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MTV Video Music Awards 2025: 19 VMAs Moments You Might Have Missed This Year

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08.09.2025

Big moments from the 2025 VMAs

Gather some of the biggest names in the music industry under one roof, and you’re more or less guaranteed an eventful evening.

And when that evening happens to be the MTV Video Music Awards, it’s even more certain that a whole lot is about to go down.

This year’s VMAs took place in New York on Sunday night, with the guest list including the likes of Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Doja Cat.

So, rather than scrolling your timeline and trying to piece together everything that happened, allow us to round up the evening with 19 A-list highlights from one of the most star-studded nights in the music calendar...

Doja Cat kicked things off by pulling some lipstick out of her lipstick-shaped bag, applying it, and then eating it, which pretty much set the tone for the night

Doja Cat applies and then eats lipstick on the carpet at the 2025 #VMAspic.twitter.com/AJaq2YDaPv

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 7, 2025

Ariana Grande’s polka dot look was an absolute show-stopper

Ariana Grande was styled by fashion royalty Law Roach for this year's VMAs

Sabrina Carpenter continued to serve old-school glamour in this feathers-and-lace combo

Sabrina Carpenter makes her way into the 2025 VMAs

Meanwhile, Zara Larsson made sure the spirit of the 2000s was alive and well with this ensemble

Zara Larsson's VMAs outfit was a scene-stealer

And we’re kind of obsessed with

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