Overview

• PEOPLE confirms Swift will skip the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards even though she is up for Artist of the Year.
• No official reason has been given for her absence, with coverage noting her recent engagement and Travis Kelce’s Sept. 5 game in Brazil as context.
• Swift dominated the 2024 VMAs with seven wins, including Artist of the Year and Video of the Year.
• This year’s ceremony broadcasts Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV and streams on Paramount+ from Elmont, N.Y.’s UBS Arena.
• News18 reports Swift is preparing a new album titled The Life of a Showgirl, reportedly due Oct. 3.