Taylor Swift's self-directed 10-minute video for her song All Too Well has been named Video of the Year at the MTV VMAs for 2022.
In her acceptance speech, Swift took the opportunity to announce the release date of her long-awaited new album in October, dropping an "I'll tell you more at midnight" before leaving the stage.
"I'm so honoured to have been recognised alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category," she said.
"I'm so heartened by the fact that for the first time in VMA history, four of the directors nominated in the Video of the Year category are women."
Some of music's biggest names gathered at the MTV Video Music Awards in New Jersey to celebrate the best music and film clips of the past year.
Eminem and Snoop Dogg, Jack Harlow, Lizzo, Måneskin and Red Hot Chili Peppers were among the performers, and the black carpet delivered the show-stopping shock value the VMAs are known for (remember Lady Gaga's meat dress?).
Speaking of shock value, the voice and face of Johnny Depp showed up in an astronaut suit between acts — his appearance at the event had been rumoured, but his cameo was short.
"I just want you guys to know I'm available for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, any old thing you need," he said via a digital screen on a "Moonperson" floating above the stage.
"You know what, I needed the work."
Depp has spent much of this year in the headlines over a defamation suit he filed against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
The VMAs ditched gendered categories in 2017 in favour of more inclusive awards, following the same decision from MTV's Movie and TV Awards earlier that year.
Lizzo was the only woman nominated for Artist of the Year, but the award went to Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny who accepted the Moonperson in the middle of his own show at Yankee Stadium.
The winners in most categories are chosen by public votes, which were cast online in the weeks leading up to the awards.
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Here's the full list of winners and nominees from the 2022 MTV VMAs:
Video of the Year
- As It Was — Harry Styles
- brutal — Olivia Rodrigo
- INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow
- Shivers — Ed Sheeran
- Way 2 Sexy — Drake ft Future and Young Thug
- Woman — Doja Cat
- WINNER: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) — Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran
- Harry Styles
- Jack Harlow
- Lil Nas X
- Lizzo
- WINNER: Bad Bunny
Song of the Year
- About Damn Time — Lizzo
- Cold Heart (PNAU Remix ) — Elton John and Dua Lipa
- Easy On Me — Adele
- STAY — The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
- Woman — Doja Cat
- WINNER: Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
Group of the Year
- BLACKPINK
- City Girls
- Foo Fighters
- Imagine Dragons
- Måneskin
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Silk Sonic
- WINNER: BTS
Best New Artist
- Baby Keem
- GAYLE
- Latto
- Måneskin
- SEVENTEEN
- WINNER: Dove Cameron
Album of the Year
- 30 — Adele
- Certified Lover Boy — Drake
- Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
- Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny
- WINNER: Harry's House — Harry Styles
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PUSH Performance of the Year
- abcdefu — GAYLE
- Baby Boo — Muni Long
- Better Days — Mae Muller
- Chaise Longue — Wet Leg
- i hope ur miserable until ur dead — Nessa Barrett
- One Night — Griff
- Persuasive — Doechii
- R U That — Shenseea
- Sexy Villain — Remi Wolf
- Tamagotchi — Omar Apollo
- WINNER: Rock With You — SEVENTEEN
Song of Summer
- About Damn Time — Lizzo
- Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
- Big Energy (Remix) — Latto x Mariah Carey ft DJ Khaled
- BIZCOCHITO — ROSALIA
- BREAK MY SOUL — Beyonce
- Grand — Kane Brown
- I Like You (A Happier Song) — Post Malone and Doja Cat
- Late Night Talking — Harry Styles
- Left And Right — Charlie Puth ft Jung Kook of BTS
- Me Porto Bonito — Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone
- Numb — Marshmello x Khalid
- Sunroof — Nicky Youre and dazy
- Super Freaky Girl — Nicki Minaj
- Vegas — Doja Cat
- WAIT FOR U — Future ft Drake and Tems
- WINNER: First Class — Jack Harlow
Video For Good
- Fils de joe — Stromae
- The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
- This Hell — Rina Sawayama
- P*SSY — Latto
- WINNER: About Damn Time — Lizzo
Best Longform Video
- driving home 2 u — Olivia Rodrigo
- Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles — Billie Eilish
- Madame X — Madonna
- star-crossed — Kacey Musgraves
- Studio 666 — Foo Fighters
- WINNER: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) — Taylor Swift
Best Collaboration
- Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) — Elton John and Dua Lipa
- LA FAMA — ROSALIA ft The Weeknd
- One Right Now — Post Malone and The Weeknd
- STAY — The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
- Sweetest Pie — Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa
- Way 2 Sexy — Drake ft Future and Young Thug
- WINNER: INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow
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Best Metaverse Performance
- BTS (Minecraft/YouTube)
- Charli XCX (Roblox)
- Justin Bieber — An Interactive Virtual Experience (Wave)
- Rift Tour ft Ariana Grande (Fortnite)
- Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience (Roblox)
- WINNER: BLACKPINK The Virtual (PUBG Mobile)
Best Alternative
- emo girl — Machine Gun Kelly ft WILLOW
- Enemy — Imagine Dragons x JID
- G R O W — WILLOW and Avril Lavigne ft Travis Barker
- Love It When You Hate Me — Avril Lavigne ft blackbear
- Saturday — twenty one pilots
- Viva Las Vengeance — Panic! At The Disco
- WINNER: I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE — Måneskin
Best Hip-Hop
- Big Energy — Latto
- Diet Coke — Pusha T
- From The D 2 The LBC — Eminem and Snoop Dogg
- N95 — Kendrick Lamar
- WAIT FOR U — Future ft Drake and Tems
- WINNER: Do We Have A Problem? — Nicki Minaj ft Lil Baby
Best K-Pop
- HOT — SEVENTEEN
- LOCO — ITZY
- MANIAC — Stray Kids
- The Feels — TWICE
- Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment) — BTS
- WINNER: LALISA — LISA
Best Latin
- In Da Getto — J Balvin and Skrillex
- MAMIII — Becky G and KAROL G
- Pepas — Farruko
- REMIX — Daddy Yankee
- Titi Me Pregunto — Bad Bunny
- WINNER: Envolver — Anitta
Best Pop
- About Damn Time — Lizzo
- Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
- Shivers — Ed Sheeran
- traitor — Olivia Rodrigo
- Woman — Doja Cat
- WINNER: As It Was — Harry Styles
Best R&B
- City of Gods (Part II) — Alicia Keys
- For Anyone — H.E.R.
- Have Mercy — Chloe
- No Love (Extended Version) — Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B
- Wild Side — Normani ft Cardi B
- WINNER: Out Of Time — The Weeknd
Best Rock
- Love Dies Young — Foo Fighters
- Planet Zero — Shinedown
- So Called Life — Three Days Grace
- Taking Me Back — Jack White
- WON'T STAND DOWN — Muse
- WINNER: Black Summer — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Cinematography*
- All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) — Taylor Swift (cinematography by Rina Yang)
- Bam Bam — Camila Cabello ft Ed Sheeran (cinematography by David Bolen)
- family ties — Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (cinematography by Bruce Cole)
- N95 — Kendrick Lamar (cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra)
- Wild Side — Normani ft Cardi B (cinematography by Nikida Kuzmenko)
- WINNER: As It Was — Harry Styles (cinematography by Nikita Kuzmenko)
Best Direction*
- As It Was — Harry Styles (directed by Tanu Muino)
- family ties — Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (directed by Dave Free)
- Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish (directed by Billie Eilish)
- INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (directed by Christian Breslauer)
- Shivers — Ed Sheeran (directed by Dave Meyers)
- WINNER: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) — Taylor Swift (directed by Taylor Swift)
Best Art Direction*
- Get Into It (Yuh) — Doja Cat (art direction by Matt Sokoler)
- Oh My God — Adele (art direction by NuCalifornia)
- simple times — Kacey Musgraves (art direction by KK Barrett and Alan Petherick)
- Sweetest Pie — Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa (art direction by Tyler Evans)
- Way 2 Sexy — Drake ft Future and Young Thug (art direction by Keith Raywood)
- WINNER: INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (art direction by Alex Delgado)
Best Visual Effects*
- Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish (visual effects by Ingenuity Studios)
- My Universe — Coldplay x BTS (visual effects by AMGI, BUF, Ingenuity, Rodeo FX and Territory Studios)
- STAY — The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber (visual effects by Digital Axis)
- Sweetest Pie — Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa (visual effects by Mario Dubec from UPP)
- The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar (visual effects by DEEP VOODOO)
- WINNER: INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (visual effects by Cameo FX)
Best Choreography*
- As It Was — Harry Styles (choreography by Yoann Bourgeois)
- INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (choreography by Sean Bankhead)
- Permission To Dance — BTS (choreography by BIGHIT MUSIC Performance Directing Team)
- Tears In The Club — FKA twigs ft The Weeknd (choreography by Sean Bankhead and Zoi Tatopoulos)
- Wild Side — Normani ft Cardi B (choreography by Sean Bankhead)
- WINNER: Woman — Doja Cat (choreography by 'Fullout Cortland' Cortland Brown)
Best Editing*
- All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) — Taylor Swift (editing by Ted Guard)
- brutal — Olivia Rodrigo (editing by Alyssa Oh from Rock Paper Scissors)
- family ties — Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (editing by Neal Farmer)
- Get Into It (Yuh) — Doja Cat (editing by Mike Diva)
- Take My Breath — The Weeknd (editing by Nick Rodeau)
- WINNER: SAOKO — ROSALIA (editing by Valentin Petit and Jon Echeveste)
Vanguard Award
The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award is presented to artists for their outstanding contributions and profound impact on music video and pop culture.
- WINNER: Nicki Minaj
Global Icon Award
The Global Icon Award celebrates an artist or band whose impact and influence maintains a unique level of global success in music and beyond, leaving an indelible mark on the music landscape.
- WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Winners of the professional categories are not chosen by public votes.
