The 2013 MTV VMAs were last night, which I only caught parts of because I had a class and yadda yadda yadda … no one cares about that, they care about who took home a moonman! (Is MTV’s audience even old enough to remember the original moonman?) So here’s the list of winners, via Spin …
Video of the Year
Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”Best Male Video
Bruno Mars, “Locked out of Heaven”Best Female Video
Taylor Swift, “I Knew You Were Trouble”Best Pop Video
Selena Gomez, “Come and Get It”Artist to Watch, Presented by Taco Bell
Austin Mahone, “What About Love”Best Collaboration
Pink feat. Nate Ruess, “Just Give Me a Reason”Best Video With a Social Message
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Same Love”Best Rock Video
30 Seconds to Mars, “Up in the Air”Best Hip-Hop Video
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us”Best Art Direction
Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu, “Q.U.E.E.N”Best Choreography
Bruno Mars, “Treasure”Best Cinematography
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us”Best Direction
Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z, “Suit & Tie”Best Editing
Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”Best Visual Effects
Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”Best Song of the Summer
One Direction, “Best Song Ever”Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Justin Timberlake
To be honest, I can’t really argue a lot of these wins. For the most part, they were mostly dead on. Janelle Monáe even got an award! The only thing I’d say is that, although the One Direction fans will crucify me for this, there’s no way they had the song of the summer, and I have absolutely no idea who Austin Mahone is, nor do I have any intention of watching him now or in the near future. Sorry ’bout it.