The California based producer and rapper, Flying Lotus, has taken his opinion of the YouTube Music Awards set to air on November 3rd, 2013. The awards show will be hosted in New York City by Jason Schwartzman and will be the type of awards show that is “by the people, for the people.” While it seems like a cool idea in theory, Flying Lotus doesn't favor the new awards show as it seems to be “the same as the VMAs.”
Seems like the YouTube music awards are pretty much the same as the VMAs. I don't really see the point.
— FLYLO FM (@flyinglotus) October 22, 2013
They had an opportunity to shine a light on all the artists that they helped to gain notoriety just to shit on them for uber famous acts
— FLYLO FM (@flyinglotus) October 22, 2013
If it's all about hits sure I get it but let's be fair. YouTube award nominations clearly don't care about cutting edge/innovation.
— FLYLO FM (@flyinglotus) October 22, 2013
No disrespect to the nominees yadda yadda
— FLYLO FM (@flyinglotus) October 22, 2013
YouTube Music Awards 2013 Nominations
YouTube Video of the Year
Epic Rap Battles Of History – ‘Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney’
Demi Lovato – ‘Heart Attack’
Girls’ Generation - ‘I Got A Boy’
Justin Bieber (feat. Nicki Minaj) – ‘Beauty And A Beat’
Lady Gaga - ‘Applause’
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert) – ‘Same Love’
Miley Cyrus – ‘We Can’t Stop’
One Direction – ‘Best Song Ever’
PSY – ‘Gentleman’
Selena Gomez – ‘Come & Get It’
YouTube Artist of the Year
Eminem
Epic Rap Battles
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
PSY
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
YouTube Breakthrough
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Naughty Boy
Passenger
Rudimental
YouTube Innovation of the Year
Anamanaguchi - ‘ENDLESS FANTASY’
Atoms For Peace - ‘Ingenue’
Bat For Lashes - ‘Lilies’
DeStorm - ‘See Me Standing’
Toro Y Moi – ‘Say That’
YouTube Fan Response of the Year
Boyce Avenue (feat. Fifth Harmony) - ‘Mirrors’
Jayesslee - ‘Gangnam Style’
Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix - ‘Radioactive’
ThePianoGuys - ‘Titanium / Pavane’
Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX) – ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’
YouTube Phenomenon
Rihanna – ‘Diamonds’
Psy – ‘Gangnam Style’
Baauer – ‘Harlem Shake’
Taylor Swift – ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’
Macklemore – ‘Thrift Shop’
