Taylor Swift reigned supreme at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), winning four of the top gongs on a night filled with electric performances. Across her six nominations, the megastar took home Best Video and Best Longform Video Award for her 10-minute version of All Too Well (Taylor’s Version), as well as Best Artist and Best Pop at the ceremony held at the PSD Bank Dome in Dusseldorf, Germany on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.
Harry Styles, Nicki Minaj, Muse and Gorillaz were among the global stars who also picked up top awards from the 20 gender-neutral categories. Taylor Swift ensured she thanked her fans – known as Swifties – for every award, saying at one stage: “You’re the reason that anything has ever happened to me.
Taylor Swift On Top At 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards
Her first prize for Best Longform video was presented by John Lennon’s son and singer Julian. Collecting the award she said, “I have been writing and directing my music video for a long time but this was the first short film I have made and I felt like I learned so much about myself of how making film can be a natural extension of my storytelling just like songwriting.”
Swift also thanked actors Dylan O’Brien and Sadie Sink who starred in the music video, which also later picked up Best Video, seeing off competition from Harry Styles’ As It Was, Blackpink’s Pink Venom, Doja Cat’s Woman, Kendrick Lamar’s The Heart Part 5 and Nicki Minaj’s Super Freaky Girl.
As she accepted the second award for the video, the singer reflected on how the project and this moment “almost never happened.”
She said: “The older version of this song came out like 10 years ago and it was never a single. It was never supposed to even have a music video, nonetheless a short film. I can only explain this by saying that the fans willed this to happen. I will never stop thanking you for this.”
Taylor Swift has been dominating the charts across the world in recent weeks following the release of her new album Midnights. Reflecting on how the album has been received during the award ceremony, she added: “I am so blown away, you have no idea how much it means to me to even get to do this as a career, so I just want to say, personally, from me to you, thank you for supporting (me). There is not a single moment I take this for granted. Thank you so so much.”
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