2023 MTV VMAs_ MUST-SEE Red Carpet Moments _ E! News
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00:00 How you feeling tonight?
00:01 - I'm feeling good, she ready.
00:02 I feel she ready.
00:03 Successful, if you will, successful.
00:05 - Let me ask you this, let's have a little fun.
00:07 If you had to trade positions
00:09 with any of these musicians here tonight for one day,
00:12 whose shoes would you love to walk in for a day?
00:14 Just to see what life's like from their perspective.
00:16 - Whosever shoes are comfortable.
00:18 Whosever shoes don't hurt my bunions.
00:23 So it's gonna be a bigfoot person.
00:25 - You're bringing bunions back and I love it.
00:26 - No, no, no, I ain't bringing bunions back.
00:28 They never left me.
00:30 I'm working on getting rid of the bunions.
00:33 - Who are you looking forward to seeing tonight, mama?
00:34 - Me.
00:35 - Always.
00:36 - I'm looking forward to seeing me.
00:37 Every day I see me, I'm like, okay, you did it.
00:39 You survived another day.
00:41 I'm proud of you.
00:42 Another one.
00:43 - Okay, can I promote you for a second?
00:44 - Yes, please.
00:45 - If you all have not done the audio book, okay,
00:48 you need to do it.
00:49 That is the best audio book I've ever listened to.
00:51 - Thank you, thank you.
00:52 I got nominated for a Grammy for that audio book.
00:54 Yes, I did, yes, I did.
00:56 And I'm working on getting nominated for another one.
00:58 She Ready Music is hitting the streets.
01:01 - You don't have kids.
01:02 I'm a mom.
01:03 But let me just say,
01:04 whatever happened with Drew Barrymore,
01:07 I was like, she a mama.
01:09 She a mama.
01:09 Just, oh my God.
01:11 - I just, I don't like when people (beep) with my friends.
01:14 I don't like when people (beep) with my friends.
01:16 That's not happening in my circles.
01:20 - Finish this line for me.
01:22 So far, the VMAs are?
01:24 - Um,
01:25 humid.
01:28 Farther humid.
01:30 - I love you.
01:33 I love you so much.
01:33 And what do you want everyone to know about your music?
01:35 - Oh, that I try to write as authentically as possible.
01:40 But if it fits you, that's amazing, welcome.
01:43 And if it doesn't fit you, totally support that.
01:46 But you're probably straight, so.
01:52 - Is there a song or an artist where you were first like,
01:54 oh my gosh, I wanna do that one day.
01:57 Like, make you fall in love with music?
01:58 - Well, Beyonce and Destiny's Child
02:00 was like my everything growing up.
02:02 And then as I got a little bit older
02:04 and moved into middle and high school,
02:06 it was all Frank Ocean.
02:07 Yeah.
02:08 - Such good tape.
02:09 - Thank you.
02:10 I'm in good company.
02:11 I'm spoiled, so.
02:12 - Did you see Beyonce's tour?
02:14 Did you see, or Taylor Swift?
02:15 - Both.
02:16 I saw Aries.
02:17 Both times I was supposed to go to see Renaissance
02:19 in two different countries.
02:21 I had just terrible, terrible, anxious days
02:24 and I was way overworked.
02:25 And I have to see my mom in like the right head space.
02:29 - You get over here.
02:31 Okay, so we met over Zoom for Bel Air,
02:34 fell in love, and then got to watch you just blow up.
02:38 How you doing?
02:39 - I am so excited.
02:40 I just wrapped my first tour
02:41 and I'm really excited to get in the studio
02:43 and work on my debut album.
02:45 - You're here at the VMAs now.
02:46 This is wild.
02:47 - I know, I know.
02:48 I can't wait to see Diddy.
02:48 I actually have a song on his upcoming project.
02:50 So I cannot wait to see him kill it.
02:52 - Here's the thing about the VMAs, right?
02:53 Like the energy, it's fire.
02:55 We know that.
02:55 But I'm always wondering, like,
02:56 who do you want to collab with
02:58 who you're going to see tonight?
02:59 Like if you could be in the bathroom with anybody
03:01 and then just make a moment happen, who would it be?
03:03 - I heard the queen is going to be here.
03:05 Miss Nikki, the queen of rap.
03:07 So I'm trying to see what that's talking about.
03:10 Yeah.
03:11 - How has the last year been like for you?
03:13 It's wild.
03:14 - The year has been kind of unexplainable and very surreal.
03:17 I mean, my debut single "ICU" went number one
03:21 on the Billboard charts.
03:23 My album, I've just been city to city
03:25 and seeing the love that it's gotten.
03:27 And I just can't believe I just wrapped a tour.
03:28 So it's really surreal.
03:30 - Any like rituals for when you were touring?
03:32 Like one thing you did before you went on stage every time?
03:34 - Everything.
03:35 Every time I always watch a Beyonce video or three
03:38 just to remind myself what I'm here to do.
03:41 It's kind of like my Gatorade.
03:42 - It's exciting to be here for our song "Stuck"
03:44 and our video "Stuck."
03:46 - We have a new song that came out today
03:48 called "World on Fire."
03:49 And we have an album coming out in three days.
03:51 - 15th?
03:52 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:53 - Oh, we know this one.
03:54 - This is kind of the release party.
03:56 We're pretending it's our own little release party.
03:59 - Was there an artist or a song
04:01 that first made you fall in love with music?
04:04 - Oh yeah, my mother, you know,
04:05 the first song I ever bought was
04:08 Joan Jett "I Love Rock and Roll."
04:11 And I'll tell you what the other one was.
04:13 It was Joan Jett "I Love Rock and Roll."
04:15 And Journey "Don't Stop Believin'."
04:17 - Stop it.
04:18 - Yeah.
04:19 - That's the most badass answer you could have given.
04:21 I love that.
04:22 - And my whole life has been
04:23 kind of in between those two things.
04:24 But yeah, I mean, my mom's,
04:27 my mom exposed us to a lot of music.
04:29 She's a big music fan.
04:30 She has a beautiful voice, actually.
04:32 So we listened to a lot of folk music,
04:34 a lot of classic rock when we were young.
04:36 - Remember like the first VMA moment
04:38 that just stuck with you,
04:39 where you were like, "Wait, I wanna do that."
04:41 - Oh yeah, well, I remember when I was a kid,
04:44 we would, you'd had to call your cable.
04:47 That's where we want,
04:48 I want my MTV came from.
04:51 So it was like a brand new thing.
04:53 And people were like, "What is this thing?"
04:55 And we all wanted it.
04:56 So it was kind of a viral grassroots campaign.
04:59 And then I also remember MTV would never play our videos
05:02 in the beginning.
05:03 So it took us a few years to kind of prove ourselves.
05:07 And now we've grown to have a very good relationship.
05:10 But it started off like, you know,
05:12 in a place where we didn't think we'd ever be a part of MTV.
05:16 And then we became, you know,
05:17 they became like essential partners
05:19 and really good friends, to be honest.
05:20 - If you had to swap roles with another musician,
05:23 just for a day,
05:24 whose life would you be interested in experiencing
05:27 for a day? You had to.
05:28 - Oh, well, David Bowie would have been amazing.
05:31 I mean, Prince would have been incredible too.
05:34 - Okay, what about living?
05:35 - Oh, living.
05:37 Oh God, I don't know.
05:39 Maybe Jay-Z would be fun.
05:42 - Why?
05:43 - Just 'cause he seems like he's having a good life.
05:45 He's probably got really smart people around him
05:48 and good friends and family.
05:50 That's probably nice.
05:51 - Beyonce?
05:53 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:53 I mean, I cannot respect everything that she does
05:57 and he does.
05:59 Yeah, it's great.
05:59 - You could meet with her for the day.
06:00 That would be awesome.
06:01 You made history last year with your win, didn't you?
06:03 - Yeah, I was the first Brazilian to win an Emmy,
06:06 to be performing and nominated and winning.
06:08 It was crazy.
06:09 The first time of Brazilian funk on awards like that.
06:14 And for me, it was amazing because I could bring my culture,
06:17 my country, they were so happy.
06:19 And tonight, let's see what happens.
06:20 Nominated again, I don't know.
06:22 - Can I just say, I am standing so close to you.
06:25 You are flawless.
06:26 - Thank you.
06:27 - Flawless.
06:28 Are you for real?
06:29 - Thank you.
06:30 Thank you.
06:31 - Guilty pleasure questions.
06:32 Is there anything that you always do
06:33 before you go out on that stage?
06:36 - Right before, I do a little breathing exercise.
06:40 And that's it.
06:42 Nothing too much, though.
06:44 I'm very easy.
06:45 I try to relax.
06:46 Last year, I was not so relaxed.
06:48 But this year, I'm so relaxed.
06:50 - I feel it.
06:51 I can feel it.
06:52 - 'Cause I think last year was my first time,
06:53 so I was more nervous.
06:55 - The vibe of the VMAs is so different, too.
06:57 - Yeah, I mean, I'm really happy.
06:59 And I think my fans are going crazy.
07:01 TXT fans are going crazy.
07:03 It's gonna be great.
07:04 - This is the year for women in music.
07:06 Let me just ask you, right now, in this moment,
07:08 what is it like to be a woman in music?
07:10 - I mean, it's still hard as (beep)
07:11 but it's good.
07:12 It's very good.
07:13 I love it.
07:14 I love that we are getting more room,
07:15 more space to perform, to show our art,
07:19 and we are more united.
07:21 - Who here tonight would you love to collab with
07:23 in the future?
07:24 - I think, well, Cardi and Megan Thee Stallion,
07:29 they are doing this song that I loved.
07:32 And it has a little bit of Brazilian funk beat reminders.
07:36 So I would love to be together with them
07:38 'cause they are always bomb.
07:40 - And I gotta let you go.
07:41 Just let me know, how did you put this outfit together?
07:44 - Very tight.
07:45 I'm not breathing, but who needs to breathe?
07:47 Who needs to breathe?
07:48 I don't need to breathe.
07:49 I mean, this is Schiaparelli.
07:51 I think whenever we were trying all the outfits
07:54 and I put this on, I was like,
07:56 damn, girl, you look good as (beep)
08:00 Loved it!
08:01 So I came in hot.
08:03 - Who takes longer to get ready?
08:04 Your dad or you all?
08:06 - Our dad.
08:07 - Yeah, our dad takes so long to get ready.
08:09 - We take like two hours.
08:11 He takes like three and a half, maybe pushing four.
08:13 But it's worth it.
08:14 He does it because it's worth it.
08:16 - I gotta tell you something.
08:17 At the Met Gala, Diddy put on a show going up the steps,
08:21 but then he left and gave New York City
08:24 an entirely different show after.
08:26 I love it.
08:26 I live for it.
08:27 How proud are you of him?
08:29 - Oh my gosh.
08:29 I don't think you guys understand.
08:30 We are so, so proud.
08:33 I can't even believe it's like, it's here.
08:36 - Yeah, we're so proud of like everything he's accomplished
08:38 over all these years and like for him to be honored
08:41 as an icon this year is like really amazing.
08:44 - And it's even big because it's global.
08:46 It's the global icon.
08:47 So it's like, he's the icon of the universe, the world.
08:52 Everybody didn't knew that, but you know, it's confirmed.
08:55 - Let me ask you this, 'cause I have two little girls
08:56 and it's different, right?
08:57 Like not necessarily a persona, but how people know you
09:00 and then how your children know you
09:02 are two kind of totally different things.
09:04 What kind of dad is Diddy, is Sean Connors?
09:07 - He's a very fun one.
09:09 - Yeah, definitely.
09:10 - He does a lot of adventures with us.
09:12 - He's structured as well.
09:14 Like we have structure, you know.
09:16 We're not, we don't get to do whatever we want.
09:18 We don't get whatever we want.
09:19 We're very like, you know.
09:21 - He also has like a fun side.
09:23 - We have fun with him, but then we have like the dad side.
09:25 He has the dad side, the serious side,
09:27 and then like the fun, chill, let's play,
09:29 let's go do this side.
09:30 So it's a good mix.
09:31 He's like 50/50 in a good way.
09:33 - Now, did you all help him with the Diddy dance
09:36 or was that like an original thing?
09:38 - It was kind of him.
09:41 We kind of like told him to put more like swag in it,
09:45 but it was him.
09:46 - Yeah, it was mainly him.
09:47 - He like taught it to us.
09:48 - Yeah, he's been dancing since.
09:50 - Obviously before we were born.
09:52 - Way before we were born.
09:53 - One thing you would say to your dad about tonight,
09:56 the Global Icon Award recipient.
10:00 - Congratulations, we're so proud of you.
10:03 Like of everything you've accomplished.
10:05 We love you so much.
10:06 You're our biggest inspiration.
10:08 - Yes, and we're so proud of you as your daughters.
10:11 Our judgment is hard sometimes,
10:14 but we're very, very, very proud
10:16 and we can't wait to see you perform tonight.
10:18 Stay tuned, everyone.
10:20 Yes, you deserve the world.
10:21 We're so happy, we're so proud,
10:23 and we're excited to see what you have
10:26 in your pocket for tonight.
10:27 - VMAs are different than every other award show, aren't they?
10:29 - I absolutely agree.
10:30 It's got like this crazy, wild, rockstar energy
10:32 that like the other ones don't have.
10:34 - I feel like right now to be a woman in music,
10:35 it's a different vibe, it's a different time.
10:38 How would you describe it?
10:39 - Yeah, I mean, I feel like it's kind of like a golden age
10:42 for women in music.
10:43 I've seen so much more support for women
10:45 and mutual support between women,
10:48 more than I have like in the last 10 years
10:50 that I've been in the game.
10:51 So it's like really, really exciting to see.
10:53 It's exciting to see everyone get their flowers
10:54 and it's fun to be a part of it.
10:55 - Anybody that you'd like to collab with?
10:57 - Oh gosh, of course.
10:58 SZA, Rosalia, Nicki Minaj.
11:03 Yeah, I'm putting those out there.
11:06 - Ashanti.
11:06 - Ashanti.
11:07 - Ashanti, there we go.
11:08 - Are we gonna talk about the bag?
11:09 Can you show everybody the bag?
11:10 - Stop, stop.
11:11 I mean, I just thought it was cute, not a huge deal,
11:15 but this was the picture we took 20 years ago
11:18 at the VMAs in '03.
11:19 So I said, "Ah, this might be cute."
11:21 (laughing)
11:23 - And then here he is opening the show.
11:24 - Mm-hmm.
11:25 - You guys are back together?
11:26 Are we talking?
11:27 (laughing)
11:28 Are we talking?
11:29 I mean, you're wearing them on your bag.
11:30 I'm like, "Wait a second."
11:31 - Is that?
11:32 I mean, yeah.
11:34 (laughing)
11:35 - Wait, you just made all of my dreams come true.
11:37 Ashanti and Nell, you're back together.
11:39 The world is right.
11:40 I love it, I love it.
11:41 Okay, what's going on with music, with everything?
11:43 - Super excited.
11:44 I have new music coming.
11:45 I just shot a video in Bermuda.
11:47 Came out amazing.
11:49 I did a record with HCL Jacob that's coming out
11:51 called "We Made Up," so I'm very excited about that.
11:54 - Nice to have, first of all,
11:55 women in music being celebrated so much this year,
11:58 but also the 50th anniversary of hip hop,
12:00 all of this that you've been such a part of.
12:02 What is that like?
12:03 - It just feels amazing, you know,
12:05 coming out of COVID and being here today
12:07 in such a great space in music and with women.
12:10 You know, it's a blessing, so I'm just happy to be here.
12:13 - Please tell me you guys are gonna work
12:14 on more music together.
12:15 You and Mr. Bag, you and Nell.
12:17 (laughing)
12:18 - We'll see.
12:19 (laughing)
12:20 - I think about your music, I feel like,
12:22 it makes me happy, right?
12:23 Like, anytime when I play in Ashanti Jam,
12:25 like, I'm always smiling.
12:28 - That means a lot, I appreciate that, thank you.
12:30 - Who's that artist for you?
12:32 - Oh my gosh, it's so many.
12:33 You know what, I'm kinda really into Afrobeats right now.
12:36 That's like my vibe, it just puts me in a happy space,
12:39 so any Afrobeats artist.
12:41 - Do you hear those fans?
12:43 - Hey!
12:44 - Who are you excited for?
12:45 (cheering)
12:47 Okay, you already made history
12:50 with just being here tonight.
12:51 How are we feeling?
12:53 - Wow, I'm in cloud nine, it's so massive, I'm so happy.
12:58 - We're a little calm, but we're jumping up and down.
13:02 - Yeah, you're in cloud nine, right?
13:03 - Yeah, I'm on cloud 10.
13:04 (laughing)
13:06 - Is there anyone you are looking forward to seeing tonight?
13:09 - Oh, of course, Anita, we're doing a performance
13:13 together tonight, but she's also doing her solo performance
13:16 too, so we're looking forward to it.
13:18 There's so many artists, amazing artists.
13:20 I want to see them in the weight of stages,
13:23 it'll be so awesome.
13:24 - If you could collaborate with any artist here tonight,
13:29 who do you want to work on a record with?
13:31 - So many, oh my god, so many amazing artists.
13:33 - It's hard to choose just one, but I love hip hop,
13:36 so I'll choose Lil Wayne.
13:37 - Yes, Lil Wayne!
13:39 - Doja Cat, Doja Cat, I love her.
13:41 - I will collaborate Anita one more time.
13:44 (laughing)
13:44 Me too!
13:45 (laughing)
13:46 - Me, D-Rex, though.
13:47 - Oh!
13:48 - Tell everyone who you are.
13:50 - Okay, we are Tomorrow X Together, and my part,
13:54 - Taehyun, Yeonju, and Kai.
13:58 - Beomgyu, and Soobin.
14:00 - She's got someone brushing her hair
14:02 as she comes down the carpet, how you,
14:03 hey, what's up, I like how you do that, hey!
14:07 That's new art, hey!
14:08 (laughing)
14:11 I was gonna ask you what's the vibe tonight,
14:12 but I'm all fair, I can't walk in heels,
14:14 I'm all fair, I need these.
14:16 - Who can, who can, wait, wait,
14:18 I love that you're getting groomed during this,
14:20 that's fantastic, that's great.
14:21 How you feeling, mama?
14:23 - I'm feeling blessed, hallelujah,
14:24 but I'm ready to win these awards,
14:27 I'm ready to see my cousin, he don't perform,
14:28 I'm ready to see all the performances, really.
14:31 - I feel like this is like a dream,
14:32 where you could maybe concoct some sort of a collaboration
14:35 with all these artists, if there were a few
14:37 who you could make something happen with after the show,
14:39 who would it be, like, who do you wanna work with?
14:41 - The artists that's here tonight?
14:42 Megan, I wanna collab with Megan,
14:46 I love her, like, she like, she one of my favorite rappers.
14:49 So like, Megan, of course me and my cousin again,
14:54 Ice-Face,
14:57 Nicki, all the female rappers, you know,
15:01 I like the females, all the female rappers,
15:03 we kill your (beep)
15:04 - Yeah, and I feel like this is like, this is your year,
15:06 you know what I mean, this is their year,
15:07 this is your year, all of it.
15:09 - Shawty wheels, my year.
15:11 - As someone who grew up on your music
15:12 and grew up on hip hop, for hip hop to be celebrated
15:15 this way, I mean, what's it like for you?
15:17 - It's amazing, it's a dream come true,
15:19 I come from the Bronx where it originated,
15:22 to see it get celebrated so much,
15:24 and the pioneers deserve their roses.
15:27 - Say that again, the who?
15:28 - The pioneers deserve their flowers.
15:31 - That's right, that's right, let me ask you this,
15:32 I just wanna have fun, if you had to, okay,
15:35 swap lives for another artist here tonight,
15:38 just for a day, okay, whose shoes would you like
15:40 to walk into for a day?
15:42 - I would, oh, that's a real tough question,
15:46 I think I'd be Diddy.
15:48 - Why?
15:48 - Because he got that hot girl right next to me,
15:51 right there, that's Diddy's girl.
15:53 (laughing)
15:55 - It's a big night for women in music,
15:57 it's a big night for your man as well.
15:59 - Yes, the Global Icon Award.
16:03 - Right now, to be a woman in music, what is that like?
16:05 - I mean, it's amazing, 'cause I feel like women
16:07 are wearing the music right now,
16:08 so it's just fun to be a part of that right now.
16:11 - Tell everybody about your new music.
16:13 - It's coming out, our album is coming out next month,
16:15 be on the lookout.
16:17 - Please tell me that you're definitely going on tour
16:19 with the Fugees, right?
16:20 - Yeah, definitely, the Fugee tour is definitely official,
16:23 so everybody make sure that y'all get y'all tickets.
16:26 Remember, the tour was supposed to happen last time
16:29 that we had the COVID situation, right?
16:31 So we are ready, everything's almost sold out
16:35 as it should be, we look forward to seeing y'all,
16:37 all the Fugee fans.
16:39 - I'm not gonna ask you to pick a favorite,
16:40 but is there a song that gets you most hyped
16:43 when you go to perform?
16:45 - Ready or not, for sure.
16:46 You can't hide, you already know.
16:48 So tonight is insanely amazing,
16:51 presenting Shakira with the Vanguard Award,
16:53 and again, I think that when we talk about globalization,
16:58 this is important to understand how music unifies,
17:03 and I don't think there's nobody better than Shaki
17:06 to get the Vanguard Award.
17:07 (upbeat music)
17:10 (upbeat music)