Katy Perry roared onto the VMAs stage Wednesday evening to simply accept the 2024 Video Vanguard — and planted a fats one on her important different, Orlando Bloom, who introduced her with the enduring honor.
The “Rise” singer, 39, took residence the VMAs’ high honor — basically MTV’s tackle a lifetime achievement award.
Bloom gushed over his longtime love, with whom he shares 3-year-old daughter Daisy. The “Troy” star known as Perry by her actual title — Katy Hudson — earlier than telling her, “Child, so happy with you.”
He then launched her, and she or he sang a medley of her best hits, together with “Darkish Horse,” “E.T.,” “California Gurls,” and extra.
Perry follows within the footsteps of different legendary artists who’ve taken residence the prize, together with Shakira, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, David Bowie and even The Beatles.
Perry and Bloom aren’t any strangers to PDA.
The singer not too long ago made headlines for saying she performs an X-rated intercourse act on the film star if he goes the dishes. Perry additionally didn’t scold Bloom when a photograph displaying him trying out Kim Kardashian’s butt went viral.
Perry hasn’t been to the VMAs stage since 2017, when she took on the twin duties of host and performer. She closed that yr’s ceremony with a efficiency of “Swish Swish” alongside Nicki Minaj.
The “Darkish Horse” singer has received 5 different VMAs over the course of her profession. She earned three awards in 2011 for Video of the Yr, for “Firework,” and Finest Collaboration and Finest Particular Results, each for “E.T.,” that includes Kanye West.
She adopted up these wins with a fourth Moon Individual in 2012 for Finest Artwork Route (“Broad Awake”) and yet another in 2014 for Finest Feminine Video (“Darkish Horse” that includes Juicy J).
Perry additionally turns into solely the tenth artist to win each Video of the Yr and the Vanguard Award, becoming a member of the rarefied ranks of Madonna, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Pink and Missy Elliott.
Much more impressively, the previous “American Idol” host scored a VMAs first on Wednesday evening, turning into the primary particular person to have each hosted the present and acquired the VMAs’ two high honors (Video of the Yr and Video Vanguard).
Perry has had her share of memorable moments on the VMAs over time as effectively.
In her VMAs debut again in 2009, the singer joined forces with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry to provide a rousing rendition of Queen’s iconic “We Will Rock You.” She turned out one other showstopping quantity in 2013, ending the awards present with a efficiency of her music “Roar” in entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Apart from her VMAs honors, Perry has racked up a heap of different achievements over her profession, amassing a cumulative 115 billion streams and promoting over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks worldwide.
She’s one in every of simply 5 recording artists within the historical past of the Recording Trade Affiliation of America to enter the 100 Million Licensed Songs membership, and has six singles and one album which have all been Diamond-certified.
Perry’s Video Vanguard win follows the discharge of her new single, “Lifetimes,” and comes forward of her new album, “143,” dropping on September 20.