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Taylor Swift in the \"Ready For It\" music video
Taylor Swift in the \"Ready For It\" music video
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Swifties Think Taylor Will Announce ‘Rep (TV)’ At The 2024 VMAs

Kayleigh Shaw

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner and I’m so excited! . This year, some of the biggest artists of the in the music industry  are nominated for awards, including Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan, and Taylor Swift, This year will also be 15 years since Swift attended her first VMAs and won her first ever moonperson in 2009. Given this huge big milestone, she could possibly announce Reputation (Taylor’s Version) on this exciting night, right? That’s what some Swifties are thinking. 

The theory that Swift is going to announce Reputation (Taylor’s Version) originated from creator @kamandlam on TikTok on Aug. 7. In the video, she says, “I know Taylor is plotting, scheming,  and planning for something huge at the VMA Awards. She is literally dominating the nominations with 10 nominations: Video of the Year for “Fortnight” — which she directed — , Song of the Year for “Fortnight,” Artist of the Year, Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Collaboration, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction.” 

The creator goes onto say, ““Two years ago, [Swift] announced Midnights at the VMAs in 2022. In 2024, at the Grammy’s, she announced The Tortured Poets Department.”

During an Eras Tour concert in Nashville in May 2023, Swift told the audience, “I love to plan things and then I love to surprise you with the things I’ve been planning. It’s my love language with you, you know? I plot, I scheme, I plan and then I get to tell you about it.” 

In addition to @kamandlam’s TikTok, Variety also mentioned the potential of a Reputation (Taylor’s Version) announcement at this year’sVMA’s when reporting on the show’s nominees. “If Swift hasn’t announced a release date for Reputation (Taylor’s Version) by then, there may be a big tune-in among Swifties hopeful that she will use a VMAs speech to do it,” the outlet wrote. Let’s not forget that when Swift first won her first moonperson for Best Female Video for “You Belong With Me” at the 2009 VMAs, Kanye West infamously went on stage and interrupted her speech, igniting drama between the two. If Swift were to announce Reputation (Taylor’s Version) at the 2025 VMAs, it would be a full-circle moment.

Needless to say, I’m counting down the days until the Sept. 11 to see what exciting things happen at this year’s VMAs. I just have one thing to ask: Are you ready for it?

Born and raised in Arizona, Kayleigh Shaw is a Her Campus National Writer. She mainly writes for the Culture section, primarily focused on the latest entertainment news, but will occasionally write about life and career, giving advice to a wide array of readers. Outside of Her Campus, Kayleigh was also a part of Rod Pulido’s Street Team for his debut novel, Chasing Pacquiao and completed social media challenges to promote the book. She also hopes to one day write for Screen Rant and Comic Book Resources. where she will continue to use her love of all things pop culture to her advantage. She also graduated from Glendale Community College in May 2022 with an Associate's Degree in English. When Kayleigh's not working on journalism pieces, she can be found writing poems and short stories, reading, watching TikToks, listening to their favorite podcasts, listening and dancing to Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, watching movies and TV shows on Netflix and Hulu (while crying over fictional characters and relationships.) She would live in a library and avoid the rest of the world if she could. She also drinks coffee like a Gilmore and often goes down rabbit holes researching their hyper fixations.