Taylor Swift will not be attending the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards this weekend.
Page Six confirmed that the “Cruel Summer” singer will be a no-show at this year’s ceremony, which is taking place Sunday at New York’s UBS Arena.
Swift, 35, is nominated for the coveted artist of the year award — going up against Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen and The Weeknd.
Taylor Swift won’t be attending this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, Page Six can confirm. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MTV
The singer, seen here at last year’s ceremony, will not be at the event this Sunday. Getty Images for MTV
The pop star notably attended last year’s ceremony, where she took home seven Moon Person trophies for her 2024 album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
She even gave a sweet shout-out to now-fiancé Travis Kelce while accepting the award for video of the year for her and Post Malone’s “Fortnight” collaboration.
“I would always just hear someone cheering from across the studio where we were shooting [the ‘Fortnight’ music video],” she reminisced. “And that one person was my boyfriend, Travis.”
Swift is nominated for this year’s artist of the year award. Getty Images for MTV
It wasn’t immediately clear why Swift won’t be there. WireImage
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She then gushed, “Everything this man touches turns into happiness and fun and magic, and I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I’ll always remember that.”
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Swift was up for 12 nominations that year, including song of the year, video of the year, best direction, best collaboration, best editing, best cinematography, best visual effects, best art direction and song of the summer.
It’s unclear why Swift won’t be attending this year’s event, though she is fresh off her engagement to Kelce, who popped the question last month. The NFL star is currently in Brazil for the Kansas City Chiefs’ game vs. the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday.
Swift attended last year’s MTV VMAs. Billboard via Getty Images
She thanked Travis Kelce while accepting one of her awards. Getty Images for MTV
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” they captioned several photos from the fairytale proposal in an Instagram post shared on Aug. 26.
A source confirmed to Page Six that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, got down on one knee after filming his “New Heights” podcast episode with Swift, during which she announced her upcoming “The Life of a Showgirl” album.
The couple started dating in the summer of 2023.