PODCAST: The MTV VMAs weren’t even on MTV this year
We say every year that this was the worst VMAs ever, and we’re always right. This year hit new lows of being both irrelevant and unwatchable, thank god for Sabrina.
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@irishspaghetti2
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
The name 'MTV' really means nothing to anyone just about under 30 or so, I'm 39 and my generation was probably the last one that really experienced when MTV was an behemoth and was very culturally relevant, it's so sad to see it become more of an shell of itself year by year
@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Who still watches this shit 😂
@Smile5210.0
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
59:43 if goodness of the videos matters, OK Go should win all the time. That's not the point.
@Smile5210.0
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
55:23 or you're Pink
@Smile5210.0
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
54:16 she's also 56 & might have chosen her own clothes
@Jess-the-Witch
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
I love listening to these videos while crocheting, please don't stop making them ❤
@mediawarrior1461
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
MTV is no longer relevant to youth and pop culture. My teen years MTV had total influence in what we became interested in NOT ANYMORE. Tik Tok is the Driver Now with a fragmented group of Gen Z content creators. Even i have aged out Video Game IPs like Call of Duty. Now there are MP skins of TMNT and WWE superstars. The wrestlers are something I was suprised didn't happen sooner.
@Artista_Frustrado
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
and to think CBS traded Colbert for… that
@Monky1738
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
well aged
@SproutFarms
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
38:08 Todd saving us from a 5 to 10 min time waste.
57:08 I remember why I stopped listening to Song vs Song.
Talk about the fucking music.
@ProBreakers
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Yes, MTV started to die the minute they added reality TV to the schedule. Been in the grave many years now.
@BatDad1984
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Who the hell thought in this modern-day music award show we needed Jessica AND Ashley Simpson. I feel like they both had to be as surprised as we are.
@asukahiranos
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
I mean crazy how wrong you are about conan. he's here BECAUSE of his dedicated fanbase who have been following for 5+ years even from before in his youtube days.
@PedroBenolielBonito
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Rock and metal are in no way dead. they've just gone back underground. But there's plenty of metal bands still in the spotlight. KsE, Halestorm, Epica, Iron Maiden, Amaranthe are all touring right now.
@PedroBenolielBonito
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
'Oh my God, they killed Kenny. G.'
@SimplyStitches
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Todd please review the new Taylor Swift album I beg you
@turgonmorphon324
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
I would love to see Todd review Corey Feldman's music. That would be a treat.
@alexjwebster
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Can you do a song review of Olivia Dean’s Man I Need or least a video…reckon it’ll be in your top 10 best songs of 2025
@Samael1113
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Not that I expect Todd ever reads comments, and this comment is weeks late, but I think it's time…
Time for TitS to address Green Jello in an upcoming One Hit Wonderland.
@Cargo_Bay
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
the VMAs did air on MTV, in addition to all those other networks.
@baseboned
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Orange bowl not cotton bowl I think. I looked
@seanodeli7031
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
MTV killed the music video
@Killerxxedits
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Where can I listen to the podcast
@matthewmason553
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
I just went back and rewatched the old top 10 worst and best videos and wow…do I feel old now. It would be pretty cool to see you, Todd, go back and react to your old top 10 vids and see if you would keep them the same or change them up.
@MarvelDcImage
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
MTV is more like a zombie cable station at this point.
@BradyPostma
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Are you interested in making a video about the history of fascism in music?
This clip made me think of it.
https://youtu.be/XeHviTKEqSo?t=22m55s
@leonsalgeuro
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Lina's laugh gives me life.
@johannesburro
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
The way you guys talked about Lady Gaga in this is very weird… maybe you should get out of your North America bubble for once
@chrisnotaperson8127
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
when do we get the one hit wonder for "what does the fox say?" because that's the only thing that charted for Ylvis anywhere other than their home country
@Emmphamous
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
If lady gaga is legacy with that logic wouldn't Taylor be legacy. That's bad outlook. You are still contemporary if you are one of the few artist with multiple top ten hits and one of the best selling albums of the year currently. I'm not a fan of Lady gaga like that but I'm not going to act like she isn't relevant in 2025 with her current album. Doing a lot better than most artist this year in the pop category.
@thevirtualtraveler
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Y'all are doing the Lord's work, watching these award shows so that I don't have to!
@josjoererg
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
what they said about conan gray is really funny to me because i feel like everyone’s either a diehard fan of him or doesn’t care and there’s no in between
@ShortWingedAngel
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Blue strips is the worst song of the year.
@ChrisTopher-id4mz
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
2:04 To paraphrase Jimmy Neutron “Todd, this is the (__)th year in a row you’ve said the VMA’s sucked ass!”
1:12:45–1:12:50 😅
@comfy-zz2md
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
I missed Chappell. Last year was so good with her performance! At least Sabrina performed this year.
@altokers
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
you going to do a review on golden?
@steve.santiago
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Great pod. I think they moved the MTV awards to CBS and showcased some older artists because they are trying to attract older viewers now. Younger viewers don’t watch award shows. Only highlights, certain performances online.
@nv52895
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
idc much about the vmas, i could have sworn they just dissapered after 2011. i'm just hoping anxiety by doechii makes it on your worst of 2025 list. that shit is as annoying and painful to listen to as dance monkey was five years ago.
@Frannie2199
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
A someone who only watches song vs song when it’s time for the VMAs, HI LENA ❤
@NIRDIAN1
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
6:50 The Mysterious Emily introduces herself! (I actually follow her, hah! Thought she sounded familiar!)
@jjhopkins62707
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
@ToddintheShadows I have been watching your videos for a few years, and I have been a fan for a while. If you ever do another Trainwreckords video, I would like to see you do one on Sia's 2021 album "Music: Songs From and Inspired by The Motion Picture". I think it would be interesting to analyze the movie and album both, as these projects, in my opinion, killed Sia's career. The movie ended up being critically panned, especially for its portrayal of autism (with Maddie Ziegler's performance as the title character being one of the major criticisms of the project), and Sia's reaction on social media ended up making the situation even worse. The album was met with mixed reviews and failed to chart on the Billboard 200. The failure of the project carried further for her next album, "Reasonable Woman," in 2024, as it only reached number 155 on the charts, a far cry from the number one albums from the 2010s such as 2014's "1000 Forms of Fear" and 2016's "This is Acting".
@katriarchy
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
sounds like i’m supposed to know who kenny g is but i Do Not
@myragingwhormoans
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
gnarly
@klausgartenstiel4586
June 17, 2026 at 5:18 pm
ricky martin is gay???