Overview

• Gray ended the Sept. 7 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena with a Renaissance-styled staging of “Vodka Cranberry” featuring Corey Fogelmanis and a red-vial finale.
• The set continued Gray and actor Corey Fogelmanis’s Wilson-and-Brando arc from the “Vodka Cranberry,” “This Song,” and “Caramel” videos, with outlets stressing they are not dating and that Fogelmanis has a boyfriend.
• Viewers lauded the performance on social media, with posts calling him a new “mainstream pop boy” and Frankie Grande praising his high note.
• Despite closing the show, Gray was not nominated for any 2025 VMA awards.
• Wishbone, his fourth studio album released last month, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 for the best opening of his career.