Taylor Swift Makes 1st Appearance Since Ticketmaster ‘Eras Tour’ Disaster At AMAs

Taylor Swift amazed fans erstwhile she graciously accepted the Favorite Pop Album trophy for Red (Taylor’s Version) astatine the 2022 American Music Awards connected Sunday, Nov. 20 successful Los Angeles aft skipping the reddish carpet. The 32-year-old Grammy victor looked similar a “Mirrorball” successful a gold, sequin-covered jumpsuit that featured a plunging halter neckline. Her signature blonde hairsbreadth was styled successful brushed-out curls, which channeled an aged Hollywood glamor vibe. A skinny golden loop highlighted her bladed waist and open-toed golden pumps completed her look.

Taylor Swift accepted the trophy for Favorite Pop Album astatine the 2022 American Music Awards (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Taylor humbly accepted her grant by expressing gratitude to her fans for supporting her re-recorded albums truthful fiercely, arsenic seen successful the clip below. “This medium is simply a re-recorded medium and I cannot archer you however overmuch my re-recorded albums mean to maine but I ne'er expected oregon assumed that they would mean thing to you, truthful I can’t convey you capable for caring astir this medium that I’m truthful arrogant of,” she smiled. The “Lavender Haze” vocalist past went onto convey a agelong database of people, including her co-producer, her featured artists Chris Stapleton and Phoebe Bridgers, and the set that toured with her and contributed to the rerecorded album.

Taylor Swift's "Red (Taylor's Version)" wins the #AMA for favourite popular album. https://t.co/NG0g8ihgQ8 pic.twitter.com/5sh7W9El6l

— Variety (@Variety) November 21, 2022

Taylor adjacent thanked Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien for starring successful her All Too Well: The Short Film, which dropped successful 2021. She besides took a infinitesimal to convey her “beautiful, superb friend” Blake Lively, who directed her “I Bet You Think About Me” euphony video. The video starred Miles Teller and his woman Keleigh, who Taylor besides thanked.

Taylor’s AMA quality is her archetypal since addressing the backlash surrounding the merchantability of tickets to her forthcoming tour, The Eras Tour. However, she is nary alien to the American Music Awards, arsenic she won respective awards astatine the 2021 and 2020 ceremonies. She was adjacent crowned Artist of the Decade and performed a medley of her hits successful 2019. And each twelvemonth she attends, she models immoderate jaw-dropping manner choices, truthful she conscionable continued that inclination with this year’s show. We indispensable enactment that this is Taylor’s archetypal in-person quality astatine an American Music Awards since 2019. She appeared virtually for some the 2020 and 2021 shows, truthful seeing her locomotion connected signifier astatine the amusement again was a dainty for fans.

Taylor started the amusement with nominations for Artist Of The Year, Favorite Female Pop Artist, Favorite Music Video for “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Favorite Pop Album for Red (Taylor’s Version), and Favorite Female Country Artist.

Before this, Taylor’s astir caller awards amusement quality happened astatine the MTV EMAs connected Nov. 13. That night, she took location aggregate awards, including Best Artist and Best Longform Video. The second triumph was for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).” At that show, she wore a sheer bejeweled skirt.