On Monday, the pop star, 29,kicked off the nightwith the first-ever performance of her songs “You Need to Calm Down” and “Lover” from her new albumLover, which was released days before on Aug. 23.
The stage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, transformed into the music video set of “You Need to Calm Down” with Todrick Hall andRuPaul’s Drag Racestars (also in the “You Need to Calm Down” video) joining the stage. Also during the performance,So You Think You Can Dancealum Alex Wong wore pointe shoes after the backlash regardingGood Morning Americaco-host Lara Spencer’scommentonPrince Georgedoing ballet.
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Her friendsCamila CabelloandGigi Hadidwere spotted in the crowd proudly singing along to Swift’s songs.
Swift wore a custom-made Versace metallic bustier and shorts and Louboutin booties for “You Need to Calm Down” and added a bedazzled purple blazer for her “Lover” performance.
The night marked Swift’s VMAs return since 2015 when she performed her song “Bad Blood” — which took home the coveted video of the year trophy that year.
This year, Swift is tied withAriana Grandefor the mostnominationsthis year with 12 total, including video of the year, song of the year and best pop.
“I’m so excited because the video for ‘You Need to Calm Down,’ the video for ‘ME!,’ I wrote the treatment for those videos, so it’s really exciting to be nominated,” she toldGood Morning America‘s Robin Roberts on Thursday. “The fans have been so wonderful and like, it’s just … working with my friends, working with people that I love so much in the ‘Calm Down’ video especially, it was just like … seeing that get nominated was really a proud moment for me.”
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Other music videos already released from theLoveralbum include “ME!” (costarring Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie) and “Lover.”
source: people.com
