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Okay, so I got to see LL & Shakira, that random country girl had a nice voice, and the hip-hop segment improved at the latter half, but no Lil Kim mention or Lana mixed bag with too many ad bumpers, didn't like the flop stage, burger king and Doritos spons, assorted lip-syncing, etc

"Burger King congratulates Taylor Swift"

"Video of the year, presented by Burger King" Taylor you get a lifetime supply of Whoopers and a catering deal for your Eras tour

No FSN on that tracklist?

And none for Gretchen Wieners art direction/alt

I don't remember which show it was, probably a different VMA- but Run DMC and Aerosmith were the only acts who were still hype on stage (when compared to their younger counterparts)

Okay this latter HH tribute part is better than DIddys part

I'M THE A/B SIDE !!!!

Okay, slowly appreciating the gen-x-ers trying to hype the audience , show our zoomer acts please junkiesinthealleywithabaseballbat

I don't listen to radio. Is it big on the charts?

Okay you KNOW its bad when the "country" slot has one of the better performances Lemme look up Penthouse

Lowkey like the country ladys voice - wheres Nikki Lane when you need her

Not Ice Spice getting emotional- this was such an obvious win with the PR push she has been getting , good for her though Renee Rapp can "relate" to not being boxed in by genres? Uhh....who are you again seems like pop to me, maybe I'm missing some lore

Okay, it's a little dynamic to have Maneskin take a handheld camcorder to show the audience sh-...nevermind it's too shaky, ohp- obligatory Taylor shot for PR as I type this, production knew what they were doing sitting her so close

Any Lipster would've done a better job ! I'm stalking the Linkdin credits after this

Ice Spice got a Dunkin commercial and collab with Ben Affleck?!? - and still no obligatory JLo and depressed Ben in the audience shot. Are they even there?

Okay so the flop stage is officially called "The extended play stage, presented by: Doritos" which has a different ring to it

Okay TXT, finally some dancing (Besides Shakira)...at least from seeing the guy at the intro

The way nobody in the audience screamed when Unholy was mentioned in the lineup

The way Luann probably could've snagged a slot on the flop stage this year for Cabaret promo

FOB was kinda boring too?! They did have fire in the back at least....but still

That's valid, maybe I'm too young, I'm also confused why didn't they bring Lil Kim for this though....maybe because they wanted Nicki? E: Also clarifying that this seems very safe

"Hi everyone, look at my ass!" okay Bebe here is that attention you've ordered, moving on

Flop city, it's a kiss ass for hip hop gen-x artists & Shakira so production won't allow any fighting this year smh , they got a flop Doritos stage for these newcomers they are trying to push. The most "controversial" thing is the lack of talent (And inviting Doja and Nicki if Twitter brained, but they make money) Edit: And making everybody and their mother lipsync doesn't help