Taylor Swift to Perform br at 2019 MTV VMAs MTV made the announcement on social media on Wednesday. @vmas, via Instagram Swift is also nominated for br 10 awards at this year's event. A few of her nominations include: Video of the year, song of the year br and video for good for the tracks br "Me!" and "You Need to Calm Down." The Video Music Awards will be hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco. The show will air live br on Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. ET.