MTV VMAs 2013: Five Best GIFs

Did you watch the MTV Vide Music Awards last night? No? Doesn't matter, we've got your back. Oh, you did? Doesn't matter, these GIFs are still worth a few minutes of your time. Seriously, what better way is there to capture the high-energy, low-brow atmosphere of the VMAs than to...

By Kat Bein

August 26, 2013

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Did you watch the MTV Vide Music Awards last night? No? Doesn't matter, we've got your back. Oh, you did? Doesn't matter, these GIFs are still worth a few minutes of your time.

Seriously, what better way is there to capture the high-energy, low-brow atmosphere of the VMAs than to wrap the whole two and a half hours into a collection of five herky-jerky moving images? This is what the Internet was invented for.

And yes, Miley will twerk.

Haha, Lady Gaga gives the best face. We think this is our favorite version of Lady Gaga yet. #ArtPop4Lyfe.

Drake's album cover for Nothing Was the Same is freaking terrible. It looks like the Super Mario Bros. background, but it isn't. Of course, he recreated it for us in the flesh.

Hahahaha, no, you shut the fuck up, Taylor.

Yes! That was the best dance move of the whole night...

And this was the worst. VMYays!

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Kat Bein is a freelance writer and has been described as this publication’s "senior millennial correspondent." She has an impressive, if unhealthy, knowledge of all things pop culture.

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