VMA's 2020

Guys, this is amazing!
This is the very first video I’ve ever directed on my own, and I’m just so grateful for this.

I wanted to say thank you to the team who believed in me as a director: Rodrigo Prieto, my GP, Joe Oz Osborne, my editor Chancler Haynes, Ethan Tobman who did the sets, Joseph Cassell, who styled me, Bill Corso and his team who turned me into a guy, which was thrilling.

I also want to thank Grant Miller at Ingenuity who did all the visual effects.
There were also two women who I worked with in the past on music videos who were the ones this time around who convinced me I was up to the challenge of directing: my producers Rebecca Skinner and Jil Hardin.

I was told this was an industry-voted award, so I wanted to say thanks to everyone in the industry who voted for this video.

But I also really want to thank the fans, because you are the only reason the industry cares about what I do.
Everything with folklore this summer, I’m blown away and taken aback by your generosity to me.
Thank you for everything; I hope I get to see you soon.

Taylor accepting the 2020 MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction