the Year are women”.
The other surprise
She also took the opportunity to make a gift to her fans, whom she thanked, announcing the very soon arrival of her new album.
Midnights
will be released in October.
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards reserved another unexpected event: the presence of Johnny Depp.
The actor made some stunning appearances, including when his face was digitally added onto an astronaut.
“I needed this job,” he announced at the opening of the ceremony, before offering his services as a musician to anyone who wanted to.
He said he was available for "birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, whatever you need…everything."
And even more, because "Oh, I'm also a dentist," added the actor and musician who released an album with Jeff Beck this year.
The comedian has definitely begun his return to the public sphere after two high-profile lawsuits, one against the tabloid
The Sun
(which he lost in 2020) and the other against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, whom he lost. won this year.
People
Johnny Depp has also decided to appeal the verdict of his trial against Amber Heard
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