2025 MTV VMA Nominations

[hamartia 1,313]

Seeing these names is making me feel 100 years old lmao 

[SlaeUrAnus 15,969]

How TF has Abracadabra not been nominated for VOTY?

I’m thrilled she has 12 noms, but come on.

[elijahfan 26,275]

1 hour ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

DWAS over Abracadabra for Video of the year is a CHOICE…

But 12 noms is CRAZY omg… I’m gagged

Is Gaga finally getting the vanguard or?

In no way am I a DWAS super fan, but I have to say the video was a moment. Don't forget it's also about the combined star power of Gaga and Bruno, so I can understand why they'd choose it over Abracadabra, if they couldn't nominate both.

[River 116,999]

Abra will be nominated next year.

VMA is one year behind since they canceled one year 

[Lucas 27,054]

Abracadabra being nominated in all categories except those that actually matter 

[elijahfan 26,275]

1 minute ago, SlaeUrAnus said:

How TF has Abracadabra not been nominated for VOTY?

I’m thrilled she has 12 noms, but come on.

As much as Abracadabra is huge in the fandom and club scene, I think being in our bubble is giving us a bit of a biased opinion about how huge it actually is on a mainstream level. It peaked at n°13, DWAS hit n°1 and has kept strong for months. As much as y'all might hate to admit it, if there's one smash hit that came out of MAYHEM, it's DWAS, so I'm not surprised by their choice of nominations. I mean, let's be real for a minute here.

[Gagaism 11,811]

2 minutes ago, elijahfan said:

As much as Abracadabra is huge in the fandom and club scene, I think being in our bubble is giving us a bit of a biased opinion about how huge it actually is on a mainstream level. It peaked at n°13, DWAS hit n°1 and has kept strong for months. As much as y'all might hate to admit it, if there's one smash hit that came out of MAYHEM, it's DWAS, so I'm not surprised by their choice of nominations. I mean, let's be real for a minute here.

I think it just feels weird not seeing it there cause it was one of the most well done videos released this year, quality wise, but I agree with what you said.

[RenegAde 19,195]

No vidoe of the year for abracadabra makes the entire award show seem like a joke to me ngl. Not like im ungrateful but it makes no sense

[27monster27 13,144]

12 nominations. 

I wish Abracadabra could've gotten a nod for a major category, but alas this is still good.

[RenegAde 19,195]

5 minutes ago, elijahfan said:

As much as Abracadabra is huge in the fandom and club scene, I think being in our bubble is giving us a bit of a biased opinion about how huge it actually is on a mainstream level. It peaked at n°13, DWAS hit n°1 and has kept strong for months. As much as y'all might hate to admit it, if there's one smash hit that came out of MAYHEM, it's DWAS, so I'm not surprised by their choice of nominations. I mean, let's be real for a minute here.

I dont know the criteria for vma norma but based on this then arianas brighter days ahead shouldn't be there either. Abracadabra is not as big as DWAS or some other songs on there but its one of the biggest hits released this year especially one that has a solid video.

[summerboi 10]

Considering how the VMA's are some of the more orchestrated awards, I'm trying to figure out how the strategy considering she has a show in NYC that evening. (I think a reschedule would be in extremely poor taste, especially since Gaga is established enough that her team and MTV ought to have communicated their dates.)

I think the biggest contender to beat for the big titles is Kendrick Lamar, especially since they're running DWAS for those. It's possible that they put the technically weaker video in so she intentionally won't sweep, but will still get the glory for her phenominal nomination record. On the other hand, DWAS has the benefit from its collaboration with Bruno, so he can accept any wins. I think they'll get at least one for DWAS, probably collab, but Kendrick will probably lead the wins.

Do the technical awards even air on the broadcast, or do they typically have the choreographer/director/etc accept over the artist? I think it's likely she'll pick up a few there, since it won't require her being there, either way.

The prospect of Vanguard is interesting. It's certainly her year, and a really ideal time... but the conflicting show! I wonder what's the feasibility of broadcasting a segment live (or live-ish) from her show?

[elijahfan 26,275]

7 minutes ago, Gagaism said:

I think it just feels weird not seeing it there cause it was one of the most well done videos released this year, quality wise, but I agree with what you said.

We all know the VMAs and other ceremonies have very little to do with what was actually the best in the past year... I wouldn't fret too much about it. She got 12 noms, it's amazing.

[Blackout19 11,954]

13 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Abracadabra being nominated in all categories except those that actually matter 

if free woman would have been a single, this would not have happened 

[River 116,999]

9 minutes ago, RenegAde said:

No vidoe of the year for abracadabra makes the entire award show seem like a joke to me ngl. Not like im ungrateful but it makes no sense

it's like when you nominated a movie for everything but movie of the year lol

it's literally nominated in every production category 

[elijahfan 26,275]

2 minutes ago, summerboi said:

Considering how the VMA's are some of the more orchestrated awards, I'm trying to figure out how the strategy considering she has a show in NYC that evening. (I think a reschedule would be in extremely poor taste, especially since Gaga is established enough that her team and MTV ought to have communicated their dates.)

She could pull an AMA / The Cure moment. The opening of this tour deserves to be broadcast on TV. And she could accept an award on her own stage or something, both events are literally happening in the same city.