Lenny Kravitz performs on stage during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Wednesday the 2024 MTV video music awards were held on Wednesday and it was a night of female pop powerhouses Nostalgia and Aliens the reigning women of the charts own the night with Taylor Swift's happy award show dance moves making a return Chapel ran making her fiery VMA debut Sabrina Carpenter appearing to make out with an alien and Katy Perry soaring through the air while performing a medley of her Greatest Hits there were some men there too with Eminem opening the show with a performance of Houdini and somebody save me and Lenny Kravitz in his signature black leather and revealing shirt performing a new version of his classic hit Fly Away among other songs hosted by Grammy winning rapper Megan the stallion there was no shortage of notable moments here are some of the biggest Taylor Swift's 9911 tribute and call to action Taylor Swift