MTV VMAs 2025 Recap: Mariah Carey's Vocals, Doja Cat’s New Music, KATSEYE Slays "Gnarly" & More | All Access | Billboard News - video Dailymotion

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The MTV VMAs 2025 was full of fire performances and big wins, from Mariah Carey taking home the Vanguard Award to KATSEYE bringing “Gnarly” to the stage, to Alex Warren sharing how he prepared for his performance to Tate McRae’s steamy performance, we’re taking you through everything you missed from the night!

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00:00Oh my gosh, I can't believe this.

00:03Um...

00:04Everything's falling.

00:06I feel like I watched the Vreena's performance when preparing.

00:09Let's go, MTV!

00:11I've got something really special up my sleeve.

00:14I think there's so many different fans that are gonna be watching for so many different reasons.

00:18I just want all of those fans to get to see their favorites.

00:22What in the Sam Hill were you waiting for?

00:26The MTV VMAs just took over New York.

00:29And from rehearsals, to the carpet, to Sunday night's big show, performances and winners,

00:35we got All You Missed and Billboard All Access.

00:47Doja Cat shook the crowd with new music.

00:49Tate McCrae, for sure.

00:51As Tate McCrae wowed with her usual mesmerizing choreo.

00:56The show's producer talked about the juggernaut of putting on this show.

01:04It's really a crazy week leading up to the VMAs,

01:07because kind of anything can go wrong from people missing their planes,

01:11now getting the COVID, technical problems, and it's hundreds of people involved.

01:18So it gets messy and long and hairy.

01:21But it's mostly fun, because anything can happen in a live show.

01:24Miley Cyrus' big teddy bear couldn't open up, so she couldn't come out of the teddy bear.

01:31We couldn't fit Bruno's whole band on the stage or get Justin's pyro.

01:36So anything can happen.

01:37The most grueling is pretty much the Vanguard Award,

01:40because they're the longest and we use the entirety of the stage.

01:43No stress, no fights, I'm leaving it all behind.

01:51Mariah Care received the Vanguard Award and delighted the crowd with nothing but hits.

01:56Ariana Grande presented the icon.

01:59Thank you so much MTV for giving me the Vanguard Award.

02:04I can't believe I'm getting my first VMA tonight.

02:10She also won for her music video, Type Dangerous.

02:13This is my favorite song, it's either Obsessed or My All.

02:17Cat's Eye themselves took the pre-show with Gnarly and Gabriella.

02:27And took home an award.

02:29Thank you so much, this is all very new to us.

02:33This is our first time ever doing this, so this is amazing.

02:38I like hosting because I like seeing the smiles on the artist's face.

02:41I like the energy in the room.

02:43I like to be close to music.

02:45I'm a big fan of music in general and a fan of like seeing people win and be in the vibe and the energy.

02:53I just really enjoy it.

02:55He's a consummate professional.

02:57I've known him since he started out and did that wonderful Unplugged,

03:01which was the first hip-hop Unplugged we ever did, but he's pretty great.

03:05That's right, this is the birthplace of MTV, the place where so many music legends got their start.

03:10I guess just like the nerves, like managing the nerves because I'm like actually kind of shitting myself.

03:15So hopefully I'll be able to, if I can do the VMAs, I can do the tours, you know what I mean?

03:21So that's like my way of preparing.

03:24I cannot believe how potent Lola Young's voice is. It is insane.

03:30Lola is crazy.

03:33It was my first time doing anything choreographed with like dancers.

03:44So it's honestly been so fun and you know, I think I found my calling.

03:49I think I'm going to quit music and become a dancer.

03:51And we talked to our song of the summer champ, Alex Warren.

04:03I was shocked. It kind of was nonchalantly kind of happened to where I just got tagged in an Instagram photo.

04:08And I was like, is this a typo?

04:11So yeah, definitely. I was just randomly one day, I just looked up my phone and I was like, that's freaking crazy.

04:16Preference performance has been fun, honestly. We've been on tour so much that we didn't really get any rehearsal time.

04:21So it's just been sound checks, which has been really, really nice.

04:24And now I'm here and we've been running it a few times now.

04:27And I don't know, it's a blast. It's really fun to see like how like everything comes together.

04:32I guess I'm so used to just playing with a guitar and like a drummer.

04:35So to be able to have a full band and everything kind of be a huge team is really, really cool.

04:41Alex Warren, he's going to crush his crazy live.

04:52He took home Best New Artist and we got one of the hottest group of VMA performers before they hit the stage.

04:58So, you know, the tour was amazing. Back to the radio was pretty, one of my best experiences lately in music.

05:06It was a really successful tour.

05:08But, you know, we always like to bring colors and concepts.

05:13And of course, in this case with, you know, with Jake Kiles and Lenny Tavares, you know, we're bringing some cool visual effects, of course.

05:20And then when DJ Snake, you know, we're doing like another story, kind of the story we told on the video of Noventa.

05:27So, it's pretty fun. It was really cool.

05:29For us, he invited us. We were super, we were like happy. We were like, let's go. First time in the VMA.

05:35You know, we've done a lot of awards, but not the VMA. So, we're glad to be here and honored.

05:40Sabrina Carpenter was also one of the night's most talked about performances as she supported trans rights.

06:00Conan Gray delivered vodka cranberry.

06:03Rose and Bruno Mars won for Apatet.

06:13First of all, thank you so much, Bruno. I can't believe this. I'm going to call you after, so I'll say everything.

06:20Thank you so much for believing in me.

06:22Artist of the Year went to Lady Gaga.

06:24Getting ready for the show, I thought how much it would mean to me to win this award tonight.

06:31And I cannot begin to tell you what this means to me.

06:37Lady Gaga's performing, right? I'm excited to see.

06:39I actually saw her perform at Coachella and it was insane.

06:44Like, it was like actually like a theater production.

06:46So, I'm excited to see what she does tonight.

06:48I grew up listening to her. She's a legend, so.

06:52She performed her brand new track.

06:54And Video of the Year went to Ariana Grande.

07:03Art has been a safe space for me since I was a kid.

07:06I'm so grateful that I get to do this with my life and to have such fiercely loving and supportive fans.

07:11I mean, the VMAs, first and foremost, it's a visual medium.

07:14So, it's about the visual breakthroughs, the impact that artists have made visually, that musicians have made visually.

07:21And now, I mean, we live in a time now where people really listen with their eyes in a lot of ways.

07:26So, it could never be more relevant and more important than it is right now in the world when you think about the entire world.

07:34Plus, it's absolutely multi-generational, which I think is important too.

07:39So, it's not like we're pledging allegiance to the old way of doing things.

07:44You know what I'm saying?

07:45There's like artists from every generation, from the absolute youngest to the most iconic.

07:50And I think that that also is a cool thing about the VMAs, that kind of melting pot of all these different artists,

07:57all these different genres, all kind of contributing in different ways to the world of music.

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