Taylor Swift received greatest solo on this planet at the 2020 NME Awards in London on Wednesday (Feb. 12), and shocked everybody by displaying up in individual to simply accept her award.
Her center finger trophy and glass of wine in hand, she addressed the high-energy crowd with a joke. “This is my first time at the NME Awards and I simply really feel like everybody right here is so shy, so reserved. It’s like, ‘Are you guys going to have any enjoyable tonight? Are you going to come back out of your shells, at all?’ Oh, wait — no, that is just like the craziest awards present I’ve ever been to, and I adore it a lot.”
Swift final took residence an NME award in 2016 (she despatched in a video for her acceptance speech). This yr, she accepted her trophy from Robyn, who was honored as songwriter of the last decade.
Other winners of the evening included included Slipknot for greatest band on this planet, Lana Del Rey for greatest album on this planet, Clairo for brand spanking new act and FKA Twigs for British solo act. The 1975 received two awards, British band and an honorary award for innovation. Courtney Love additionally obtained the honorary Icon award.
See Swift’s acceptance speech beneath.
