StrawberryBlond 14,881 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 These nominations are horrendous. I know hip hop's big but it's dominating basically everything except the genre specific awards! I'm actually shocked at some snubs. The cut-off period must have just been last month is Apes**t was eligible. That being the case, where are noms for Cardi's Be Careful and I Like It? They came out in May and did well. Not even in best hip hop? I mean, I Like It was a #1 hit! Looks like they were scrambling to give Justin Timberlake some form of nomination too because the ones he did get were bizarre. Best art direction for Say Something? It's just a camera panning back on two people walking in a big building! Filthy for best choreo? It's a robot dancing, not a human! And the blandness of the choices for best Latin video are second to none. It's a sad day when Chantaje is the only truly decent one out of the bunch (and that came out in late 2016! How on earth is this eligible for summer 2018?!). And how much did J Lo pay for any acknowledgement of the floppy Dinero? But that's nothing compared to the vomit-enducing praise heaped on Apes**t. That has to be one of the most pretentious music videos I've ever seen and Bey and Jay barely move in it. So how on earth did it get a best choreography nom? Plus, it only just got released. Usually, a video takes longer than that to sink in for an awards committee to care about it. And even though I don't like it, what's with the massive snub of Look What You Made Me Do? Love it or hate it, it was a huge #1, it's nearing 1 billion YouTube views in just 10 months, it's the fastest YouTube video to ever reach 100 million views and it has over 7.5 million likes. It's unheard of that MTV would have ever snubbed such a hit in the past. This is some grade A BS. Something must have happened behind the scenes with the Taylor/MTV relationship because that is some serious shade. And, controversial as it is to say...looking at a lot of these nominations, I feel like I'm looking at the list of BET nominees, especially in Video of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Push Act. The "diversity" quotas put on shows like this now are so transparent and are hardly indicative of the actual population demographics of America. I miss the days when making good music was all anyone cared about when nominating. And this isn't an anti-black thing. I'd say the exact same thing if Video of the Year featured 6 white artists, some of which weren't even any good. Stop voting for political reasons, basically. I want to see actual diversity of nominees, not 75% black and 2 token whites half the time. I think the idea of diversity has changed so much to now mean "largely dominated by one race that isn't white." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatfoxyfeeling 13,017 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 LWYMMD deserved a nom for VOTY. This is America should win, that video went viral. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seringai 248 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Drake wins Vanguard apparently..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMonster08 4,528 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Ha! 4 of my VOTY predictions were correct! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas P 18,479 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I’m just disgusted, I’m a Beyoncé stan bigger than anyone but why the hell Is flopshit nominated. Ariana deserves it, and I’m rooting for her cause 2018 should truly be her year. Camilla earned hers too, cause Havana was great. Im actually appalled at the treatment of Taylor. I’m grossed out. I’m a simple guy to please, if you like Melodrama, we chill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 30,741 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The video was so cringe and dragged too long. 90% of all these are awful, awful songs that are getting all these nominations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster7 5,697 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Wait is vmas still a thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockFan87 129 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Although Paramore had the best video of 2017 with Hard Times, Thank God they didn't get a nomination. Don't want them to be a part of that irrelevant mess. They're too damn good for that bullshit. I hope Gaga is not a part of that either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabirartfling 9,063 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I am actually kinda shook that the last VMA I can recall is the one where Miley hosted. That's it don't remember anything after that! Wtf! Give your love to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlash 14,539 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Rainbow1 said: Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line – “Meant to Be” But there's no Gaga to vote for . So no votes from me Ew, David! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJudasGaga4 67,907 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I voted for Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons and Ariana Grande NTLTC for the picks and guessed the rest except not picking any Migos, Ed Sheeran and Drake nominations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwings 12,885 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 In the early 2000s, there was a huge lull in pop music. Everything was boring and basic with boring and basic fashion and boring and basic music videos. Then Gaga debuted, and everyone stepped their game up. The exact same thing is happening now. We need Gaga to save pop music again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notget 502 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 In a perfect world this would be winning everything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 117,350 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 omg so Havana is a 2018 song?! it feels like the song was released in 2016.. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys622 974 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 wow the vmas so important ot: lwymmd deserves better and the Carters flopped why are they getting so many noms?? I guess the apes**t vid is good but boom boom cherry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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