'This year’s edition of the cable network’s annual bash was all about old people and young people trying to find some common ground,' writes Times' pop music critic mikaelwood.
Justin Bieber showed up to accept the artist of the year prize Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards wearing baggy jeans and a three-sizes-too-large sport coat that made him look like Tom Hanks’ character after heWhich made a weird kind of sense — even if Bieber’s win didn’t — given that this year’s edition of the cable network’s annual bash was all about old people and young people trying to find some common ground.
But not here to sing a song! Almost as soon as she’d arrived, Madonna took her leave from the VMAs stage so that Bieber and the 18-year-old the Kid Laroi could do a peppy rendition of their streaming smash “Stay.
For the most part, though, Sunday’s three-hour show put the focus where it should have been — a smart move since MTV no longer creates new stars but can only seek the heat sparked on TikTok and Instagram.Drivers License
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