VMA 2015 Recap. Reading and Vocabulary

Posted on Aug 31 2015 - 11:00am by PopESL

ICYMI, the 2015 VMAs went down last night. Did you watch?

A few highlights include Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj setting aside any bad blood and past feuds. Kanye West announcing his run for presidency in 2020 and of course Miley Cyrus in very little clothing. Sounds about normal for the moon man awards.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy, “Uma Thurman”

Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”

Best Male Video: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”

Best Hip-Hop Video: Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”

Best Female Video: Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”

Best Video With a Social Message: Big Sean featuring Kanye West & John Legend, “One Man Can Change the World”

Song of the Summer: 5 Seconds of Summer, “She’s Kinda Hot”

Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”

Best Direction: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright” (Colin Tilley & the Little Homies)

Best Choreography: OK Go, “I Won’t Let You Down” (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)

Best Cinematography: Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me” (Larkin Sieple)

Best Art Direction: Snoop Dogg, “So Many Pros” (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)

Best Editing: Beyoncé, “7/11” (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)

Best Visual Effects: Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (Brewer, Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)

Artist to Watch: Fetty Wap

Video of the Year: Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood

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