Lady Gaga made a brief appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday to accept the award for Artist of the Year before heading to Madison Square Garden to perform.
Lady Gaga gave her applause to some special people during her acceptance speech for Artist of the Year at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
Gaga was briefly present at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, hosted by LL Cool J. At the start of the awards show, following Doja Cat and Kenny G’s performance of “Jealous Type,” fellow musician Lenny Kravitz presented Gaga with the first trophy of the night.
“Getting ready for this show, I thought how much it would mean to me to win this award tonight, and I cannot begin to tell you what this means to me,” Gaga said as she read a prepared speech onstage at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. “I thought about what it means to be rewarded for being an artist, being rewarded for something that is already so rewarding.”
“Being an artist is an attempt to connect the souls of people all over the world,” the “Abracadabra” singer continued. “Being an artist is a discipline, a craft meant for reaching into someone’s heart where it grows its roots, and reminding them to dream.
