Taylor Swift just won Video of the Year at the VMAs - and announced a new album!

"I'm so honored to have been recognized alongside such incredible artists and directors in this category, and just want to say I'm so heartened by the fact that for the first time in the history of VMA, four of the directors nominated in the Video of the Year category are women," said Swift, who directed and wrote the video. She continued, "You guys, I'm so proud of what we've done, and I know every second of this moment that we couldn't have made this short if it wasn't for you guys. fans, because I couldn't re-record my albums if it wasn't for you. You encouraged me to do it, and I had kind of decided that if you were to be so generous and give us this, J thought it would be a fun time to tell you that my brand new album is out October 21st, and I'll let you know more at midnight."

Swift's comments hinted that the new album isn't one of the long-awaited re-recordings, like "1989 (Taylor's Version)", but rather something completely new. It would be Swift's first new album since releasing "Evermore" in December 2020. In 2021, she released "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)", the first two of six re-recorded albums. expected. Swift also released "Carolina" from the movie "Where the Crawdads Sing" in 2022.

Earlier in the evening at the VMAs, Swift won Best Long Form Video and Best Direction. Her appearance at the awards show was previously unannounced, so when she walked the red carpet, fans wondered if she was going to use this moment to make a big announcement.

Other nominees for VMA Video of the Year were Doja Cat's "Woman", Drake's "Way 2 Sexy" (featuring Future and Young Thug), Ed Sheeran's "Shivers", "As It Was" by Harry Styles,