2024 VMAs disaster: backlash and bad outfits 🧑‍🚀

If I had to sum up today's entire video in a  single word, it would be overblown. I never   thought I would say this, but maybe we shouldn't  eat the rich because clearly they have no taste.   And from mid McMansions to designer dumbness,  laughing at rich people on the internet has   certainly become an art form in and of itself. And  if there's one place that represents the ultimate   collection of things that the average person  could never afford and would probably never   want to wear, it's the VMAs they just took place  last week. And I don't know what's worse, the   atrocious outfits or the multiple controversies  that people got into which prove that people on   the internet will be mad about literally anything.  But first, welcome. My name is D'Angelo and I am   your professor of Judiciary Jazz studies, which  is a very real degree that I definitely do have,   or maybe this is just me broadcasting myself  talking in my room like YouTube used to be.  And in today's lecture, we will be not only  grading the worst outfits you've ever seen   at the VMAs, but also the dumbest controversies  involving everything from Chaperone yelling at a   photographer to people unironically being mad at  Taylor Swift's producer for wearing protective   earplugs. As you can imagine, when you assemble  everyone from Lil Nas X to Sabrina Carpenter in   one room, it's bound to be a lot of fun and a bit  of nonsense. Now, I should probably start with   a disclaimer about how I'm not a fashion expert  and I'm not here to judge people, but I am. I am   a fashion expert and I am here to judge people, so  I don't know what to tell you. My only two jobs in   life are being correct and looking good literally  all the time. It's a difficult job for some   people, probably. All right, Vogue, see all of the  2024 VMAs red carpet fashion outfits and looks.  All right, so first up, we have Sabrina Carpenter.  2024 has definitely been her year, and I actually   think that this red carpet look is the perfect  one to start off with because I'm going to give   it a B. In my scale that I just now made up,  a B is an outfit that looks nice. You passed,   it was more than the bare minimum and it's  working for you. Okay, now we have Chappell Roan,   who appears to have brought an actual sword to  an award ceremony. This is an A. The only thing   I like more than people doing weird things is when  people do weird things confidently. The chainmail   gloves with the clawed nails, it all just  makes sense in a way that I really appreciate.  Taylor Swift, maybe the angle is not doing  her justice. Oh, okay. Unfortunately,   I think this is going to be my first C. I  understand the various elements of it. I almost   feel like they can be appreciated separately,  but together, I'm not quite sure. She looks   like a Jane Austen character who's been trapped  in a Hot Topic, the emo store from the mall,   but this is lukewarm topic, at most. She still  looks good though. To be clear, any comments I   have on someone's clothes in this video are not  comments on their actual physical appearance.   Obviously only rich and extremely conventionally  attractive people have been allowed into this   event, but sometimes rich and conventionally  attractive people wear really weird clothes.  Tyla... Oh, okay. First off, I'm not sure  why they made the necklace the exact same   color as Scooby-Doo's dog collar? And as for the  dress, I feel like I need to offer it my thoughts   and prayers. It has clearly lost its life in a  terrible battle against a paper shredder. Anyway,   I guess I'll give this one a C. Obviously if you  can wear what essentially appears to be a ball of   yarn and still look good, you must be doing  something right. Megan Thee Stallion. Okay,   wait, it's kind of hard to tell against the black  background, but how does she walk in that? This   may come as a surprise to some of you, but I  think I'm actually going to give this a B. I   know it's a weird outfit. It really is, but is it  crazy of me to say that it kind of makes sense?  Camila Cabello, she's kind of giving like none  from a horror movie, hot topic, but this time   the topic is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I'll give her a B though. I actually think it   looks pretty cool. Alessandra Ambrosio. I like  the color. I say C. Lil Nas X. Yes, I'm giving   this an A. Listen. Listen. You do not understand  the depths of my hatred for men's fashion. The   amount of red carpet looks for men that they're  just like a suit or a suit with extra steps when   you literally have the ability to wear anything.  I don't care that he looks like a power ranger. I   will take this over a suit any day. For a second  though I thought this was AI generated because I   was like, "What does this say?" [struggling to  read] And then I realized it's like, oh, dream   boy. But nah, from the nails to the color, I like  it. I don't have to justify it. I got to see the   shoes though. Oh, my. They're even goofier. Yeah,  this is fantastic. I love it. Got our second A.  Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry, who was also sadly  a victim of the paper shredder. Okay, is it just   me or is this kind of really unappealing? I am  actually tempted to give this a D. I think I   hate it actually. It's not even about Katy  Perry. Something about the construction of   this just makes me viscerally uncomfortable.  Also, I have wondered this ever since I saw   it for the very first time. Can somebody explain  to me what's with the wet hair trend? You've got   Megan Fox with the wet hair look. I think Kim K  is a big fan. I'm not even saying it looks bad,   I just genuinely don't understand it. All right, next we've got Tate McRae.   I suppose, I don't know if this makes sense, but  I feel like it just needs something else. Not even   that what she has going on isn't working, I just  feel like... I don't know what the something else   is though. What do you think would make this  feel a little bit more complete? Personally,   I'm thinking those crazy boots from that one  episode of SpongeBob. Just get a little bit of   this action going. But as is, I guess I would  give it, I don't know, a C. she appears to be   referencing one of Britney Spears past VMAs looks,  but I think the color and the pattern on Britney's   look adds that missing piece. Whereas here it's  just kind of like, okay, you look great. Now what?  The Kid LAROI. You get an F. you get an F,  period. You fail. You don't even look bad,   I'm just tired. I'm tired, okay? The boring  outfits have to end. I think being boring is   a greater sin than looking bad and these people  will never look bad. That's the thing. Why are   people so afraid of trying things? At most you're  just going to look kind of goofy. Tinashe. Okay,   I really wish they had chosen a different  color for the floor and the backdrop.   Some of these outfits are so hard to  actually see. But from what I can see,   it appears the paper shredder has gotten  Ms. Tinashe as well. I think I'll give   this one a B though. I think it's a cool  look. It's just kind of, I don't know...  Addison Rae... What? If she likes it, I  love it, I guess. I'm very confused by   so many individual elements of this. I would give  this a D, but here's the thing, something about   her presentation of this outfit makes me want  to bump it up a little. In this picture, no,   that's a D. The armpit flowers are crazy. But  then in this one, I get it, right? It's goofy.   She's being goofy. So I'm just going to give it a  C. Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley. I like how   even Vogue magazine is like, "Margaret Qualley  and Chanel... And Jack Antonoff." Individually,   I don't think this would bode well for either of  them, but collectively I suppose I can give them   a D. Shawn Mendes, you get an F. I'm sorry.  It's not even your fault. It's not even you,   it's all of us. Stop wearing basic suits to award  shows. It's not a flex to look good in the suit,   okay? Also, geez dude, they really needed a  better backdrop. His legs are in the shadow realm.  Suki Waterhouse. Why did Vogue post this blurry  picture? Y'all didn't want to re-shoot? Anyways,   I don't know about this one. It's not  bad. Maybe I'll just give it a C. Nicky   Rothschild. I understand the vision. I just  feel like they could have gone harder. I'm   going to give it a C. DeMarcus, just go home.  Go home. F. When I said don't wear a suit,   I didn't mean wear a polo. GloRilla. All right  y'all, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm   going to give this an A. I'm sorry, I just don't  care. I love it. I understand that reference,   right? She's got the TLC hair. It looks like  she just stepped off a runway in Whoville.   The pants are like an optical illusion. It's an A. Big Sean. You know how they say go big or go home?   Go home. Go home, Sean, go home. Paris Hilton. Not  the paper shredder, no. Shaq, can we get an F for   another victim of the paper shredder? In a way  though, I kind of like it here. It sort of has   a post-apocalyptic fashion show vibe. I think I'm  going to give it a B. Something about the material   being so fun while also having the ripped look is  just kind of neat. Ayra Starr. I mean... Yeah, I   think she looks nice. The color is really, really  cool. I'm going to give this one a B as well.  And now for brief intermission to talk about  one of the dumbest dramas you've ever heard of   in your entire life. Tyla addresses online  backlash after asking for help during her   2024 VMAs speech. So Tyla actually won  at the VMAs, which is pretty awesome,   and her acceptance speech resulted in this moment. You guys know me and holding awards, I'm not   strong enough. Here's this. Are you able to  hold it for me? Yes, thank you. I'm sorry.  And then people were upset by this? I do not  understand how this was offensive in any way.   If anything, I thought it was just silly.  If anything, this is one of my new favorite   celebrity pictures. Tyla's like, "Please just take  it." Lil Nas X is like, "Okay. Say less, I guess."   Tyla's just like, "Yep, I'm here too." People were  acting like she was being rude, but if anything,   it's really obvious what happened here. So Lil  Nas X hands her the award and then Halle tries   to hand her the envelope, but she doesn't want to  hold the award with one hand, so she just hands   it off. Why'd she do my girl Halle like that?  She didn't even acknowledge Halle. Making Lil   Nas X carry it is crazy. What the heck, Tyla? I even saw people trying to spin this into   xenophobia. "Hey, I don't think I like Tyla's  personality. I think someone needs to check her   because she doesn't understand American culture  at all. She almost gives off entitled or uppity   African. I don't know how to explain it, but  it's very off-putting and it's almost like   she expects people to just fall to her feet." I  can explain it for you. You are unhinged. After   that tweet started circulating though, Tyla  did change her Twitter bio to Entitled Uppity   African for a second, which I think is pretty  amazing, and she put out a statement saying,   "Y'all make everything weird. I was not asking  my girl Halle to hold the trophy. We just girls,   shush. I won a VMA." To which Holly responded,  "Exactly. Love you babes. Congrats." I'm sorry,   but to pretend to be upset over this is actually  legitimately crazy to me, especially since...  It's so heavy. I literally have  no upper body strength. Thank you.  I didn't see anybody getting mad at Olivia Rodrigo  for doing the same thing. Y'all are kind of weird.   You're kind of weird. Anyways, bad outfits,  Flo Milli. I'm going to give this a B. I like   it a lot. I think she looks really nice. I feel  like something else could really have pushed it,   but as is, this is a great red carpet fit. Ashley  Johnson. I like the denim bag. Something about   this whole fit is kind of giving early  two thousands vibes. I'm going to give it   a B. Kerri Colby. The safety pin holding  the bra together for dear life, I say C.  Benson Boone. Okay, now here's the thing. I know  I'm supposed to be hyping him up because he is   got the flowers and the sheer, but the truth  of the matter is I find this to be kind of   old. Been there, done that. You've got Shawn  Mendes with the see-through top. I remember   Cody Fern doing this in 2019. I think it was  cool in 2019, but now I'm just like, okay,   at least you did not do the bare minimum, but this  is starting to get old. I'm going to give him a C   for now, but you better watch out, Benson Boone. Sierra Gates. Whoa, okay, wow. The double denim   waistband is crazy. I like this. I'm going  to give it a B for uniqueness and because   I think she's pulling it off. Kirk Frost and  Rasheeda. I suppose I gave it a C and move on.   Ts Madison. By itself with the dress, I would  give it a C, but the butterfly space buttons   are so pretty. I'm actually just going to bump  it up to a B. Lojay. No. You really thought you   were going to bedazzle the tie and I wasn't  going to clown you? I like the tie. I'm glad   he bedazzled it, but you should have done more. Bambi. Dolce & Gabbana out here just mashing up   Target swimwear collection with the tool section  at the fabric store. I'm sorry, I'm just going to   have to give them a D for this. Yo Gotti. Y'all  got to try harder, is what you got do. I'm sorry,   but this is an F. Angela Simmons. She looks like a  Mayor Pauline from Mario. But I have to be honest,   as good as this person looks, I want to say  Pauline wore it better. I give this one a   C plus. Flavor Flav and I don't even... Just no.  Go home. F. Jordan Chiles. This is different.   The weirdest thing is I like it though. I  think I'm going to give it a B. Something   about it doesn't push it into A territory, but  I feel like I can see what they were going for   and either way she definitely pulled it off. Lil Scrappy, my brother in Christ, clean your   glasses. These Ray-Bans are struggling. Anyways,  F. I'm not playing with y'all. I'm not even going   to open you in the new tab. F. Christian and  Brittany Breslauer. Collective D. Teddy Swims.   I am actually tempted to give this an A. I would  have to see more of what's going on here. Okay,   the nails are nailing. I like this cohesive color  scheme he's got going on. The glasses, nails,   jewels. He has an interesting silhouette where  it's kind of like I can't tell if it's a skirt or   pants. It's a very mysterious VMAs look. Also, he  just looks really happy in all of these pictures,   which I think is helping a lot. He's really  out there just being goofy, goofing it up.   I'm going to give this an A. Great job. Mr. Swims. All right, Mona Scott-Young is wearing the Lorax.   Oh, no. What have they done? I think I'm going to  give that one a C. Monaleo. Kind of giving prom   a little bit. I might also give that a C. Jessie  Murph. I'd give it a D, but I like the lollipop,   so that's a C. Amelia Dimoldenberg. This dress  is confusing in a way, but I like it. It kind   of gives abstract art or optical illusion. Like  someone has deconstructed the idea of the little   black dress. Would it be weird to say that I feel  like this look is missing a necklace? I'm going to   give it a B though. Huh Yun-jin. I don't know what  the point of this picture is when you can't see   her full outfit. Okay, there we go. These outfits  are definitely outfitting. I'll give it a B.  And now dumb dumber break part two. People are  mad at Chappell Roan, again, because she yelled,   "Shut the F up" at a photographer. To be fair  though, you can hear this photographer say the   same thing first, very loudly. "I like her music,  but she gives the impression this is all bothering   her. Why even go? I don't even care much for  her or her music, but with each passing update,   I'm getting more and more Edgelord vibes from  her. I like her, but I feel..." Oh, we ain't   fine to read all that. "She's praised for being  real and unfiltered, but is actually coming across   rudely. Even if the photographer was being rude, I  don't see yelling at him as a you go girl moment."  I think Chappell Roan was being rude, obviously.  There's not a nice way of telling someone to shut   up. But am I supposed to be mad at her for  being rude to someone who was being rude,   I wonder? I'm not... I don't know who that  photographer was talking to, but to say,   "Shut the F up" loudly enough to be picked up by  red carpet cameras in front of all these people,   I honestly think, "No, you shut up," is  a very valid response. People seem really   obsessed with the idea that celebrities should  handle everything with grace all the time,   24/7, no matter how rude or strange or awful  people are being. And I am not here for it.  This is quite overwhelming and quite scary  for someone who gets a lot of anxiety around   people yelling at you. The carpet is  horrifying and I yelled back. I yelled   back. You don't get to yell at me like that. Y'all got to stop placing celebrities and   other people in these situations where there is no  correct way of responding and then proceeding to   get mad at said celebrities for not responding  correctly. But that's just my opinion. Halle   Bailey. Oof, the paper Shredder strikes again.  I'm going to give this a B. Giselle Zanotti.   It looks like she came from the same convent as  Camila Cabello. I don't know what this aesthetic   is that appears to be emerging, but I'm not mad  at it. I'll give it a C though because I feel   like more could have been done. Joyner Lucas,  go join everybody in the corner of shame. Y'all   are legitimately not even trying at this point.  Doechii. I like this. It's very umbrella academy,   very British school child. I think  the only thing I don't love about it,   is it's kind of stiff. Obviously that fits the  aesthetic, but I'm going to give it a B though.  Halsey is clearly starring in the next live  action Flintstones movie. I like the colors,   so I'm going to give this a C. Anitta. I need  an explanation for this one. I'm going to give   it a C. Alejandra Espinoza. She said the carpet's  not red this time around. I'm going to wear the   red carpet. I'll give her a C. Oh, here we go.  Le Sserafim. I already reacted to this. Laura   Whitmore. This is kind of giving Hunger Games,  capital fashion. I like the color quite a bit.   I think I'm going to give it a B minus. Cindi  Lauper. I'm going to give her an A because it's   Cyndi Lauper. Like what do you mean? Truly  the blueprint for a lot of what's going on   nowadays. French Montana. I swear to God, I've  seen this exact blazer on Amazon.com. D minus.  Dora Jar. I actually really like this outfit,  but not for here. I think this is really dope   as street wear. But on the red carpet, it's  just kind of like, bro, are you lost? Good fit,   maybe not a great VMAs fit. So I'm just going to  give it like a D. Naomi Scott. I mean, yeah, C.   Miranda Lambert. I like the teal, actually. This  is such a country look. Just growing up in Texas,   I feel like I saw some variation of this every  day. I mean, it was Texas, so it was a little   more churchy than this, but she looks nice.  I'll give her a C. Sasha Colby C by itself,   C plus for the hair though. This is very fun. Kind  of looks like Fruit Roll-up. Carter Gregory. No.   Like yes for you, but no for here. Now, you know?  Danna Paola. You know, weirdly, I kind of like the   juxtaposition of this bright yellow, whatever  that is with the black dress. Not the craziest   thing I've ever seen, but I'll give it a C. Shaboozey. No, go home. Cuervo. Go home. F. Tiago   PZK. I see what you were doing with the assymetry,  but stop doing it. Hugo Gloss. All right. All   right. So you tried to add some drape because  you took this and you extended it, but then you   still stuck the most boring blazer of all time  over top of it. I'm not going to give him an F,   but this is like a barely passing C minus. I think  the shirt and the way it's draped is really cool,   but just, oh, the blazer. Whoa. Coco Jones. This  is really cool. I mean, yes, paper shredder, but   it kind of looks like she's wearing smoke. I think  I'm going to give this an A. This is just really   sick dress. Les Twins. No F. DJ Khaled. Another F. Muni Long. I like the color a lot. The necklaces   are crazy. I don't know. I'll give it a C. Ashley  Gill and Grant Gibbs. I suppose... Very nineties.   I'll give them a collective C. Daniel Julez  J. Smith Jr.. No. Peppermint. Not the most   interesting outfit I've ever seen. I'll give her  a C. Summer Walker will be joining Halsey in the   live action Flintstones movie. Also, is that  a cigarette? Because that's actually crazy.   On the red carpet? I don't know, C? The purse  is fun. The Villareal Velez sisters. I like   the coordination. Definitely nothing I haven't  seen before. I'll give them a B. And Lola Burke.   This isn't even shredder. She like... Do y'all  remember Silly String? We are out here wearing   Silly String to the VMAs. Wild, I tell you. Okay, more outrage. Jack Antonoff putting   AirPods in during Katy Perry's performance.  Such loser behavior. And here we can see Jack   Antonoff to the left placing something in  his ears. We've got Taylor Swift in the   middle. He's often her producer, and so yeah, he  released an apology on Twitter. A joking apology,   it wasn't serious. Because as he pointed out,  they were earplugs. "I do believe this was a   very important and pressing issue that needed  to be exposed. I'm sorry to those I let down   and today I will not be going to work and instead  thinking about my earplug use and everyone that's   been affected by it." Don't you think there are  enough things in the world to legitimately be   angry about? Do we have to make it a controversy  that you saw a video of someone placing something   into their ears during a concert? I'm very, very  glad that his response pointed out how silly this   was. I think people need to do this more often  when people are in controversies over things that   don't matter. Just saying, this is actually goofy  and I'm not going to take this seriously at all.  Also, have y'all ever been to a concert? Did  you actually think he was going to be able to   hear through AirPods? Concerts are loud, hence  earplugs, to protect your hearing, aka the thing   that is your entire life when you're a musician,  producer, et cetera. It isn't, it won't be,   and it never has been that serious. Raul a La  F. F, I don't even know who you are. F. Wow,   I see why Vogue just stuck all of these at the  end, huh? F. F. This is hilarious. Oh, wait,   hold on a second. It's kind of like Steve Jobs  from the Matrix. I like this a lot. I really like   the effect of raindrops, but with crystals. You  know what? I'm going to give this a B plus. Karol   G. This is just a very fun dress. I mean, what can  I say? B. Grace Gary Williams. I don't know, C.  Karissa Dumbacher. C. I give Tayshia Adams a C.  Rachel Smith. I actually like this one a lot.   I'm going to give it a B. Dometi Pongo. Don't  even make me say it. Nessa. Very pretty dress.   B. And Kevn Kinney, we're ending on a sour  note. What better way to end it than to say,   go home. Obviously I've never been on the  red carpet because I literally post videos   to YouTube.com. But at this point. I almost  want to be. Just one day, with the craziest   designers I could access. Surely they could whip  up something interesting or at the very least,   something more interesting than a suit. But  yeah, that was the VMAs, everybody. Yay? Or   just the part of the VMAs that I wanted to focus  on, which is the nonsense and the silliness. And   if I look at it as a source of nonsense and  silliness, then technically the VMAs 2024 was   a success. Because after all, I had a lot of fun. But that's my take on the situation. Dave's take   on the situation is that he's still mad that  the VMAs won't allow him to wear his outfit.   But I mean, if you're familiar with the Statue  of David's full outfit, you might understand why.   And I'm of course excited to hear your take.  This is the part of the video where a layman   would ask you to subscribe like the video and  leave a comment. But I will ask you to enroll,   evaluate the video and submit your feedback  because I am of course running a 100% completely   all the way for real... Okay maybe not 100%, but  mostly unaccredited university. Probably. Just   ask anybody in the student body and they'll  confirm it for you. We're totally legit. And   ask for me whether you'll see me in 24 hours or 24  months is honestly anyone's guess. But until then,   thanks for watching. Your homework for today  is to avoid paper shredders at all costs.