2009 MTV Video Music Awards Essays

reputation of rapper Kanye West. The world is familiar with Kanye for not only his music, but his selfish personality. For example, in September of 2009, Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech after she won the award for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards (Know Your Meme). He got on stage, took the microphone from Taylor Swift, and proceeded telling the audience that Beyoncé had “one of the best videos of all time” (Alessandro R. C. ). The picture shown in the meme comes from this specific

The human body is of much complexity- some things we do not understand and some things we do. Shakespeare addressed this in his play, Hamlet. It is best illustrated through Shakespeare’s character Polonius, “Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.” In this context, we are presented with 3 speaking characters. Ophelia speaks to Laertes, Ophelia’s brother and Polonius’s son, about his upcoming journey to France. She advises him and he advises her on her relationship with Hamlet (Sparknotes 1)

The courts appointed her father, James "Jamie" Spears, and lawyer Andrew M. Wallet as conservators. The conservatorship was in effect for eleven years, even though it was supposed to end in 2009. Much later in late 2019, people close to Spears said that since January 2019, when Spears disregarded the driving restriction Jamie had given her, he had been restraining her against her will at a mental health facility for over a month. The claims

like no other, attracting the attention of the media and scholars ever since. She has built an empire based on self-love – a song, album, and nonprofit foundation based on "empowering youth" and "inspring bravery" (Lady Gaga, 2017). Through both her music and her eccentric appearance in the media, Lady Gaga has been able to challenge dominant gender roles publicly, and often in over-dramatic ways (Musulin, 2012). Everything about her from the way she dresses to the lyrics of her songs,

During the infamous 2009 VMA’s, 32-year-old Musician Kanye West jumped onto the stage and embarrassed 19-year-old Taylor Swift, proclaiming Swift did not deserve the award bestowed to her. West’s ego and pride drove him to humiliate the young girl. Eventually, the musician lost the support of many devotees, and it marked the beginning of many more outbursts that contributed to his poor reputation. West’s hubris destroyed him. Possessing an extensive amount of pride leads to self-destruction. Similarly

Femme Fatale, Britney Jean, and Glory all followed suit and were all commercial successes for her. She also had a four-year concert residency in Sin City and appeared in the film Crossroads. Britney Spears is a pop icon who has broken taboos with her music, performances, and statements. She is responsible for the rise of dance-pop and electropop

songs, Missy Elliott has won five Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is known for her innovative music videos and performances, which often incorporate dance and visual effects. 2. Lil' Kim - Lil' Kim was the first female rapper to have three consecutive platinum albums, and she has sold over 15 million records worldwide. She has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards and has won a BET Award and a Soul Train Music Award. Lil' Kim has also appeared in films

negative responses overshadowed the support Ocean received since the impact of hate is stronger than that of love. In this track Ocean harnesses this sorrow and criticizes religious views on alternative sexual orientations. The track opens with organ music and Ocean proclaiming the taxi driver as his “shrink for the hour” creating this multifaceted cab ride that mimics a therapy session and a confession that are being facilitated by the Muslim cab driver (1-2). Ocean fuses psychology, Christianity and

In a highly emotional state, Ocean says, “It’s rush hour/So take the streets if you wanna/Just outrun the demons, could you?” (4-6) instead of specifying a destination. He is traveling through a blind journey, not knowing what will come next. The music changes from a pipe

of the MTV Video Music Awards multiple times. In 1984, she earned the prestigious title of Best Female Video of the Year for her iconic single "What's Love Got to Do With It." The following year, in 1985, she triumphed once again, this time winning the Best Group Video for her contribution to the lively song "We Are the World." Her reign continued in 1986 when she claimed the Best Stage Performance Video for her electrifying duet with Bryan Adams on "It's Only Love." Chapter Other awards Tina Turner's

“Blank Space”, by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, won many awards including: MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video, American Music Award for Song of the Year, and iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Lyrics. However, this is not a surprise after all Taylor Swift is the youngest song writer ever signed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing house (A&E Networks Television). Just like other Taylor Swift videos “Blank Space” uses a lot of symbolism and figurative language

In 1999, an important switch point in the music industry came the success of a series of teen-pop stars such as my main focus of this section – Britney Spears, easily the most successful one of the teen pop boom in the late 90s and early 00s, Spears’ debut single …Baby One More Time was credited as key turning point of the revival of teen pop, bubblegum pop music, the single itself was highly successful, debuting on #1 in many countries including the USA, its success caused a lot other teen pop artist

The English singer-songwriter, known for introducing a generation to soul music, died from alcohol poisoning on the 23rd of July, 2011. She was 27 years old. While Winehouse’s early death was indeed upsetting, it surprised few. The London native was notorious for her reckless lifestyle and dependency on drugs and alcohol. She

I’m sure we all have read or have been told the story of Cinderella. It is a classic story-telling story that every child has heard. Over the years there have been many different versions of the story, but the basic structure plot is still in place. There's a conflict between good and evil in each story. “Cinderella” written by two brothers, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm as the reader we notice a much detailed version of the original story. The story contains specific details on the characters, and what

Take a second and imagine, imagine yourself being starved, tortured, and enslaved. What would you do to save your children and yourself? In Cynthia Ozick's story “The Shawl” we meet Rosa and her two daughters Stella, who is fourteen, and Magda an infant who is being concealed, on their grueling march to a concentration camp. The Nazi’s are unaware of Magda’s existence due to Rosa hiding her under the shawl as they are marching. Rosa is faced with the difficulty of keeping her daughters alive, while

Robin Williams and the Lewy Body Struggle On July 21, 1952 a boy named Robin Williams was born who would someday go on to be an Hollywood star. He would go on to entertain the world for decades with his hilarious comedy. To the regular person he seemed perfectly happy and healthy, but he was neither. Robin Williams was dealing with Lewy Body Dementia. Dementia is a lack of or serious decrease in cognitive abilities caused by the death of brain cells (Whitworth 2). Some physical symptoms of LBD

‘ It’s not your fault’. This scene conveyed the impact of childhood traumas, the effects of suppressed emotions and the idea of soulmates. These ideas were manifested through the use of various film techniques, such as camera shots and movements, music and dialogue. An important technique from this scene are the camera shots. The camera shots applied in this scene are simple. These conveyed the raw emotion

She was born on June 24, 1986 in Houston Texas. Coming out of her older sister shadow. Solange made a name for herself in both the music and fashion industries as a singer, dancer and a model, she also was a songwriter, actress and savvy businesswoman, Solange Knowles performs under the same Solange. Beyoncé mother also had a career. She got married to Richard Lawson (m.2015), Mathew

Music Video Reflection While making my music video I learned that the national level of poverty is just as bad as a global and personal level of poverty. In some ways, it still follows poverty cycle like in personal level poverty, but national level poverty is similar to global level poverty in that it affects more than one group of people it affects everyone. In order to conduct my research, I first had to look back on our class discussions on levels of poverty and the poverty cycle. I had to research

their store was the Piano Guys. Paul Embarked upon a self-guided study of social marketing and started a YouTube channel and a Facebook page, envision videos “go viral” doing his marketing for him. Paul was talented he was a risk taker and felt inspired that if he could find the right people to work with he could create the number one music video channel in the world. It first started out when Jon Schmidt walked in to the store who had built a career in solo piano performance and had a concert in