Ice Spice has been named the Best New Artist of 2023 on the MTV Video Music Awards.
“Thank you so much! Thank you MTV! Oh, my gosh, this is so cool!” Ice Spice, 23, stated throughout her acceptance speech on the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. “I just want to thank my munchkins. I love you guys so much!”
In addition to thanking her supervisor and music producer, Ice Spice — who donned a white lacy gown and cross necklace paying homage to Madonna’s iconic “Like a Virgin” look — went on to shout-out her fellow nominees GloRilla, Kaliii, Peso Pluma, PinkPantheress and Reneé Rapp in addition to her hometown of the Bronx, New York. (See the total record of 2023 VMAs winners right here.)
“I want to thank my label for always supporting me,” she concluded. “And, of course, God. Without God, none of this would be possible. Thank you guys, I love you guys so much!”
Following her win, Rapp, additionally 23, known as the rapper “the people’s princess” whereas presenting the subsequent efficiency. “I love you. Anything you want, I’ll do,” she added earlier than introducing Kelsea Ballerini.
The “Princess Diana” singer joins the likes of previous Best New Artist winners resembling Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo and extra. Baby Keem, Gayle, Latto, Måneskin, and Seventeen have been nominated for final 12 months’s title, which was finally gained by Dove Cameron.
“I want to dedicate this to all of the queer kids out there who don’t feel that they can take up space and inhabit the fullness of who they are,” Cameron, 27, stated throughout her acceptance speech. “Thank you for getting an overtly queer song [‘Boyfriend’] onto mainstream radio. Thank you for supporting me as the person and the artist that I am. I hope that in that way, you’ve also given that same privilege to yourself.”
Several of this 12 months’s Best New Artist nominees, together with Ice Spice, have made headlines for his or her latest initiatives. In May, she collaborated with Taylor Swift for a remix of Swift’s hit tune “Karma.”
“I’m a massive fan of this brilliant artist and after getting to know her I can confirm: she is THE ONE to watch,” Swift, 33, wrote of Ice Spice by way of X (previously generally known as Twitter) on the time.
The collab got here three months after The 1975’s Matty Healy was accused of creating enjoyable of the rapper throughout a February episode of “The Adam Friedland Show.” Swift briefly dated Healy, 34, earlier this 12 months. Us Weekly confirmed the pair had parted methods in June.
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