Overview

• Gaga won four awards from 12 nominations at the 2025 MTV VMAs, including Artist of the Year.
• In an Instagram post on Sept. 8, she praised Michael Polansky as “MY artist of the year” and “the love of my life.”
• Her acceptance speech dedicated the top honor to Polansky, calling their year of creating together a “beautiful, beautiful dream.”
• Because she performed a Mayhem Ball show at Madison Square Garden the same night, her VMA performance was pre-recorded at the venue and aired during the ceremony.
• Polansky holds songwriting credits on Mayhem tracks such as “Disease” and “Vanish into You,” and Gaga has said he encouraged her return to the joy of pop.