Aug. 8, 2019: Swift looks back on the 2016 incident.
In an interview for the all-important September issue of Vogue, Swift discusses being deeply affected by her dealings with West and Kardashian. “I knew immediately I needed to make music about it because I knew it was the only way I could survive it,” she says. “It was the only way I could preserve my mental health and also tell the story of what it’s like to go through something so humiliating.”
Swift is scheduled to perform at the 2019 MTV VMAs at 8 p.m. on Aug. 26.
The 2019 MTV VMAs marks 10 years since Kanye West disrupted then-19-year-old Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video to declare that her fellow nominee, Beyoncé, had “one of the best videos of all time.”
While much of the backlash was immediate, with even President Barack Obama privately calling West a jackass, the fallout continues to this day. The encounter sparked a longterm feud between Swift and West.
With the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards set for Monday, here’s a look back at what’s happened between West and Swift since that infamous moment
