So, the 2026 VMAs have officially wrapped. Shaboozey set the stage on fire (literally), Kacey Musgraves paid a beautiful tribute to the one-of-a-kind Dolly Parton, and Madonna stole the whole damn show \u2013 winning several awards, making dad jokes about counting, and pulling prop lasers from her ass. This would only happen at the VMAs \u2026<\/p>\n
But uh, what about the rest of the awards?<\/p>\n
Many Moon Person trophies weren\u2019t actually handed out during the ceremony proper, including best Latin, best K-pop, best hip hop and so on. The one category in which an Aussie was nominated for \u2013 Tame Impala in best alternative for his track Dracula \u2013 didn\u2019t even make the cut. That one stings a little extra.<\/p>\n
On one note, I\u2019m relieved they didn\u2019t announce every award during the broadcast. I have dinner plans that I don\u2019t want to miss. Keeping it short and tight, including only the major categories and special honours, is clever for an award show that prioritises live performance spectacle over long-winded speeches.<\/p>\n
On another note, it\u2019s a shame not every victorious artist had a chance to celebrate (or shed a tear) on the Peacock Theatre\u2019s stage. With genres like Latin and K-pop becoming the global mega phenomena they now are, it seems somewhat flippant to relegate them to an announcement on socials.<\/p>\n
But hey, I guess you can\u2019t please everyone. And when you\u2019re already running 20 minutes behind schedule (thanks, random sporting event\u2026), you may not really have a choice!<\/p>\n
All up, it was a solid show. The performances were genuinely stand-out, with special mention going to Gener8ion and Yung Lean, and the queen of pop herself Madonna. Please never change, Madonna. Taylor Swift broke more records, becoming the most decorated artist at the MTV VMAs. And Snoop Dogg was \u2026 there.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s to a great year in music. We\u2019ll see you at the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, the 2026 VMAs have officially wrapped. Shaboozey set the stage on fire (literally), Kacey Musgraves paid a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-908121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}