Taylor Swift Shows her Pop Side at VMA Awards

(Newswire.net — August 26, 2014) Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA — The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night saw Taylor Swift performing her latest single “Shake It Off,” to a mixed reaction. The single from her “first straight-up” pop album 1989, as she refers to it, saw Swift on stage wearing a dazzling silver tasseled crop top and high-waisted shorts.

 

Surrounded by attractive male dancers in suits and bow-ties, Swift put on a lively performance singing and dancing. She also showed her cheeky side when she went to seemingly leap off the 1989 sign and onto the stage. But just before leaping, she stopped and quipped, “I’m not jumping off there. People getting bit by snakes, it’s ridiculous.” Referring to the infamous snake-bite drama from Nicki Minaj’s VMA rehearsal only a few days earlier, the crowd responded with laughter.

Despite her performance being enjoyed by most, there were a few in the crowd that seemed less than entertained. Camera shots of Miley Cyrus sitting unmoved with a blank look on her face left one thinking that Cyrus must be thinking Swift’s performance didn’t light up to her previous infamous twerking shows.

And comedienne, Chelsea Handler, made a dig after Swift’s “Shake It Off” performance, “They asked me if I wanted to perform at the VMAs and I said there are going to be a lot of big fat asses at that awards show.” She went on to say, “So I will present, but you have to put me up after someone who’s white. So thank you, Taylor Swift, for being SO white!”

Despite some digs, Taylor Swift seemed to be having a great time in the crowd, sitting with her good friend, Lourde, singing and dancing along to all the live performances.

The night’s big winners included Ed Sheeran who picked up Best Male Video for Sing and Beyonce who took home the Michael Jackson Vanguard, the event’s coveted accolade, along with a number of other awards. Miley Cyrus won Video of the Year with Wrecking Ball and Katy Perry won Best Female Video for Dark Horse. Best Pop Video went to Ariana Grande for Problem, while Fifth Harmony took home the award for Artist to Watch.

Apart from Taylor Swift, other performers on the night included songs from Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, who kicked off the star-studded event. Other live performances came from Rita Ora, Azeala, Maroon 5, Usher and Sam Smith.

Despite all the fun and excitement, tributes were paid to recently deceased actor, Robin Williams, as well as for Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year old who was fatally shot by police on August 9.