Taylor Swift, BTS’ Jimin, Lisa, Le Sserafim, BINI win at 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards

BY JONATHAN HICAP

Nov 11, 2024 09:24 AM

  

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Taylor Swift, K-pop acts BTS’ Jimin, BLACKPINK’s Lisa and Le Sserafim, and Filipino girl group BINI triumphed at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMAs) on Nov. 10 from the Co-op Live in Manchester, United Kingdom. 

Swift won four awards: Best Video with “Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)”, Best Artist, Best Live and Best US Act.” 

Closely following was MTV EMAs newcomer Tyla, who bagged her first ever MTV EMAs for Best Afrobeats, Best R&B and Best African Act.

A general view of the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Busta Rhymes accepts the Global Icon award on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Host Rita Ora on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Third time host Rita Ora surprised fans with several outfit changes and during the show invited global audiences into “Rita’s Bar,” set in a balcony overlooking thousands of fans. 

During the show, the MTV EMAs paid tribute to Liam Payne, with personal words from Rita. 

Performers Benson Boone and K-pop girl group Le Sserafim accepted their first MTV EMAs. 

Boone won Best New while Le Sserafim bagged Best Push. Peso Pluma won Best Latin.  

BINI won Best Asia Act, bagging their first ever MTV EMAs on their first nomination. The other nominees were ILLIT from South Korea, Mahalini from Indonesia, MASDO from Malaysia, and Sakurazaka46 from Japan. 

BTS’ Jimin, who is fulfilling his military service, won Best K-pop. The other nominees were Jungkook, Le Sserafim, Lisa, NewJeans and Stray Kids. 

Lisa and Rosalia won Best Collaboration for “New Woman” and Lisa also won Biggest Fans. 

(From left) Huh Yun-jin, Kazuha, Hong Eun-chae, Sakura Miyawaki and Kim Chae-won from Le Sserafim pose in the winners room with the Best Push award during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on November 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Handout/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Huh Yun-jin, Kim Chae-won, Kazuha, Sakura Miyawaki and Hong Eun-chae of the group Le Sserafim attend the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

 

Huh Yun-jin, Kim Chae-won, Kazuha, Sakura Miyawaki and Hong Eun-chae from Le Sserafim performs on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Huh Yun-jin, Kim Chae-won, Kazuha, Sakura Miyawaki and Hong Eun-chae from Le Sserafim performs on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Huh Yun-jin, Kim Chae-won, Kazuha, Sakura Miyawaki and Hong Eun-chae from Le Sserafim performs on stage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Jimin (Instagram) 

Lisa (Instagram)

BINI (X)

Other winners included Ariana Grande (Best Pop), Calvin Harris (Best Electronic), Imagine Dragons (Best Alternative), Eminem (Best Hip-Hop) and Liam Gallagher (Best Rock). 

Boone opened the show in acrobatic fashion, suspended in the air playing a golden grand piano while serenading the crowd with his hits “Slow It Down” and “Beautiful Things.” 

Bringing her latest track “Push 2 Start” to the MTV EMAs stage, Tyla appeared in glimmering body paint, flanked by dancers and a car, before getting the crowd singing along with her smash hit “Water.”

The Warning performed “Automatic Sun” and Shawn Mendes, winner of Best Canadian Act, and his live band lit up the entire set with bright, dramatic lighting, highlighting his raw, heartfelt vocals. 

Hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes received the 2024 MTV EMAs Global Icon Award from British rapper Little Simz. He performed “Scenario,” “Put Your Hands Where The Eyes Can See,” “I Know What You Want,” “Do The BusABus Pt.2,” “Break Ya Neck,” “Look At Me Now,” “Touch It” and “Pass The Courvoisier.”

Le Sserafim performed “Chasing Lightning” followed by “Crazy.”  

Peso Pluma’s performance of his single “Hollywood” featured a surprise appearance from his collaborator on the track, Estevan Plazola. 

Closing out the show, the inaugural 2024 MTV EMA Pop Pioneer recipient Pet Shop Boys produced a visual spectacle alongside local string players the Manchester Camerata, who all sported the band’s iconic cone hats. 

In Southeast Asia, the 2024 MTV EMAS will be available on-demand in Singapore (on Singtel TV), Malaysia (on Astro via On Demand and Astro GO, and Catch Up on Unifi TV), and in Indonesia (on First Media and Indihome) from Nov. 16. Additional airing dates are to be confirmed.  

Complete List 2024 MTV EMA Winners

BEST SONG

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

 

BEST VIDEO

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight

 

BEST ARTIST

Taylor Swift

 

BEST COLLABORATION

LISA ft. Rosalía – NEW WOMAN

 

BEST NEW

Benson Boone

 

BEST POP

Ariana Grande

 

BEST AFROBEATS

Tyla

 

BEST ROCK

Liam Gallagher

 

BEST LATIN

Peso Pluma

 

BEST K-POP

Jimin

 

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Imagine Dragons

 

BEST ELECTRONIC

Calvin Harris

 

BEST HIP-HOP

Eminem

 

BEST R&B

Tyla

 

BEST LIVE

Taylor Swift

 

BEST PUSH

LE SSERAFIM

 

BIGGEST FANS

LISA

 

Full list of 2024 MTV EMA Worldwide Winners

BEST AFRICAN ACT

Tyla

 

BEST ASIA ACT

BINI

 

BEST AUSTRALIAN ACT

Sia

 

BEST AUSTRIAN ACT

RAF Camora

 

BEST BRASILIAN ACT

Pabllo Vittar

 

BEST CANADIAN ACT

Shawn Mendes

 

BEST CARIBBEAN ACT

Young Miko

 

BEST DUTCH ACT

Roxy Dekker

 

BEST FRENCH ACT

Pierre Garnier

 

BEST GERMAN ACT

AYLIVA

 

BEST INDIA ACT

Mali

 

BEST ISRAELI ACT

Noa Kirel

 

BEST ITALIAN ACT

Annalisa

 

 BEST LAT AM CENTRAL ACT

Manuel Turizo

 

BEST LAT AM NORTH ACT

YeriMua

 

BEST LAT AM SOUTH ACT

Dillom

 

BEST NORDIC ACT

Zara Larsson

 

BEST POLISH ACT

Daria Zawiałow

 

BEST PORTUGUESE ACT

Bárbara Bandeira

 

BEST SPANISH ACT

Lola Indigo

 

BEST SWISS ACT

Nemo

 

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT

RAYE

 

BEST US ACT

Taylor Swift

Tyla poses in the winners room with the Best Afrobeats, Best R&B and Best African Act awards during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2024 held at Co-op Live on Nov. 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Handout/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Peso Pluma (Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Shawn Mendes (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom International)

Philpop Himig Handog releases Top 12 finalists' music videos

Featuring the entries of Ice, Maki, Moira, VXON, and more

BY MANILA BULLETIN ENTERTAINMENT

Nov 10, 2024 02:12 PM 

AT A GLANCE

• The grand finals where the Best Song will be determined is set to happen next year.

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The top 12 songs of Philpop Himig Handog songwriting festival have premiered their respective music videos on ABS-CBN Star Music’s YouTube channel.

The music videos of Ice Seguerra’s “ATM,” Ferdinand Aragon’s “Buhi,” Jolianne’s “Dili Na Lang,” KHIMO’s “Ghostwriter,” Maki’s “Kurba,” Geca Morales, Lyka Estrella, and Annrain’s “Langit Lupa,” VXON’s “MHWG,” Moira Dela Torre and Johnoy Danao’s “Papahiram,” Kurt Fick’s “Salamat (Nga Wala Na  mTa),” Noah Alejandre’s “Taliwala,” Shantel and Extrapolation’s “Tulala,” and FANA and Tiara Shaye’s “Wag Paglaruan” are also airing on cable channel MYX and The Filipino Channel (TFC).

Entries of Philpop Himig Handog have been met with warm support from fans as it has already earned 3.6 million combined streams with all of the songs reaching over 10,000 streams each on Spotify.

Interpreters of Philpop Himig Handog will continue to rock the "ASAP" stage to perform their entries. Moira, Johnoy, FANA, Tiara, and VXON gave their beautiful renditions last Sunday (Nov. 3).

The groundbreaking collaboration of Philpop Music Fest and Himig Handog started from a mentorship program that offers workshops and songwriting sessions for aspiring Filipino composers. 

The grand finals where the Best Song will be determined is set to happen next year. For more details, follow Star Music on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

Beware of secularism

 

By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

THE problem of secularism is that it promotes a social order this is neither connected to religion nor critical of it. It denies the influence of religion in our social order. It simply wants to be guided by a certain consensus derived from what is considered practical in the present life itself.

But religion is not simply a private affair. God is the author and ruler not only of individuals, but also of societies. While the relation of Church and State depends on a number of circumstances which cannot be determined by a general rule, truth is religion is a social as well as an individual and personal duty. It cannot and should not be ignored. 

The so-called separation of Church and State should not be understood in an absolute way. While it’s correct that the State should not have a state religion nor promote or condemn any particular religion or religious viewpoint, developing a relation between State and the different religions should be promoted. The State should also respect the views of non-believers.

But the Church cannot renounce her mission to teach the truths she has received from her Divine Founder. While fully recognizing the value of the present life, the Church cannot look upon it as an end in itself, but only as a movement toward a future life for which preparation must be made by compliance with the laws of nature and the laws of God.

For Catholics and Christians in general, their belief that the present life is a preparation if not a testing ground for an eternal life that is a supernatural sharing of the very life of God, should be respected. And because of that, their moral teachings should be respected too. The government cannot impose something that is considered immoral by their religion.

Secularism gives an opening to certain ideologies like Wokeism, neo-Marxism, etc. that actually are harmful to social justice and order. That is why we should be careful of secularism. Rather, we should intensify our religious and spiritual life, our relation with God, so that the proper social justice and order can be obtained.

Of course, the Church cannot impose its teachings on anyone, but it should be given a free space to be itself, to evangelize, to celebrate the sacraments, and to do the works of education, charity, mercy and justice without undue interference from the government.

Besides, the Church asks—and if necessary, demands—that the State respect the “sanctuary of conscience,” so that the Church’s people are not required by law to do things the Church teaches as immoral.

It’s unfortunate, for example, that in the US there was this “Contraceptive Mandate” issued in 2012 that turned the Catholic Church’s charitable and medical facilities into State agencies that facilitate practices that the Church believes are gravely evil.

Indeed, this delicate issue of Church and State relation should be thoroughly studied by our Church and State leaders, and appropriate agreements should be made. The separation of Church and State should not be understood as a mandate to ignore each other. There has to be constant communication and consultation between the two, because both work for the same people or constituents, though in different aspects of life.

Though there is autonomy in both of them, it should be acknowledged that “there is no realm of worldly affairs which can be withdrawn from the Creator and His dominion.”