Amidst the jubilation, Taylor Swift emphasis the importance of … Read more

Taylor Swift won the Video of the Year award, the biggest prize at Wednesday night’s MTV Video Music Awards, for the music video of her song “Fortnight,” while also securing the Artist of the Year prize in a record-breaking night.

Swift also won the ‘Best Pop’ award given to the top pop artist, the best collaboration award for her team with Post Malone on “Fortnight” and the ‘Best Direction’ award for directing the “Fortnight” music video.

Swift thanked “my boyfriend Travis Kelce” during her final acceptance speech, adding “everything this man touches turns to happiness, fun and magic, so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot.”

The pop star also thanked Post Malone, saying “there is a reason [he]…is everyone in music’s favorite person to collaborate with,” and then joked “it has taken me forever to stop him calling me ma’am.”

At the start of one speech, Swift said “Waking up this morning in New York… I’ve just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago” and then took a moment to acknowledge “everyone who lost a loved one and everyone that we lost,” on September 11.

Swift said she appreciated the fact that “this is a fan voted award” as she thanked her fans before reminding them: “If you’re over 18, please register to vote for something else that is important — the Presidential election.”