Will Stray Kids and Taylor Swift be at VMAs? What we know

Stray Kids and Taylor Swift are both nominated in different categories in VMAs 2025.

Updated on: Sep 8, 2025, 04:36:36 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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The MTV Video Music Awards 2025 is about to get under way and many are waiting in anticipation to catch their favorite celebrities on the red carpet. One of the biggest names is undoubtedly that of Taylor Swift's and many have been wondering if the pop queen will make an appearance. There's a lot of interest about K-Pop band Stray Kids as well.

Taylor Swift is up for the Artist of the Year award at the VMAs. (AFP)

Notably, both Swift and Stray Kids have been nominated in different categories. Swift is up for the Artist of the Year Award, and is competing with Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, and The Weeknd. Meanwhile, Stray Kids are competing for the Best K-pop award, and go up against aespa, JENNIE, Jimin, JISOO, LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE, and ROSÉ. Their ‘Chk Chk Boom’ track got them the VMA nod.

Will Taylor Swift and Stray Kids be there at the VMAs?

Several fans have already begun to express hopes for a Stray Kids win at the VMAs, but there has been no official confirmation if the band is attending or not. Some reports have claimed that Stray Kids will not be performing at the VMAs this year, but don't mention anything about them being in attendance.

Meanwhile, Swifties are in for some bad news because the recently engaged singer reportedly won't be making it to this year's awards ceremony. USA Today, citing a source, said that the 35-year-old who recently got engaged to Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce, won't be at the awards show this year.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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