Taylor Swift Praises Travis Kelce’s ‘Fun and Magic’ on ‘Fortnight’ Set as She Wins Video of the Year at 2024 MTV VMAs

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift accepts the win for video of the year at the VMAs.Photo:Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty

Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty

The votes are in —Taylor Swifthad the video of the year!

While accepting the award at UBS Arena, Swift thanked many people who worked on the music video — plus her boyfriend,Travis Kelce.

“Directing this video and putting it together and writing it was the most wonderful experience, and that is because of all the people that I got to make it with — and that includes Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles who were amazing cameos, that includes my amazing cinematographer [and] Rodrigo Prieto, who goes out of his way to work with female directors,” she began. “He’s a genius and I can’t believe I got to work with him as well as Ethan Tobman, my amazing production designer, who I worked with on the Eras Tour.”

Swift continued, “Post Malone, who we all love so much. The things that this video, it seems very sad when you watch it, but it actually was like the most fun video to make, and something that I’ll always remember is when I would finish a take and I’d say ‘cut’ and we’d be done with that take, I would always just hear like someone cheering from across the studio where we were shooting it, and that one person was my boyfriend, Travis.”

“Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic,” she added of the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34. “So, I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I’ll always remember that.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the US Open on Sept. 8.Jamie Squire/Getty

Jamie Squire/Getty

Along with her five other nominations, Grande, 29, was up for video of the year for one of herEternal Sunshinevisuals:“We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).”

Also up for the award was Eilish’s “LUNCH.” The self-directed music video for theHit Me Hard and Softtrack depicts the 22-year-old singer dancing around, and draws heavily on ‘90s aesthetics and vibrant, primary-colored visuals.

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Hot off of the release ofThe Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), Eminem was up for video of the year for his nostalgic (and star-studded!)“Houdini” music video.

SZA rounded out the video of the year nominees with her “Snooze” visual, which she co-wrote with its director, Bradley J. Calder.

source: people.com