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Kanye West was ejected from Radio City Music Hall at the MTV VMAs on 13th September, 2009, after drunkenly interrupting Taylor Swift\u2019s acceptance speech for Best Female Video.\nDistraught that the country star\u2019s \u2018You Belong To Me\u2019 video has beaten Beyonce\u2019s \u2018Single Ladies\u2019 to the trophy, he memorably proclaimed: \u201cYo Taylor, I\u2019m really happy for you, I\u2019mma let you finish, but Beyonc\xe9 had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!\u201d\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly examine whether this viral moment was ultimately harmful or beneficial to both stars\u2019 careers; highlight how the fracas accelerated Twitter\u2019s adoption by the mainstream media; and ask whether - after all these years - Kanye was right\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018How the Taylor Swift-Kanye West VMAs scandal became a perfect American morality tale\u2019 (Vox, 2019):\nhttps://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/26/20828559/taylor-swift-kanye-west-2009-mtv-vmas-explained\n\u2022 \u20182009 VMAs Oral History: What You Didn't See When Kanye West Rushed the Stage on Taylor Swift\u2019 (Billboard, 2009):\nhttps://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8523549/2009-mtv-vmas-oral-history\n\u2022 Artisan News Service reports on the event in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z8gCZ7zpsQ\n\ufeffFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#2010s #Person #Music #Arts #Mistakes #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices