Mary Lambert, Echosmith, and More Hit Up the MTV VMAs

Mary Lambert, Echosmith, and More Hit Up the MTV VMAs
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Young Hollywood correspondent Carly takes to the red carpet at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards to chat with celebrities attending the event. She interviews various stars, including members of Echosmith, actress Greer Grammer, designer Jeremy Scott, and singer Mary Lambert, asking them about their excitement for the show, fashion choices, and upcoming projects. The stars share their anticipation for performances, fashion insights, and personal updates.
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YH is on the scene for the MTV Video Music Awards at the Forum in Inglewood, California, and we get to chat up the likes of singer Mary Lambert, those "Cool Kids" Echosmith, the boys from YouTube's Smosh channel, "Awkward" star Greer Grammer, designer Jeremy Scott, the cast of "Faking It", "Teen Wolf" actress Arden Cho, and "Happyland" starlet Katherine McNamara! Find out which musical acts they are most looking forward to seeing!
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Hey guys, Carly here at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. We can't wait to chat with all the celebs that stopped by the red carpet. So if you guys have been to the VMAs before?
Never been. Never. Never. All at once. Yeah, no, it's crazy.
Who are you guys excited to see here tonight?
Uh you know, we're excited to see uh Beyonce. My girl B. Yeah. My girl B. She's our girl. Yeah. Yeah, she's where it's at.
If you could use like one word to describe the energy here, what would you use?
Excited.
Who are you hoping to see inside?
Everyone.
Um is there anyone you want to get like a selfie with?
Well, I would die to get a selfie with Adam Levine because I love him and I've been a fan since like before The Voice even happened and I've always been obsessed with him.
And what can we expect um on Awkward coming up?
Um well, the second half of the season starts airing in Awkward or October. Awkward. Awkward. Um and you can see a lot, you know, you get to see what happens with Eva, you know, is she pregnant? Is she not? What do you think? I can't say.
So, how do you like amp it up for an event like the VMAs?
Uh, I don't know. Call my stylist, call everybody. I'll say, help me, help me. Make me glam. Yeah, make me glam. Have fun.
Who are you excited to spot inside the VMAs?
Taylor Swift. Ariana Grande. I saw her a little bit ago.
You did?
Yeah. I'm excited to see Beyonce.
So, what can we expect from Echosmith for the rest of the year?
Lots of touring. We're touring with American Authors and then with Neon Trees. And then we're doing a headlining tour and lots of random international and local things. So.
Where are you most excited to go internationally?
We're going to the Philippines on Tuesday. So, I'm super excited. We've never been outside of North America. So, Yeah.
Did you know you can um take a mermaid class in the Philippines where you like wear a fin? You should do that. What do you do? Do you just swim like a mermaid?
They like teach you how to be a mermaid. Oh, man. I can't wait. I knew I needed to bring my bathing suit. Yes. Yes. It's a sign. I will be a mermaid next time you see me.
Hi, how's it going?
I love. Hi. I'm crashing this party too. I was rude. It's a faking party. Ow.
Who are you guys excited to see perform tonight?
Beyonce. It's unanimous. And you guys too? Yeah, for sure. And Sam Smith. And and Ariana Grande. Uh Nicki Minaj and Jessie J doing Bang Bang. I everybody. She's excited about everybody. We we are all going to be standing and dancing. Actually, I'm not going to speak for everyone else. I will be standing and dancing the whole time.
I will be joining you for sure. to dance. Can you give me a little preview of your dance moves?
Yeah.
Okay, guys. I'm with Jeremy Scott. How's it going?
Good. How are you?
I'm good. What do you think of all the fashion here tonight?
It's so exciting. That's what I love about the VMAs. It's like the one place where you just got to let your freak flag fly. And that's what's so much fun. It's like just turn up the volume and just have fun and with these performers can be really like the purest essence of themselves.
And who did you dress here tonight?
Ariana Grande, you'll see her coming down the red carpet. Um yeah.
Have you guys worked together before?
She's worn things but this is the first time I've dressed her for an official, you know, capacity in that way. So fun.
And tell me about your look tonight, because you look fabulous.
Oh, thank you. I'm wearing a a yellow tuxedo from my first Moschino men's collection with a smiley face on the back. I love it. Bringin' the smiley faces out. Hey, you know, I felt like I love fancy clothes but I thought how could I do something new. So, I thought take it yellow. Put the smiley on the back. You know, get a little something when you're coming and going.
So, how excited are you to be here tonight?
Beyond excited. It's my first VMAs and I'm part of the MTV family now so it's kind of a nice little initiation today.
You're on a show called Happyland, right?
Yes.
Tell me about it.
It follows the story of all of these kids who work at a theme park named Happyland. And as the show goes on you find out that it is very ironically named because nothing happy ever happens in Happyland. You go behind the scenes and it's it's chaos. There's dirty little secrets that are coming out about all the people that work there and uh we've we've moved past the love triangle. We have a love octagon. It's it's crazy.
Are you involved in that?
Oh, yes. My my character Harper is extremely boy crazy and it gets her into a lot of trouble but it was super fun to shoot.
How are you feeling getting ready for your album to come out?
It's amazing. I I'm just you know, I'm gearing up for a really, really fun year and secrets is doing really well and um and uh I don't know. I'm excited for people to hear it. I just so proud of it. It's it's my dream album and so I'm so excited to share it with the world.
And you performed at the VMAs last year, you did like a remote performance, right? Do you have any like advice for performers, like any tips you would tell them?
I just I just try to uh just think that I'm just practicing. It's just I just if I if I really psych myself out then I'm going to screw up. So, don't take it too seriously. So, I was like dancing around backstage right before the curtain went up and I think I think uh Macklemore and Ryan both kind of looked at me like, what are you on? And I'm like, no, just excited.
Um now tell me about your look. How did you guys put this together for the VMAs? Second guest: I was like, I'm gonna wear all black. We're gonna be really
Yes. Let's some gray. Second guest: Yeah, I did some some some gray can show through the black. Yeah, um, well, I didn't have any clothes cuz I I don't live in LA, so I came down here and then the day before, I was like, I don't have anything for the VMAs. So I I used the wisdom of my girlfriend and my friend Angie. And I was like, please, please help help me. I don't know I don't know how to dress.
So you're saying you didn't dress yourself at all? Second guest: Not really, no.
So, they could have made you wear a clown outfit and you would have been like, I guess this is what you're supposed to wear. Second guest: Yes, if that's what they would have suggested, I probably would.
Are you guys shooting anything here tonight? Second guest: No, actually no. They we we try our best. We're gonna try our best to get on We'll we'll streak across the stage. Don't tell them though.
Oh, I won't tell anybody. Your secret is safe with Young Hollywood. Did the girls dress you in a way that's easily rip off-able? Second guest: It's all it'll it'll all just tear up. That was my one stipulation. It has to be able to just tear right off. Snap off.
So, I'm sure that narrowed down your options. Second guest: Yeah, it did. Yeah. I just had to go to uh Frederick's of Hollywood. Yeah. Beautiful.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Taylor Swift
Cast/talent, mentioned by a guest as someone they're excited to see
- Mary Lambert
Interviewed on the red carpet about her upcoming album
- Echosmith
Interviewed on the red carpet about their touring plans
- Smosh
Interviewed on the red carpet about their VMA attendance
- Greer Grammer
Interviewed on the red carpet about 'Awkward' and VMA excitement
- Jeremy Scott
Interviewed on the red carpet about VMA fashion and his designs
- Arden Cho
Mentioned in the description as being on the red carpet
- Katherine McNamara
Interviewed on the red carpet about her show 'Happyland'
- Beyoncé
Artist guests are excited to see perform
- Adam Levine
Artist Greer Grammer wants a selfie with
- Ariana Grande
Artist guests are excited to see; dressed by Jeremy Scott
- Sam Smith
Artist mentioned by a guest as someone they're excited to see
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