

Taylor Swift attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on the Prudential Middle on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures
Taylor Swift introduced the warmth — and gave off Fame vibes — whereas hitting the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, September 12.
The 33-year-old singer selected a horny, black costume by Versace with stud detailing up the bodice paying homage to a snake form. She topped off the look with gold and diamond necklaces and an Anita Ko stacked diamond ear cuff. The nod to Fame has some followers considering Swift plans to announce Fame (Taylor’s Model) as her subsequent launch album.
Going into the VMAs, Swift leads the pack with 11 nominations, together with Artist of the Yr, Present of the Summer season, Tune of Summer season for “Karma” that includes Ice Spice and Album of the Yr for Midnights. Her 2022 hit “Anti-Hero” is up for Video of the Yr, Tune of the Yr, Finest Pop, Finest Course, Finest Cinematography, Finest Visible Results and Finest Enhancing.

Taylor Swift attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on the Prudential Middle on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures
The awards present comes amid a busy summer season for the singer, who wrapped up the primary U.S. leg of her extremely well-liked Eras Tour in August. She is at present on a break from the worldwide run, with exhibits resuming in Argentina in November. Swift additionally has the debut of her Eras Tour live performance movie developing in October and the discharge of 1989 (Taylor’s Model) later that month.
Swift introduced in August {that a} film of the tour could be heading to theaters this fall. “The Eras Tour has been probably the most significant, electrical expertise of my life up to now and I’m overjoyed to let you know that it’ll be coming to the massive display screen quickly,” she wrote through Instagram. “Beginning Oct thirteenth you’ll be capable of expertise the live performance movie in theaters in North America! Tickets are on sale now. Eras apparel, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing inspired 1, 2, 3 LGB!!!! (iykyk).”
AMC Theatres later revealed that Swift broke the file for the very best single-day advance ticket gross sales, raking in $26 million.
Whereas Swift has been having fun with unprecedented skilled success as of late, she has additionally made headlines for a rumored rift with fellow VMAs nominee Olivia Rodrigo, who raised eyebrows when she addressed whether or not her music “Vampire” was written about Swift. “I used to be very shocked when individuals thought that,” Rodrigo, who is ready to carry out on the awards ceremony, advised The Guardian earlier this month. “I imply, I by no means need to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve by no means carried out that earlier than in my profession and doubtless received’t. I believe it’s higher to not pigeonhole a music to being about this one factor.”
Swift, in the meantime, has a memorable historical past with the VMAs on account of Kanye West’s interruption of her acceptance speech on the 2009 awards present. She made gentle of the drama in August after the gang at a Mexico Metropolis live performance started loudly cheering for her. “Folks chanting your title, it’s actually the one option to be interrupted,” she joked. “And I might know.”