Posted 35 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownHere's Why Lady Gaga's 2025 MTV VMAs Performance Wasn't Actually LiveMakes sense.by Larry FitzmauriceBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink If you're watching the 2025 MTV VMAs tonight, that means you saw thee Lady Gaga accept the Artist of the Year award - sorry, "moonperson" - earlier in the evening. Manny Carabel / Getty Images for MTV "I thought about what it means to be rewarded for being an artist, being rewarded for something that is already so rewarding," she said during her acceptance speech.