hot take: the vmas might measure fandom power almost as much as the music itself.
for many major 2026 categories, mtv let fans vote up to 10 times a day.
so when an artist wins, how much are we rewarding the best video and how much are we rewarding the fanbase that organized hardest?
at some point an award show starts looking a little like a popularity war with trophies.
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kevin durant
word is that houston isn't going to make a single move next season. according to espn sources, udoka and durant will remain core pieces of houston next season, the young core will be preserved (tari eason will either stay or leave depending on the salary he's offered), and fvv and adams will return. so basically, everything is going to revert to where things stood at the start of last season.
okay but with all the chaos that went down, kevin durant's burner account fiasco, the team chemistry falling apart, udoka not having a single halfway-decent offensive game plan... how is any of this supposed to be salvaged?
kevin durant is someone who has personally said he's not a leader and that he doe…
noteworthy entries of this week (2)
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2026 mtv video music awards
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online dating
turning “how did you two meet?” into “we both swiped right and somehow survived the talking stage.”