MTV Music Awards 2013

Last night, the MTV Music Awards were held and here is my recap.   Enjoy!

WINNERS:

BEST POP VIDEO

Selena Gomez "Come and Get It".  (Let's not talk about how SHE BEAT FUN., JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND BRUNO MARS.)

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Ray Dalton, ”Can’t Hold Us”. 

BEST DIRECTION

Justin Timberlake "Suit and Tie"

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble".  (Ok, fine. I'll give this one to her.)

BEST COLLABORATION

Pink, feat. Nate Ruess, “Just Give Me A Reason”.

BEST ROCK VIDEO

30 Seconds to Mars, “Up in the Air”.

BEST ART DIRECTION

Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu, “Q.U.E.E.N”.

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Bruno Mars, “Treasure” (He choreographed it, by the way.) 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us”.

BEST EDITING

Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”.

BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert, “Same Love”. (Yay! But, yeah, we all saw it coming.) 

BEST SONG OF THE SUMMER

One Direction, "Best Song Ever" (did anyone else think Liam was wearing a kilt from the back?)

ARTIST TO WATCH

Austin Mahone "What About Love" (Justin Bieber II).  (Also...why is he talking like he's hood. He's really, really not.)

BEST MALE VIDEO

BRUNO MARS! "Locked Out of Heaven" (Yes, I actually cheered when he won.)

BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT!!! Oh, and the winner: Justin Timberlake "Mirrors".

PERFORMERS:

Lady Gaga: "Applause"- First thoughts: wow, she can actually sing.  But then she got the crazy eyes on and then it all went to hell.  Five costume changes, each as psychotic as the last. The performance was a little bit like watching an episode of Adventure Time.  Or maybe a piece of really weird, psychedelic modern art that came to life. I kind of love her at the same that she scares me.

Miley Cyrus, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, Robin Thicke: "We Can't Stop", "Blurred Lines", "Give It 2 U" - Lady Gaga all of the sudden seems tame. Dancing with giant teddy bears wearing thongs, and very near nudity is all I have to say about this.  Miley Cyrus has lost her mind. GOD, I HATE ROBIN THICKE SO. MUCH. In fact, blog post coming soon.  To quote Will Smith and his family...

Kanye West: "Blood on the Leaves" - I just don't have time for this.

Justin Timberlake:  "All of His Hits Smashed Together" – A hint of showtunes, Michael Jackson style stuff, weird choreography, very poor vocals the three seconds he was actually singing, but all glorified with the oh-so-very J.T. dancing.  But then N'Sync performed...I don't have anything to say to that.  I think they showed Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez 400 times and each time they were dancing and screaming and basically fangirling their faces off.  

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: "Same Love" - Awesome contrast to everything else that is performed. I absolutely love that this is accepted and played on the radio.  I do have to say that I feel like this song is much more spoken word with background music than rap, but I love Macklemore and the messages he spreads.  

Drake: "Hold On, We're Going Home", "Started From the Bottom" - A bullet to the head, please.  Cheesy, stupid, bad singing, bad rapping (for the two seconds it wasn't backing track).  And that oh-so-earnest face that I wanted so badly to SLAP.  I lost quite a few brain cells as this went on.

Bruno Mars "Gorilla" - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.  So ridiculously good and very Prince-esque. Plus, his whole band was playing with him and it was beautiful.  He did seemed a little bit stiff, though he got less so throughout the performance, but he posted recently on his Facebook that he was sick. As for this song being his next single...um, with those lyrics, I don't really see much radio play.

Katy Perry "Roar" - If a song from Annie was played during a boxing match in hell, this would be the result.