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If she wants to make her case for being ready for primetime, this is as good an opportunity as she'll get -- and certainly, all of Pop Twitter will be rooting her on. Speaking of rock's return: Foo Fighters, a band who released their debut album in -- likely well before a healthy percentage of VMAs viewers were even born -- will be receiving the MTV global icon award, likely with an accompanying medley performance.

They're also nominated for four VMAs: best group, best rock, best choreography and best cinematography, the latter three for "Shame Shame. Few, if any, performers at the VMAs this year will be riding the momentum that The Kid LAROI is -- every couple of months this decade, he seems to reach a new strata of popularity, capped this summer by the four-week stay atop the Billboard Hot with his Justin Bieber collab "Stay.

The Kid is also nominated for best new artist, push performance of the year for "Without You" and song of summer for "Stay". Remember the last country artist to perform at the VMAs? Us neither: Country has long been given the snub on MTV's biggest night, with a "best country" category never materializing and even the biggest crossover artists of the channel's era Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, The Chicks rarely making an impact. Taylor Swift in -- already well into her pop crossover phase, and not exactly best remembered for her performance that night -- may be the closest thing this century.

All of this is to say: It'll be a new look for both Kacey Musgraves and the VMAs when she takes the stage to play "Star-Crossed" this Sunday, as well as the first big appearance for the Texas singer-songwriter since releasing her album of the same name this Friday.

Easily the year's biggest breakout hitmaker, Olivia Rodrigo could be taking the first real victory lap of her career at the VMAs, with six nominations on the evening, including artist of the year, best new artist, and song of the year for "Drivers License".

Also, while she won't be making her award show debut on the VMAs -- she already appeared on the Brits in the May, delivering a stately "Drivers License" -- she could still use a truly exciting, unforgettable award show performance to really put the exclamation mark on her epic first year as a pop star. Again, the internet's eyes will certainly be on her. Hard to imagine a performer more custom-made for the VMAs in than Lil Nas X, a dynamic, provocative pop star with an ever-growing commitment to imaginative and fully fleshed-out red carpet looks, music videos, and award show performances.

He's nominated for six awards on the evening, including video of the year for "Montero Call Me By Your Name " and song of summer for Jack Harlow collab "Industry Baby" , and he'll be giving "Baby" its first public performance alongside Harlow at the show. Simply put, Doja Cat has a chance to dominate the Video Music Awards like no other artist ever has before. Not only is she one of the evening's most nominated artists -- six total, including artist of the year, video of the year and best collaboration the last two with SZA for "Kiss Me More" -- but she's also performing a pair of fan favorites from her blockbuster LP Planet Her.

MTV's hand wasn't particularly heavy in throwing out this cavalcade of former channel stars. Outside of the show's opening and Doja's early hint, little attention was drawn to the retro-ness of the guest list, and -- aside from a Foo Fighters video collage paired with the band's global icon performance -- no video montages replayed clips from the glory years of the channel or its marquee show. At times, the nostalgic slant felt almost too inconspicuous: rapper Busta Rhymes delivered a six-song medley performance spanning his year recording career with no accompanying award, and no real context or explanation given for why he was being granted such an extended look.

The thinking on MTV's part seemed to be that they believed they could get away with giving its younger viewers a healthier dose of history than usual, long as there was no lecturing as part of the lesson. Meanwhile, as stacked as the evening was with veterans, the real headline-grabbers were still the relative newcomers.

Olivia Rodrigo made her VMAs debut with a blistering "Good 4 U," earning the loudest audience singalong of the evening. Lil Nas X was as brash as fans could've hoped for, taking his all-male choreography back to the showers for his first "Industry Baby" award show performance, and shouting out the "gay agenda" when accepting his video of the year win, for "Montero Call Me By Your Name.

And Doja Cat, host and performer on the night, was weird and wonderful throughout, the closest we've gotten to true left-field pop star energy at the VMAs since Lady Gaga dominated the awards at the turn of the '10s.

The whole thing made for a fun, if occasionally jarring contrast between the kids and the oldsters in attendance -- and if that's all the show was, it could've made for a brisk and enjoyable though not particularly revelatory two-hour viewing experience. At three hours, though, the show was padded with less-exciting or gratifying performances from quasi-veterans -- no one needs to still play up the novelty of back-to-back performances from real-life partners Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes in , thanks -- and repeat detours to short Extended Play Stage performances by SAINt JHN and Latto, who seemed more perplexed each time as to what purpose they were supposed to be serving.

The glut of performers also resulted in some getting short shrift; MTV cut so quickly between the opening trio of performances that nobody bothered to intro or even identify Olivia Rodrigo, an odd handling of the first VMAs performance by the year's biggest breakout star.

And far more overwhelming a presence than any MTV nostalgia was the avalanche of corporate tie-ins. It has been nicknamed moonman or moonperson. The VMAs are hosted by US cable network and media company MTV , which is known for its music, pop culture, and reality programming aimed at a young audience. Learn about another venerated music awards show by reading about the Grammys. Feedback See Today's Synonym. Word of the Day. Meanings Meanings. Monopoly money.