{"id":912557,"date":"2026-09-28T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912557\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:36:10","slug":"yung-lean-gener8ion-perform-live-debut-of-storm-at-vmas-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912557\/","title":{"rendered":"Yung Lean & Gener8ion Perform Live Debut of ‘Storm’ at VMAs 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGener8ion and Yung Lean <\/a>made their MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> debut on Sunday (Sept. 27), bringing their chaotic \u201cStorm\u201d visual to the 2026 VMAs<\/a> stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles as the final performance of the night.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnder his Gener8ion alias, French producer Surkin and Yung Lean teamed up with director Romain Gavras to helm the \u201cStorm\u201d visual in April, <\/a>which caught fire online and boasts more than 26 million views.<\/p>\n

\n\tYung Lean and Gener8ion brought the clip to life at the VMAs. It finds the Swedish rapper playing an intimidating bully at a British boarding school set in 2034.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a disheveled schoolboy look, Lean smashes a Moon Person and heads to the center of a group of students. They remake the viral portion of their visual, which creates a mesmerizing hallucinatory effect around Lean, with his dancing classmates making a tidal wave with their synchronized choreography.<\/p>\n

\n\tLean casually munches on an ice cream and walks toward the camera, spitting on the lens and wiping it with his dessert to close out the unique performance. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne of the best performances of the night at the #VMAs<\/a> is, without a doubt, this one from GENER8ION and Yung Lean giving it their all in \u2018STORM II,’\u201d one fan gushed on X.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe seven-minute \u201cStorm\u201d short film picked up four nominations: video of the year, best choreography, best direction and best long-form video.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStorm I\u201d and \u201cStorm II\u201d landed on Gener8ion\u2019s Love & Tears album in June. Yung Lean has been busy as well, contributing \u201cThat\u2019s It\u201d alongside Metro Boomin and Future to the GTA VI: The Album soundtrack earlier in September. <\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the \u201cStorm\u201d performance below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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