Fall Out Boy, Peso Pluma, Metro Boomin Set to Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards
Written by djfrosty on September 8, 2023
Fall Out Boy will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards for the first time since 2007 on Tuesday (Sept. 12), while Peso Pluma and Metro Boomin will make their performance debuts on the show.
The show will air live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Pluma is one of a record four Latin artists performing on this year’s VMAs. He joins Shakira, who is set to receive the Video Vanguard Award, Anitta and Karol G.
Likewise, Metro Boomin is one of four hip-hop stars set to perform on the show. He joins Nicki Minaj, is set to emcee the show; Diddy, who is set to receive the Global Icon Award, and Lil Wayne. In addition, the show will include a 50th anniversary salute to hip-hop, something that has been all but mandatory on awards shows this year. And it will include a performance by pop star Doja Cat, whose music incorporates hip-hop.
Fall Out Boy first performed on the VMAs in 2005, singing “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down.” They returned two years later to perform “Shut Up and Drive” featuring Rihanna and “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.” The band has two nominations this year – best alternative for “Hold It Like a Grudge” and best visual effects for “Love From the Other Side.”
Fall Out Boy has won four VMAs, including three wins in a row in 2005 (an MTV 2 award for “Sugar, We’re Goin Down), 2006 (the viewers choice award for “Dance, Dance”) and 2007 (best group). The group won best rock video in 2015 for “Uma Thurman.”
Metro Boomin and Pluma are both first-time VMA nominees as well as first-time VMA performers.
Metro Boomin will perform two songs, both with big-name assists – “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” with Future and “Calling” with A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Swae Lee and NAV. According to MTV, they will appear “on stage together for the first time ever.”
“Superhero (Heroes and Villains)” is nominated for best hip-hop, one of four nominations for Metro Boomin. He is also up for album of the year for Heroes & Villains and two awards (best collaboration and best R&B) for the “Creepin’” remix which featured The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy.
Pluma is contending in three categories — best new artist, best Latin for “Ella Baila Sola,” a collab with Eslabon Armado, and song of the summer for “La Bebe (Remix),” a collab with Yng Lvcas.
With the addition of social categories, Taylor Swift leads all nominees for the 2023 VMAs with 11 nods, followed by SZA (eight); BLACKPINK, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and Rodrigo (six each); Kim Petras and Sam Smith (five each); and Beyoncé, Diddy, Drake, Ice Spice, Karol G, Metro Boomin, Shakira and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (four each).
General fan voting is now closed; voting remains open for social categories and best new artist.
Bruce Gillmer and Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic are executive producers of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Barb Bialkowski is co-executive producer. Alicia Portugal and Jackie Barba serve as executives in charge of production. Wendy Plaut is executive in charge of celebrity talent. Lisa Lauricella is music talent executive.