Taylor Swift owned the night when she made a not-so-surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday.
When Taylor Swift made a not-so-surprise appearance on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night at Prudential Center, one thing was clear: She would own the night.
And after already setting the record for the most Video of the Year wins with her third Moon Person in the top category last year, T-Swizzle leveled up again to pick up the ultimate prize for a fourth time.
But with no Beyoncé, no Harry Styles and no Miley Cyrus, Swift — who is on break from her epic Eras Tour before it hits South America in November — knew exactly whose party this was when she showed up as the top nominee with eight nods.
And you have to give her credit for bringing all the energy to a show that needed it, whether she was sipping and shimmying in the audience, fan-girling over *NSYNC when she won Best Pop Video, or BFF-ing up with “Karma” collaborator Ice Spice after that whole mess with Swift’s ex Matt Healy mocking the young rapper.
If Swift shows up to an awards show — as she has done more consistently than any of her superstar contemporaries — she’s going to be all of us as if we somehow snagged seats alongside all of our pop idols.
The “Shake It Off” singer could barely contain her giddy glee when she received her first Moon Person of the night — Best Pop Video for her No. 1 smash “Anti-Hero” — from a reunited *NSYNC. Yes, including Justin Timberlake.WORST: The *NSYNC reunion
It had been 10 years since the boy band had shared the stage together at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, when Timberlake was the Video Vanguard recipient — and, well they all seemed much, much younger.
