Taylor Swift reigns supreme at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards | Biden News

Taylor Swift reigned supreme at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), winning four top gongs in a night filled with electrifying performances.

Across his six nominations, the US megastar won Best Home Video and Best Longform Video for his 10-minute version of All To Well (Taylor’s Version), as well as Best Artist and Best Pop at the ceremony held at the PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Sunday.

Harry Styles, Nicki Minaj, Muse and Gorillaz were among the global stars who won top prizes from 20 gender-neutral categories.

Singer-songwriter Swift made sure she thanked her fans – known as Swifties – for each award, at one point saying: “You’re the reason everything happened to me.”

His first award for Best Longform Video was presented by John Lennon’s son and singer Julian.

Collecting the award, he said, “I’ve been writing and directing my own music videos for a long time but this is my first short film and I feel like I’ve learned so much about myself that filmmaking can be a natural extension. Telling my story is like writing a song.”

Swift thanked actors Dylan O’Brien and Sadie Sink who starred in the music video, which later picked up Best Video, seeing off competition from Harry Styles’ As It Was, Blackpink’s Pink Venom, Doja Cat’s Woman, Kendrick Lamar’s The Heart Part. 5 and Nicki Minaj’s Super Freaky Girl.

As he accepted his second award for the video, the singer reflected on how the project and this moment “almost never happened.”

He said: “The older version of this song came out 10 years ago and was never a single. There wasn’t even supposed to be a music video, yet a short film.

“I can only explain that the fans wanted it to happen. I will never stop thanking you for that.”

It also picked up the prestigious Video of the Year gong at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this year.

Swift has been dominating charts around the world in recent weeks following the release of her new album Midnights.

Reflecting on how the album was received during the awards ceremony, she added: “I’m very surprised, you don’t know how important it is for me to do this as a career, so I want to say, personally, from my side to you, (me) support. Thank you for doing so.

“There is not a single moment that I take for granted. Thank you very much.”

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha kicked off the EMAs in ecstatic style with a performance of their hit I’m Good (Blue), which won Best Collaboration.

The two were lifted from the bottom of the stage in a box as the crowd went wild around them.

British band Muse won the Best Rock award after delivering an electrifying performance of their new track Will Of The People at the start of the show.

A video was projected from Düsseldorf’s Tonhalle music concert hall of Gorillaz performing their track Cracker Island, recorded the night before the band won Best Alternative.

Stormzy also performed an emotional rendition of his ballad Fire Babe during the show, creating an intimate moment with guest vocalist Debbie through dynamic lighting as she performed the track for the first time on TV.

This year’s ceremony was hosted by celebrity power couple singer-songwriter Rita Ora and Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi, and marks the sixth time the awards show has been held in Germany.

The pair were spotted working together for the first time after keeping their partnership mostly out of the spotlight as they first sparked relationship rumors after appearing alongside each other on the red carpet last year.

A raft of famous faces are also presented, including Baywatch star David Hasselhoff and Eurovision runner-up Sam Ryder.

The MTV EMAs 2022 will be available to watch again on Paramount+ UK from 14 November.