{"id":265588,"date":"2026-09-28T12:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/taylor-swift-takes-home-first-of-its-kinds-awards-at-vmas\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:13:56","slug":"taylor-swift-takes-home-first-of-its-kinds-awards-at-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/taylor-swift-takes-home-first-of-its-kinds-awards-at-vmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Takes Home First-of-its-Kinds Awards at VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Though Taylor Swift sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/taylor-swift-skips-emmys-to-attend-chiefs-game-with-tom-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">skips awards shows<\/a>, we\u2019re glad that she was present for this one.<\/p>\n<p>The VMAs were Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p>Even if a lot of Swift\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/taylor-swifts-travis-kelce-ode-cleveland-divides-fans-cringe-or-catchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent music has divided fans<\/a>, she brought home multiple awards.<\/p>\n<p>One is a brand-new award that honors her creative vision not only as a singer and songwriter, but as a director.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift at the 2026 VMAs taking home an award.\" class=\"wp-image-563800 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-2048x1413.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-960x662.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-1080x745.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-1200x828.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0928_taylorswift_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift accepts the Video of the Year Award for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Fate of Ophelia\u00e2\u20ac\u009d onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-once-again-congratulations-taylor-swift\">Once again, congratulations Taylor Swift!<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, September 27, Taylor Swift took home an inaugural award at the VMAs.<\/p>\n<p>She received MTV\u2019s first-ever Artist Director Honors.<\/p>\n<p>This award refers to artists, like the singer-songwriter herself, who also direct their own music videos.<\/p>\n<p>Of the \u201croughly\u201d 60 music videos that she\u2019s put out, Swift told the crowd, she wrote and directed 18 of them.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the stage (after friend Dakota Johnson introduced her), Taylor spoke about why directing many \u2014 but not all \u2014 of her music videos meant so much to her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"nUQ3fg3DA50\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nUQ3fg3DA50\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift Receives the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors | 2026 VMAs\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nUQ3fg3DA50\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift Receives the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors | 2026 VMAs\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Taylor Swift Receives the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors | 2026 VMAs\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI got to tell you, though, the main reason why I love writing and directing music videos so much is because you, the fans, make it so much fun,\u201d Swift gushed to the adoring crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou make it so rewarding!\u201d she reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause,\u201d Swift explained, \u201cyou actually care about what we\u2019re making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many hardcore Swifties joke that she uses clues and puzzles akin to a fictional serial killer to hint at her next project or announcement. They\u2019re not entirely wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s music videos are similarly full of little hints, little symbols and clues, that help lay out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/taylor-swift-opalite-blasts-exes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who and what the song is about<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdmVHc2R30b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-knows-that-she-did-not-do-her-music-videos-alone\">She knows that she did not do her music videos alone<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI want to say thank you to everyone who ever worked on a music video that I got to be a part of,\u201d Taylor Swift expressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned something from every single person who worked alongside me on these projects,\u201d she shared. <\/p>\n<p>These people have ranged from actors to celebrity cameos to Oscar-winning cinematographers like Emmanuel Lubezki, who worked with her on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/is-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-heres-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cPatient Zero\u201d<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMainly, I want to say thank you to the fans,\u201d Swift emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d she teased, \u201crather than say anything else \u2026 I would love to, if it\u2019s okay with you, show you my latest music video.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"BpR280fXISA\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BpR280fXISA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift - Patient Zero (Official Lyric Video)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BpR280fXISA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift - Patient Zero (Official Lyric Video)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Taylor Swift - Patient Zero (Official Lyric Video)\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>By the way, Swift also won Video of the Year for \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not her strongest song but the music video is impressive and genuinely stunning.<\/p>\n<p>(Is Troye Sivan\u2019s \u201cParty\u201d better? Yes. Maybe it came out after the VMAs eligibility window.)<\/p>\n<p>Swift has 14 Grammy awards, but it\u2019s significant that she\u2019s the first to take home the Artist Director Honors.<\/p>\n<p>Not every singer can do that \u2014 and that\u2019s okay. But it\u2019s really cool that Swift can pull off so many parts of her vision, and that she has the resources to bring her vision to life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/taylor-swift-first-ever-director-award-vmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Though Taylor Swift sometimes skips awards shows, we\u2019re glad that she was present for this one. 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