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[CHEERING]
[MUSIC__-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the first-ever YouTube Music Awards.
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC - ARCADE FIRE, "AFTERLIFE"]
WIN BUTLER: We love you, Lou.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
That was awesome!
Hi.
Hi.
How are you?
I mean, I want to hug you.
REGGIE WATTS: That's incredible.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I want to hug you, but there's so many.
I mean, how do we do it quickly?
Can we just do it like this real quick?
OK.
REGGIE WATTS: It's a group hug.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
OK, great.
Well, that was a good--
FEMALE SPEAKER: That was good.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was our first live music
video of the evening, from Arcade Fire, directed
by Spike Jonze.
WIN BUTLER: This is live.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: This is live?
WIN BUTLER: It's actually live.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Right now?
WIN BUTLER: Don't be nervous.
REGGIE WATTS: That's weird.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, well--
REGGIE WATTS: I guess it's live.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: It is live.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I didn't think
they meant it when they said it.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, well--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Where's everybody going?
REGGIE WATTS: Hold on.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Everyone's leaving.
REGGIE WATTS: Why is everyone-- OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: No, we want to say-- that was Greta Gerwig,
by the way, dancing--
REGGIE WATTS: That was amazing.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: --with those wonderful children.
Thank you, Greta.
Thank you, children.
I don't know all of your names, but for the evening I'm
just going to call you Diana as a collective, I guess.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, Diana as a collective
for a group of children is great.
I think that's a good idea.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So I'm Jason Schwartzman.
REGGIE WATTS: Hi, I'm Reggie Watts.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And we're hosting the first-ever YouTube
Music Awards, presented by Kia.
REGGIE WATTS: Yes.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So for the last two weeks,
millions of people have been voting.
In fact, I think the number was 16 billion.
REGGIE WATTS: 16 billion.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: People have voted, which is unbelievable.
I don't really believe it.
And so it's-- yeah.
Hey.
REGGIE WATTS: Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, guys.
REGGIE WATTS: What?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi.
REGGIE WATTS: There's so many people up here.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So 16 million people.
And you guys tonight, we find out who you voted for,
who the winner is.
This is the big night.
So get excited.
REGGIE WATTS: There's a theme tonight.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And the theme of the night
is creativity because that's what this is all about,
making things.
And we're celebrating the people who made things,
and people who made things on YouTube with music.
So if you look behind me, all these people here,
these are all the musical acts and directors
and creative people and collaborators that have--
REGGIE WATTS: Every single person.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: We've all joined together
to put on a one of a kind hopefully live show for you
tonight.
REGGIE WATTS: This guy too.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: We're going to be making live music videos.
Do you want to introduce some people?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, let's introduce them.
OK, so here we have Tyler, the Creator.
[CHEERING]
REGGIE WATTS: Yes, right here.
Avicii.
Avicii.
[CHEERING]
REGGIE WATTS: Yes.
We have Arcade Fire.
Yes, M.I.A.
[CHEERING]
REGGIE WATTS: Where is she?
Get it?
OK.
Lindsey Stirling.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Earl Sweatshirt.
REGGIE WATTS: Earl Sweatshirt.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Lindsey Stirling.
REGGIE WATTS: Who else?
Eminem and Lady Gaga are backstage getting ready.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: They're getting ready?
They're getting ready?
Yeah.
I like your shirt.
REGGIE WATTS: This is everybody-- everybody.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And we have amazing directors tonight.
James Larese, Ray Tintori, Fafi-- my sweet baby Fafi.
Hi, Fafi.
OK Go, Joe Sabia, Wolf Haley, one
of my favorite directors in the world.
REGGIE WATTS: Yep.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Where is he?
REGGIE WATTS: I don't know.
There's our creative director too,
Spike Jonze, and Chris Milk.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Listen, I want
to just let you know something.
I've never hosted anything in my life.
One Christmas party, and it was terrible.
I didn't introduce anybody to anybody.
And I want to say that-- huh?
Listen, guys.
We were invited to come here and host, Reggie and I.
REGGIE WATTS: That's right, we were.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And it was decided
early on that we shouldn't have a script.
We have some note cards with bullet points on them.
I already ruined mine.
But there is nothing scripted tonight.
This is all about anything happening.
It's all about that.
REGGIE WATTS: We're basically the same as one of you guys,
but we're here to kind of be a surrogate to the experience.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So listen, anything can happen.
There's no script.
And it was decided upon-- all right, we're going to go.
REGGIE WATTS: We're going to go now.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: But I want to tell you one thing.
Anything can happen, and there are
going to be a series of obstacles
that Reggie and I have to attempt to overcome tonight.
Please bear with us if you're watching this,
and you're someone-- what is that?
Ugh, it's a Sharpie.
All right, I'm OK.
REGGIE WATTS: You just got sharped.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: It's OK.
I didn't know what it was.
REGGIE WATTS: By the director.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: It came at me fast.
I got bad peripheral vision in my left eye.
All right, please welcome CDZA with the history
of music on YouTube.
Go!
Have fun!
Enjoy yourselves!
REGGIE WATTS: CDZA!
MICHAEL THURBER: A one, two, three, four.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
We are CDZA, and we are going to give you
an abridged history of some of the greatest music on YouTube.
Go!
[MUSIC - CDZA, "ABRIDGED HISTORY OF YOUTUBE MUSIC"]
MICHAEL THURBER: But what kind of history
would it be without the amazing Tay Zonday?
[MUSIC - TAY ZONDAY, "CHOCOLATE RAIN"]
[MUSIC - CDZA, "ABRIDGED HISTORY OF YOUTUBE MUSIC"]
MICHAEL THURBER: Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands
together for the one and only T-Pain!
[MUSIC - T-PAIN, "I'M ON A BOAT"]
MICHAEL THURBER: And now put your hands together for Walk
Off the Earth!
[MUSIC_-_WALK_OFF_THE_EARTH]
[MUSIC - CDZA, "ABRIDGED HISTORY OF YOUTUBE MUSIC"]
MICHAEL THURBER: Ladies and gentlemen, we like you
guys so much.
Let's have an amazing night at the YouTube Music Awards!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
REGGIE WATTS: All right!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I feel good.
It feels good.
It feels good, Reggie.
REGGIE WATTS: That felt really good.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How do you feel?
REGGIE WATTS: And it was very professional.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I feel good.
How do you guys feel?
REGGIE WATTS: You guys feel all right?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Amazing.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yeah?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Awesome.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Amazing night.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: It was awesome.
I have a hair in my mouth somehow.
It's odd.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, but leave it in there.
It'll have a drying effect.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Really?
I should put it back?
I have to find it.
I threw it on the floor.
REGGIE WATTS: Put it between cheek and gum.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So as a reminder,
we're about to give out our first award of the night,
and it's chosen by you.
So we're going to go to the VIP section, which is--
REGGIE WATTS: Where is that?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How do we get there?
All right, this way.
REGGIE WATTS: That's a long ways away.
MIKE: We've got to run there.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: We have to run there.
Oh, wait.
Before we go, can I introduce you really quickly?
This is Mike.
Mike, say hi.
MIKE: Hi, guys.
How are you?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
Mike's going to take care of us tonight.
We're going to run?
How fast?
Go.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, let's go.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, I'm running.
OK, it's fine.
I'm going right around you.
Where are you, Reggie?
Aah!
Obstacles!
People!
Reggie, you go first.
I'll help you.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Never climb up the other side of a ladder.
All right, Daddy's going up.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, there we go.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
REGGIE WATTS: By the way--
RASHIDA JONES: Hey, how are you?
REGGIE WATTS: Hi.
RASHIDA JONES: Hi.
Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Rashida Jones, hi.
RASHIDA JONES: Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How are you?
Nice to see you.
RASHIDA JONES: Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Who are these people?
REGGIE WATTS: Who are these?
RASHIDA JONES: You guys are cool.
Just check them out for a while.
I'm going to go, but thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thanks.
REGGIE WATTS: Rashida!
Rashida, no.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: OK.
Rashida?
Rashida, when were these babies last fed, though?
REGGIE WATTS: All right.
Hi.
So-- oh, hi.
OK, announce the next thing.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: OK.
I'm going to hold up this card.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, now--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, listen.
The YouTube Breakthrough recognizes the biggest breakout
acts on YouTube, the artists with the highest growth.
Speaking of growth, you're a baby.
Shh, it's OK.
Speaking of growth and views and subscribers
over the past years, roll to the package.
[MUSIC - KENDRICK LAMAR, "***, DON'T KILL MY VIBE"]
[MUSIC, NAUGHTY BOY, "LA LA LA"]
[MUSIC - MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, "THRIFT SHOP"]
[MUSIC - RUDIMENTAL, "WAITING ALL NIGHT"]
[MUSIC - PASSENGER, "LET HER GO"]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And your award
goes to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
REGGIE WATTS: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Congratulations.
On everything, congratulations.
REGGIE WATTS: Hello.
MACKLEMORE: Do we get to keep the babies now?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I don't know.
I don't think--
REGGIE WATTS: You want to keep the babies?
MACKLEMORE: This video was one that we shot.
We spent about $5,000 on this music video.
And we did it with our friends.
And we went to different thrift shops in Seattle
and just had fun making a music video.
That was it.
And we didn't have babies.
If we would have had babies, it probably
wouldn't have been as successful, because babies cry.
But they're amazing.
And I can't believe that we won these kids, man.
I've always wanted a kid without having to actually have sex,
so this is perfect.
REGGIE WATTS: Here's the award.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Here's your award, technically.
REGGIE WATTS: There you go.
I almost forgot.
That's the award.
But hold it the right way.
Otherwise, time will reverse.
MACKLEMORE: Can I say something real quick?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah.
MACKLEMORE: I just want to thank my elementary school, Tops
in Seattle.
I want to thank--
REGGIE WATTS: Seattle!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, listen.
MACKLEMORE: I want to thank my parents and my fiancee
and the person that used to sell me sh-- when I was a teenager.
I love you all.
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, listen, you guys.
REGGIE WATTS: Pacific Northwest.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: It's time for our next live music video.
And I'd like to welcome the world to Lady Gaga.
[CHEERING]
LADY GAGA: This is for my dad.
I'm sorry, Dad.
And I'm sorry, Mom and Natali.
And this is for my fans.
I'm sorry too.
And this is for my lover.
And I love you too.
AUDIENCE: I love you, Gaga.
AUDIENCE: We love you!
LADY GAGA: And this is for anybody
who has that pain inside.
They don't know why.
But--
[SIGH]
LADY GAGA: This is for you, Spike.
[MUSIC_-_LADY_GAGA,_"DOPE"]
[CHEERING]
AUDIENCE: Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
Gaga!
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: This is a message from our sponsor, Kia,
who made this video at a party they threw last night.
TARYN SOUTHERN: Whew, loud out there.
Hey, guys, I'm Taryn Southern, and I'm here
at Kia Soul Live, which is the official pre-party
for the YouTube Music Awards.
And we're celebrating with artists and their fans.
Not only is Kia super proud to present the first-ever YouTube
Music Awards, but also the Response of the Year
Award, which honors the best of song covers and parodies
and remixes on YouTube this year.
Let's see who the fans are voting for, shall we?
FEMALE SPEAKER: We voted for Boyce Avenue
with Fifth Harmony, "Mirrors."
MALE SPEAKER: Boyce Avenue featuring Fifth Harmony.
I love their videos.
I'm a big fan.
FEMALE SPEAKER: I voted for Lindsey Stirling
because I love her.
MALE SPEAKER: I loved KRNFX.
That guy was awesome.
KAREN SOUTHERN: So there you guys have it.
I don't know about you, but I'm ready to find out
who won Response of the Year.
So back to the YouTube Music Awards!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: The award for Response of the Year,
presented by Kia, recognizes the best remixes,
covers, and parodies on YouTube based on your views,
likes, shares, and comments.
I'm going to throw to the package.
[MUSIC - LINDSEY STIRLING AND PENTATONIX, "RADIOACTIVE"]
[MUSIC - BOYCE AVENUE FEATURING FIFTH HARMONY, "MIRRORS"]
[MUSIC - WALK OFF THE EARTH FEATURING KRNFX,
"I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE"]
[MUSIC - JAYESSLEE, "GANGNAM STYLE"]
[MUSIC - THE PIANO GUYS, "TITANIUM/PAVANE"]
REGGIE WATTS: All right, the winner is--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: The winner's name is in the cake.
REGGIE WATTS: It's in the cake?
What cake?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: The winner's name is in the cake.
REGGIE WATTS: Winner's name is in the cake.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Oh.
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, the winner's name is--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So, OK.
It says the winner's name is in the cake.
Reggie?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Divide and conquer, or how do we want to--
REGGIE WATTS: Let's divide and conquer.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So I'll take--
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, you want to take it from this portion over?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yeah.
Are you going to work far right?
How are you going to do it?
REGGIE WATTS: I'll go left to middle.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Likewise.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
All right.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Aw, man, I hate
to have this cake go to waste, so I'd like to cut it.
Should we cut it?
Is there a knife?
Yeah, cut it.
I don't want to waste this cake.
REGGIE WATTS: This cake could feed a lot of people.
OK, there's nothing in that one.
OK.
Why don't we do middle first?
Doesn't that make more sense?
Oh, wait.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
What's this?
What's this?
This isn't it.
This isn't it.
OK, it looks like white card is the winner.
Nope.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: The winner is Lindsey Stirling
and Pentatonix, "Radioactive."
[CHEERING]
REGGIE WATTS: Finding Lindsey.
Finding Lindsey.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Over here.
REGGIE WATTS: Finding Lindsey.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Hello.
REGGIE WATTS: Oh my god!
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh!
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, quick, I found a Lindsey.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I'm coming!
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh, I'm so excited.
REGGIE WATTS: How are you?
LINDSEY STIRLING: I'm good.
REGGIE WATTS: Good.
This is my cake hand, so.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh, nice.
REGGIE WATTS: Oh, yeah.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh, hey there.
REGGIE WATTS: Yep, he does that.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, darling.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How are you?
Congratulations.
I'm so sorry.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh, cake hands.
REGGIE WATTS: Oh, thank you.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Congratulations.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Here we go.
REGGIE WATTS: We want to present this to you.
This is the award for the award that you won.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Oh my goodness!
REGGIE WATTS: It's a representation of the award
that you won.
LINDSEY STIRLING: It's beautiful.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yeah, congrats.
It's amazing, all that you've accomplished.
Truly it is.
It's great.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Well, thank you.
And a big shout out to Pentatonix,
who won this award with me.
Love you guys.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, yeah!
LINDSEY STIRLING: Awesome.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How long have you been playing?
LINDSEY STIRLING: I've been playing
since I was six years old.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Wow.
REGGIE WATTS: I knew you were going to say that.
LINDSEY STIRLING: You knew it?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Really?
REGGIE WATTS: Suzuki method?
LINDSEY STIRLING: Suzuki all the way.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Really?
LINDSEY STIRLING: Yeah, you too?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: No, only the first couple albums.
REGGIE WATTS: Where'd you learn to dance?
LINDSEY STIRLING: Actually, I was
self-taught through watching YouTube tutorials, no joke.
REGGIE WATTS: What?
You're pure YouTube.
LINDSEY STIRLING: Exactly.
You know what?
I owe everything of my success and this award to YouTube.
I was the artist that everybody wanted to change.
And YouTube allowed me to be true to my passion, allowed
me to be true to my values, and true to myself.
So thank you, YouTube.
Thanks for all the fans.
And thanks to Pentatonix!
[CHEERING]
LINDSEY STIRLING: Yay!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
Our next live music video is performed by Earl Sweatshirt,
and it features Tyler, the Creator.
And it's directed by Wolf Haley.
Now, I love these guys very much.
We want to put them in a big, pink box.
It's for their song "Sasquatch."
Look, a shark!
REGGIE WATTS: Where?
[MUSIC - EARL SWEATSHIRT AND TYLER, THE CREATOR,
"SASQUATCH"]
[CHEERING]
EARL SWEATSHIRT: [INAUDIBLE] in this ***.
Thanks, guys.
Hey, back up.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was great.
That was great, you guys.
Well, innovation means many things.
Reggie, what's innovative to you?
REGGIE WATTS: Well, I think innovation is the spirit
to do whatever you want to do without thinking about it too
hard, but implementing the forces of chaos and darkness
to transform it into something even darker, or perhaps
even a little bit lighter.
Force of chaos.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Force of chaos.
What do you guys think?
This is OK Go, by the way.
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Damian, what is innovation to you?
DAMIAN KULASH: Force of chaos is pretty dead-on right there,
yeah.
Force of chaos harnessed for good.
DAN KONOPKA: Yeah.
Yeah.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Force--
DAN KONOPKA: Spirit of darkness.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Spirit of darkness, OK.
Well, in the spirit of chaos and innovation,
OK Go are going to do a little bit of innovation on my face
right now.
Go, guys.
Hit it.
DAMIAN KULASH: OK, go.
[MUSIC_-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Innovation.
That cream feels good on my face.
DAMIAN KULASH: It feels good putting cream
on your face, man.
It feels real good putting cream on your face.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: You know, it's innovative.
Children-- I want to thank those two little beautiful children
who were out earlier.
I'm sorry if they were scared.
But I love them.
Before we give out this next award, it's technically mine.
So I'm going to dedicate this award to my daughter.
DAMIAN KULASH: For my last color, guys, I want--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: This award is for you, baby.
I love you, sweetie.
[MUSIC_-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Shh.
All right.
And now a little bit of magic.
MALE SPEAKER: Head back, Jason.
Head back.
There you go.
[MUSIC_-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: The award for innovation
recognizes some of the most unique concepts and creators
in music videos on YouTube this year.
Roll it, daddy.
[MUSIC - BAT FOR LASHES, "LILIES"]
[MUSIC - ANAMANAGUCHI, "ENDLESS FANTASY"]
[MUSIC - ATOMS FOR PEACE, "INGENUE"]
[MUSIC - TORO Y MOI, "SAY THAT"]
[MUSIC - DESTORM, "SEE ME STANDING"]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, ready, Reggie?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, I'm here.
So here.
Oh.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Unlock the envelope.
REGGIE WATTS: Let's see, towel.
Oh, OK.
And that.
OK.
I'm going to give you this towel.
This is for you and all of your camouflagic troubles.
And we're going to announce this Innovation of the Year Award
together.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, go ahead.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
I'm going to open the envelope.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: OK, I'm with you.
REGGIE WATTS: Because I know you can't see right now.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I can see, but--
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
I want you to read it because you went through so much.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: DeStorm, "See Me Standing."
Get up here.
The winner is DeStorm.
Come up.
Where are you?
REGGIE WATTS: DeStorm, "See Me Standing,"
ladies and gentlemen.
May I give this and present this to you?
DESTORM POWER: Yeah.
Damn.
REGGIE WATTS: Sir.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Congratulations.
DESTORM POWER: Thank you.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, I'm Jason.
DESTORM POWER: Hey, what's up?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Pleasure to meet you.
REGGIE WATTS: Hi, I'm Reggie.
DESTORM POWER: Yo.
REGGIE WATTS: Good to meet you.
DESTORM POWER: I just received the dopest paperweight ever!
That's what's up, YouTube!
Yo, I just want to say that YouTube,
they started something amazing six years ago.
I've been on there for, like, ever.
And this award means more than any other award I ever got,
because YouTube was my beginning.
So I just want to thank God, Matei
Dima for producing an amazing video.
And to all the fans who put up with me for seven years,
I thank y'all for that.
And man, that's some crazy sh-- going on on your face, man.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
It's makeup paint.
Like it's not real paint, but it's not real makeup.
It's somewhere where they meet.
It's like brackish water.
DESTORM POWER: It's dope.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yeah, thank you.
Thank you.
DESTORM POWER: Well, thank y'all, man.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
REGGIE WATTS: DeStorm!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
OK.
REGGIE WATTS: All right.
OK.
Like many of you, our next performer
made her own video for her original song
and uploaded it onto YouTube.
Almost 500 million views later, she's
with us here tonight to perform that song,
"Crystallize," in a live music video directed by Ray Tintori.
Please welcome Lindsey Stirling!
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC - LINDSEY STIRLING, "CRYSTALLIZE"]
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC - REGGIE WATTS AND JASON SCHWARTZMAN]
[MUSIC_-_PSY,_"GANGNAM_STYLE"]
[MUSIC - BAAUER, "HARLEM SHAKE"]
[MUSIC - TAYLOR SWIFT, "I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE"]
[MUSIC_-_RIHANNA,_"DIAMONDS"]
[MUSIC - MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS, "THRIFT SHOP"]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Listen, I'm going
to go ahead and open this envelope.
And your winner's-- the winner's name is somewhere on the stage.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Wait a second.
REGGIE WATTS: What about this obvious thing here?
Should we--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Wait.
REGGIE WATTS: I'm really afraid, though.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I am too.
Hold on.
Before we do this--
REGGIE WATTS: What if this is--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Are you allergic
to anything I should know about?
REGGIE WATTS: I'm allergic to nuts and gluten,
so this better be not a--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I hope there's not
like a nut cake in there.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah.
Yeah, with extra gluten.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Reggie, stop.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
All right.
Should we?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yes.
All right, let's make this bed.
Let's unmake this bed together.
One, two, three.
FEMALE SPEAKER: "I Knew You Were Trouble!"
REGGIE WATTS: Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble."
Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Well then, who
is going to accept this award?
REGGIE WATTS: Oh, there they are.
You guys, come on.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, how are you?
I'm Jason.
REGGIE WATTS: Whose little sister is this?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Nice to meet you.
REGGIE WATTS: Is this your little sister?
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hey, you brought your own microphone.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah, I don't know if it works.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That's good.
Hey, I'm Jason.
Hi, how are you?
REGGIE WATTS: Hi, guys.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, guys, how are--
REGGIE WATTS: Thank you very much.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
Well, it got painted.
Hi, how are you?
REGGIE WATTS: Hi, how are you?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Hi.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How are you?
Congratulations.
FEMALE SPEAKER: I'm fine, thank you.
REGGIE WATTS: Hi, how are you?
Nice to meet you.
Hi.
Oh, why, thank you.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: So you guys, let's discuss--
may I ask you a few questions?
How did you choose this song to cover?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Because it was super awesome.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Because we we loved it.
FEMALE SPEAKER: And everyone loved it.
Taylor Swift is so talented, and we are so honored
to be accepting this on her behalf.
Who loves Taylor Swift?
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Oh.
WIN BUTLER: Not Taylor Swift, I'm going to let you finish.
[LAUGHTER]
WIN BUTLER: Not Taylor Swift, the YouTube phenomenon
of the year was definitely the Harlem Shake.
I don't know.
No disrespect.
But everyone knows that if you've ever
even been on YouTube, so whatever.
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Go to the behind the-- Oh.
Guys, I love you all.
Sorry that had to happen.
FEMALE SPEAKER: It's OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Please welcome a beautiful short film
for Avicii.
Avicii!
REGGIE WATTS: Avicii!
[MUSIC_-_AVICII]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Stop!
All right.
Now we have come to the Choose Your Own Adventure
portion of the short film.
And to decide what happens next, we're
going to use a very modern technology.
It's beyond Twitter.
It's hardly been tested, in fact.
It's called raising your hand.
Looks like this.
Yeah, a lot of you have them up already.
OK, so to decide what happens to these two people,
we have to see if you think that this girl and this boy
had a nice time tonight and should walk off this stage,
hail a taxi, go meet each other's parents,
and have a soup.
Or if you think that they should just-- I don't know,
go out in a blaze of romantic glory
in some kind of a double tragedy.
All right, option one is the soup.
Raise your hand for the soup.
Option two is the double tragedy.
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
OK.
Avicii-- OK.
All right, roll it, Avicii, option two.
[MUSIC_-_AVICII]
[MUSIC_-_AVICII]
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi.
I'm hot.
I'm hot right now.
Ah.
Up to the stage.
Come with me.
Hi, how are you?
What's your name?
SHOSHANNA: Shoshanna.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, Shoshanna, I'm Jason.
I'll talk to you later, all right?
Hey, how are you?
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, over here.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Where are you, Reg?
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, here.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, guys.
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, this way.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Can I come through?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, come on this-- yeah.
No, no, this way.
Don't go through-- OK, yes, this way.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
How are you?
What's your name?
DARIUS: Darius.
REGGIE WATTS: Darius.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Awesome, nice to meet you.
Thank you for your help tonight.
REGGIE WATTS: It's a good name.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: OK.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Yeah.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zippy.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: OK.
REGGIE WATTS: Hey, br--
MICHAEL CERA: Guys, guys, guys, no one can hear you.
No one can hear you.
The mics got killed.
Thank you.
Hi.
I'm here too.
Guys, no one can hear you.
But listen, I brought my own personal microphone from home.
I knew something like this was going to happen.
So here.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: My--
MICHAEL CERA: You know what?
It's programmed to only react to my voice.
But here.
Take these cue cards and read along, and move your lips.
And I'll provide your voices, OK?
Jason, go.
Just-- here, read along.
Read along.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is a total unexpected surprise.
We had no idea the superbly talented
Michael Cera would join us on stage tonight.
Jason, don't improvise.
Stick to the script.
This is running long.
No, Michael, Jason is right.
It's important to take the time to acknowledge
what a special talent you are.
And I know Michael doesn't pay any attention
to this kind of thing.
But in the past few days, his IMDb STARmeter
went up eight points.
I don't think anyone else who's here
could make that kind of claim tonight.
Reggie, you'll make him blush.
He's down to earth.
When I worked with Michael on "Scott Pilgrim
Against the Planet," the whole time
it was muy hard to play his enemy.
That's what I call acting.
Impressive.
What's that?
Oh.
Apparently our microphones are back in business.
Michael, you can leave now.
OK.
All right.
I'm sorry if I did the wrong thing tonight.
We love you, Michael.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I love you, Michael.
REGGIE WATTS: Thank you, Michael.
Thank you, Michael.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you, Michael.
REGGIE WATTS: Thank you, Michael.
Oh.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Here are the nominees.
REGGIE WATTS: Here they are!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: For video of the year.
[MUSIC - ONE DIRECTION, "BEST SONG EVER"]
[MUSIC - LADY GAGA, "APPLAUSE"]
[MUSIC - MILEY CYRUS, "WE CAN'T STOP"]
[MUSIC - MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS, "SAME LOVE"]
[MUSIC_-_PSY,_"GENTLEMAN"]
[MUSIC - DEMI LOVATO, "HEART ATTACK"]
[MUSIC - JUSTIN BIEBER, "BEAUTY AND A BEAT"]
[MUSIC - SELENA GOMEZ, "COME & GET IT"]
[MUSIC - EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY, "BARACK OBAMA VS.
MITT ROMNEY"]
[MUSIC - GIRLS' GENERATION, "I GOT A BOY"]
REGGIE WATTS: And winner for Video of the Year
is Girls' Generation, "I Got A Boy."
[MUSIC - GIRLS' GENERATION, "I GOT A BOY"]
TIFFANY: Oh my gosh, thank you so much.
This is absolutely beautiful.
YouTube is my best friend.
Is YouTube your best friend?
Oh my gosh.
I mean, to be here at the first-ever YouTube Music Awards
is a treat itself, but to win Video of the Year,
this is absolutely unexpected and exciting and altogether
humbling at the same time.
I'd like to think SM Entertainment, our company.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
And my sisters, my eight members on the other side
of the planet, working and trusting
me to represent the group.
I love you.
I love you.
And last but not least, to all our fans who totally
gave this to us.
This would not be possible without you,
so enjoy this moment.
Thank you, and we love you.
[SPEAKING KOREAN]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Your earrings are so beautiful, by the way.
TIFFANY: Oh, thank you very much.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: They're really nice.
TIFFANY: Thank you.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: They're beautiful.
They're mesmerizing.
TIFFANY: Your face-- your makeup is beautiful as well.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you very much.
Yeah, it's like I'm half lion on one side, half blood
splatter on the other, so.
TIFFANY: It's beautiful.
REGGIE WATTS: It's like two halves.
TIFFANY: Thank you so much.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, have a nice night.
And I appreciate it.
Be careful.
It's so slippery.
REGGIE WATTS: [SPEAKING KOREAN]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, our next live music video
is for the song "Come Walk With Me," and it's directed by Fafi.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome M.I.A.
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC - M.I.A., "COME WALK WITH ME"]
[CHEERING]
REGGIE WATTS: That was some--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hi, how are you?
REGGIE WATTS: That was pretty normal.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: How are you?
REGGIE WATTS: I feel great.
Normal.
Pretty normal.
That was amazing.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was beautiful.
I want to just say right now-- I know I said it earlier,
but I want to say that a lot of hard work went in tonight,
and I think that every video has been really great.
REGGIE WATTS: It's been amazing, man.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And I just want to thank you,
top to bottom, to all the artists and directors,
because it's all been really beautiful.
REGGIE WATTS: Immersive.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And obviously that was incredible.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, I'm a big--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: More!
I want more!
That's the best you've got?
REGGIE WATTS: That was the best-tasting chalk.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: I need more!
REGGIE WATTS: If you love chalk--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Pour it on my head.
OK.
Artist of the Year honors the biggest acts.
REGGIE WATTS: OK, here we go.
And--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Artist of the Year
honors the biggest acts of the last year on YouTube
based on total number of views, likes, shares, comments,
and subscribers.
Please watch this fan video.
MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKERS: The nominations
for YouTube 2013 Artist of the Year are--
[MUSIC_-_PSY,_"GENTLEMAN"]
[MUSIC_-_PSY,_"GANGNAM_STYLE"]
[MUSIC_-_KATY_PERRY,_"ROAR"]
[MUSIC - KATY PERRY, "UNCONDITIONALLY"]
[MUSIC_-_RIHANNA,_"DIAMONDS"]
[MUSIC_-_RIHANNA,_"STAY"]
[MUSIC - JUSTIN BIEBER, "ALL AROUND THE WORLD"]
[MUSIC - JUSTIN BIEBER, "BOYFRIEND"]
[MUSIC - NICKI MINAJ, "POUND THE ALARM"]
[MUSIC - NICKI MINAJ, "VA VA VOOM"]
[MUSIC - EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY, "STEVE JOBS VS.
BILL GATES"]
[MUSIC - EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY, "MOZART VS. SKRILLEX"]
[MUSIC - TAYLOR SWIFT, "I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE"]
[MUSIC__-_TAYLOR_SWIFT,_"22"]
[MUSIC_-_EMINEM,_"BERZERK"]
[MUSIC - EMINEM, "SPACE BOUND"]
[MUSIC - ONE DIRECTION, "BEST SONG EVER"]
[MUSIC - ONE DIRECTION, "KISS YOU"]
[MUSIC - MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS, "WHITE WALLS"]
[MUSIC - MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS, "CAN'T HOLD US"]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right.
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah!
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Reggie?
Reggie?
REGGIE WATTS: All right, just--
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Open the envelope.
REGGIE WATTS: OK.
Where's the envelope?
Is there an envelope?
Oh, here.
There's no envelope.
I think we pushed it.
There's no envelope.
No, there's no envelope.
Artist of the Year.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: This guy stole it.
You!
REGGIE WATTS: Here.
Here, let me take that.
Guys, do not drop the Schwartzman.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: You don't have to call me that.
REGGIE WATTS: He is very heavy.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, the winner, Artist of the Year.
The award goes to Eminem.
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: But let me tell you something.
Let me tell you something.
Eminem is coincidentally-- he's actually
about-- he's getting ready.
There's a lot of dust.
It's hard to breathe.
I didn't know how hard it would be to breathe.
I thought it'd be funny.
But let me tell you something.
REGGIE WATTS: Jason, tell us a little bit about something.
Tell us a little bit.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: We're going to a behind the scenes clip
because Eminem is getting ready to perform.
[MUSIC_-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Here's a dancer.
[MUSIC_-_REGGIE_WATTS]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Ladies and gentlemen, it's
my honor to present a live music video by Eminem.
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC_-_EMINEM,_"RAP_GOD"]
[CHEERING]
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was incredible, right?
REGGIE WATTS: That was good.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was amazing.
REGGIE WATTS: I loved it.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was incredible.
REGGIE WATTS: I had to see that.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was beautiful.
REGGIE WATTS: I mean, I saw it from the side, but I loved it.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: You guys, that was amazing.
Can I show you-- come here.
This is Spike Jonze.
He created this night.
Say hi, Spike.
Anything you want to say, or anyone you want to thank?
SPIKE JONZE: I want to thank all the artists and the directors
that came in and worked so *** this,
and thank YouTube for letting us make this mess.
And thank you, beautiful men.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Thank you.
SPIKE JONZE: Thank you so much.
REGGIE WATTS: Our pleasure.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All right, listen.
Is there anything else we should say?
Anyway, I want to just say I love my wife.
REGGIE WATTS: I think your wife is great.
I love her.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Isn't she nice?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah, she's really awesome.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: She's the best, right?
REGGIE WATTS: Yeah.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Hello, sir.
This is your award.
REGGIE WATTS: Congratulations, man.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: That was amazing.
Thank you so much performing.
That was incredible.
Here's your microphone if you want to say anything,
but that was cool.
EMINEM: Yeah, man.
I just want to say real quick, man, thank you
to all the fans, everybody who voted.
Thanks to YouTube.
Thanks to everybody for coming out, man.
I'm out.
Thank you.
Peace.
REGGIE WATTS: Pleasure.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Have a good night.
See you later.
That was incredible.
That was great.
Thank you.
All right, you guys.
REGGIE WATTS: Well, all right.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: All I want to say
is thank you to everyone who participated tonight.
Thank you to whoever has to clean up this microphone
tomorrow morning.
Thank you to Winye West Butler--
REGGIE WATTS: Yes, Winye.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: --for coming up.
REGGIE WATTS: Yes, that was good.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Sorry, Reggie.
REGGIE WATTS: Hey, all right.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Didn't mean to blow that in your face.
REGGIE WATTS: No.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: And I just want to say I love all of you.
I love all the people who came out tonight,
and everyone who's watching around the world.
This really was your night.
Thank you for voting and taking part and celebrating this.
This was more like a festival, a festival of excitement.
So I'll see you guys.
All, be safe.
And I'll see you soon.
REGGIE WATTS: Big, big ups to Montana
for being a great state that I'm from.
I love all of you guys there.
Thank you.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: Oh, Spike wants to say something else?
Does Spike want to say something else?
SPIKE JONZE: I think we're done.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN: What a way to end the show.
"I think we're done."
That pretty much sums it up.
I think we're done, 2013 YouTube Music Awards.
I think that's it.
Play it out!
[MUSIC PLAYING]