The MTV Video Music Awards were held last night in Inglewood, California, and while we’d love to tell you all about the highlights, lowlights, and controversies of the evening, MTV doesn’t like people to do too much of that fancy word-writin’, so we’ll run the list of evening’s winners, and do it as quickly as possible:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ed Sheeran (yes, really)
BEST NEW ARTIST Khalid
BEST COLLABORATION Zayn & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
BEST POP VIDEO Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane – “Down”
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST DANCE VIDEO Zedd and Alessia Cara – “Stay”
BEST ROCK VIDEO Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST DIRECTION Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST ART DIRECTION Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Kanye West – “Fade”
BEST EDITING Young Thug – “Wyclef Jean”
SONG OF THE SUMMER Lil Uzi Vert — “XO Tour Llif3”
BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson – “Black SpiderMan” The Hamilton Mixtape – “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” Big Sean – “Light” Alessia Cara – “Scars To Your Beautiful” Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley – “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL” John Legend – “Surefire”
And don’t worry, MTV, we’ll keep trying to figure out how to pivot this post to video.