Selena Gomez went viral for her very candid facial expressions throughout the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Tuesday (Sept. 12).
Notably, the pop star appeared to visibly cringe and cease clapping when controversial artist Chris Brown‘s identify was introduced as a nominee within the Greatest R&B class.
When the following nominees, Yung Bleu and Nicki Minaj, have been introduced, Gomez smiled and clapped alongside to the viewers’s cheering.
“She’s so actual,” one fan tweeted of Gomez’s obvious response, echoing the identical sentiment that many followers expressed on-line.
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Earlier within the night, Gomez additionally went viral for her response to Olivia Rodrigo‘s efficiency of her Guts songs “vampire” and “get him again.”
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Gomez appeared startled as Rodrigo’s stage erupted with fireworks and seemingly broke down. Fortunately, it was all a part of the efficiency ultimately.
Later within the night time, Gomez nabbed the first-ever VMA for Greatest Afrobeats. The win marks Gomez’s second win on the VMAs, as she received the award for Greatest Pop Video 10 years in the past for her tune “Come & Get It.”
Gomez and Rema received the award for his or her remix of “Calm Down,” initially off the Nigerian singer’s 2022 debut studio album, Rave & Roses.
“It is such an unimaginable tune that is been capable of break data. Thanks to all of you for listening, for streaming. I couldn’t be extra honored, and I wanna ship all my like to Nigeria, thanks!” Gomez mentioned in her VMAs acceptance speech.
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Gomez hopped on a remix of the tune in August 2022. The tune topped a number of worldwide charts and landed at No. 3 on the Billboard Sizzling 100. Presently, the tune has over 1 billion Spotify streams.
“It’s a blessing. It’s not only a massive win for me, my staff and household, it’s additionally an enormous one for the tradition. I really feel actually completely happy and I’m actually pleased with the followers as effectively for going again to the tune and placing individuals on the tune. Shout out to the DJs and everybody who made this potential,” Rema mentioned after the tune hit 1 billion streams, per Billboard.
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From Olivia Rodrigo’s gorgeous silver quantity to Doja Cat’s barely there spider net robe, these 2023 MTV VMAs appears to be like had us doing a double take.
