Will Taylor Swift attend 2026 MTV VMAs to receive new Artist Director award?

This year, the MTV VMAs have announced a new category: MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, and Taylor Swift will be the first artist to receive it.

Announced by CBS and MTV, the award is to recognize those who directed their own music videos.

"The award is being earmarked for artists whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling.“

"And celebrates a sustained and influential body of work from artists who have pushed creative boundaries and developed a clear directorial voice," the networks said.

Here, the Carolina hitmaker comes in, who has been increasingly directing videos for her own songs.

That is the reason she has been nominated seven times for Best Director at the VMAs.

Some of those projects include

• The Man
• Cardigan
• Willow
• All Too Well: The Short Film
• Anti-Hero
• Bejewelled
• Fortnight
• I Can See You
• Karma
• Lavender Haze
• The Fate of Ophelia
• Opalite

But will she attend the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards?

According to Variety, there is a strong possibility she will. But no official confirmation yet that Swift will attend the award ceremony set to take place on Sept. 27.