2013 MTV VMAs

The VM As are coming next month on the 25th. Hopefully it's better than last years though it's not going to be hard to do that.

Confirmed performances by:

• Lady Gaga

Here are the nominees:

Video of the Year

• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, "Thrift Shop"
• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell, "Blurred Lines"
• Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Best Hip Hop Video

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Drake, "Started From The Bottom"
• Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools"
• A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar, "F—kin' Problems"
• J. Cole feat. Miguel, "Power Trip"

Best Male Video

• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell, "Blurred Lines"
• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Ed Sheeran, "Lego House"
• Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools"

Best Female Video

• Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko, "Stay"
• Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me A Reason"
• Demi Lovato, "Heart Attack"

Best Pop Video

• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Fun., "Carry On"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
• Selena Gomez, "Come and Get It"

Artist To Watch, Presented by Taco Bell

• Twenty One Pilots, "Holding On To You"
• Zedd feat. Foxes, "Clarity"
• Austin Mahone, "What About Love"
• The Weeknd, "Wicked Games"
• Iggy Azalea, "Work"

Best Collaboration

• Justin Timberlake, feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera, "Feel This Moment"
• Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding, "I Need Your Love"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell, "Blurred Lines"
• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me A Reason"

Best Video With A Social Message

• Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Same Love"
• Snoop Lion, "No Guns Allowed"
• Miguel, "Candles in the Sun"
• Beyoncé, "I Was Here"

Best Rock Video

• Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
• Fall Out Boy, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
• Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"
• Thirty Seconds To Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Vampire Weekend, "Diane Young"

Best Art Direction

• Capital Cities, "Safe and Sound"
• Thirty Seconds To Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu, "Q.U.E.E.N"
• Lana Del Rey, "National Anthem"
• Alt-J, "Tesselate"

Best Choreography

• Chris Brown, "Fine China"
• Ciara, "Body Party"
• Jennifer Lopes feat. Pitbull, "Live It Up"
• will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber, "#thatPOWER"
• Bruno Mars, "Treasure"

Best Cinematography

• Thirty Seconds To Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Lana Del Rey, "Ride"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Sacrilege"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• A-Trak & Tommy Trash, "Tuna Melt"

Best Direction

• Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Sacrilege"
• Fun., "Carry On"
• Drake, "Started From The Bottom"

Best Editing

• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me A Reason"
• Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch, "Sweet Nothing"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"

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Miley Cyrus is probably waiting to jump on the chance to give the final proverbial middle finger to Disney and Hannah Montana. She's probably going to perform as well.

The nominations are bewildering. "Same Love" is obviously going to win the social message category.

edited 25th Jul '13 4:25:26 PM by Completion

The "Can't Hold Us" video deserves at least one award. It's awesome and well done as a work.

I'm anticipating a sweep by them. All of their videos are great and they have 3 (!) all up for nomination.

Blurred Lines for best video?

Seriously?

Put me in motion, drink the potion, use the lotion, drain the ocean, cause commotion, fake devotion, entertain a notion, be Nova Scotian

Yeah.

That.

It's like it was filmed with an Instagram filter. And the explicit version is just creepy. Macklemore or Justin Timberlake will probably take that award home. At least their videos are decent.

I wouldn't say it's all that creepy*

. That implies that they actually put some thought into it (even if it would've been misguided thought). The video's just lazy and boring, whether it's the explicit video or SFW video.

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This article says that the video was supposed to be satire. Of course, it fails at that

"We Can't Stop" is a better video than that, personally. It's weird, but more entertaining to watch in terms of all the images within it.

"We Can't Stop" at least seems like it's a joke, but the problem is, it's so bad at it that the joke ends up being at the expense of the video rather than having you laugh with the video. It may be intentionally ridiculous, but "ridiculous" doesn't always mean "good".

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Macklemore is definitely gonna win. The video sucks but he's still gonna win.

I've read some rumors that Kanye West is supposed to preform "BLKK SKKNHD".

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.

I wouldn't be surprised if it did start off as a Stealth Parody of Contractual Purity, but the problem is if your constantly acting like the stereotype you're satirizing, it loses all meaning.

Bumping this because after last night, I honestly think Miley has become my personal Scrappy of the music industry.

edited 26th Aug '13 11:32:11 AM by Lionheart0

Gaga is a class act.

And a bit of a pimp◊ as well.

Miley and Robin: Bravo, you made Corey Feldman look like the more dignified performer.

edited 26th Aug '13 12:12:29 PM by johnnyfog

I'm a skeptical squirrel

So an independent artist managed to win multiple awards at the VMAs.

This was a good show.

So all I know about this show was apparently she twerked in front Robin Thicke or something. Can't tell if she really wants people to see her as a "grown-up" or really wants to stay relevant.

edited 27th Aug '13 3:07:04 PM by PhysicalStamina

I think you accidentally 's name.

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Whatever are you talking about?

As harsh as it sounds, I honestly think she's just being an Attention Whore. It's like a troll who derails a thread.

"I'M AN ADUUUUULT!!!"

Apparently there's also some controversy that she went out of her way to objectify black women by equating them with sexual promiscuity and lasciviousness.

I wasn't aware of that bit of controversy.

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All I know is that she and Taylor both need to grow the fuck up.

Looking for some stories?

Meh, Taylor already tried her hand at being mature and kinda failed at it. Let her have her fun while she's still kinda young. Besides, from what I hear, she controls all of her business assets and is actually a pretty ruthless businesswoman (which I'd be inclined to believe), so hey. And at least her stuff is more of a naive, innocent fun, which I mind far less than "I'm all in your face about how adult and sexual I am!"

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And, ironically, "I'm all in your face about how adult and sexual I am!" is a child's idea of adulthood, not actually being adult. Is anyone else getting a Dickie Roberts vibe from this whole thing?

Also, Gaga: You've run out of shock value with the outfits. I neither know nor care what do you do or don't wear. Please, just... sing. It's what you're good at.

Precisely.

As for Gaga, performance art is easy. Doing performance art well is haaard.

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But the whole reason she got into this music gig was so she'd have a reason to change clothes every six minutes!

She's the fashionista, that's her thing. I don't mind it.

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Hey, at least she's demonstrated some legitimately talented musical background. I'd say she's more than earned the right to play dress-up on a mass scale.

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lady gaga is not a french fry, u gais.

edited 27th Aug '13 11:13:09 PM by johnnyfog

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