At approximately 7:54 p.m.-ish ET on Aug. 30, 2015, Taylor Swift and all of her friends stood on the red carpet of the VMAs to introduce her newest music video. But something happened.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW SO FAR:
Exhibit A: The ~mystery noise~ happens just as Taylor squats in excitement. Not saying that she is the culprit, but it's POSSIBLE that a spontaneous squat could release an accidental gust of air out of your butthole.
Exhibit B: Taylor looks guilty. Kind of like how one might look if they just farted by accident.

Again, not saying that she farted, it's just that I've definitely seen people fart by accident and then make that face before.
Exhibit C: Karlie knows.

Exhibit D: Karlie DEFINITELY knows.

Exhibit E: TAYLOR IS WORRIED.
Sure, maybe she's just just experiencing excitement and anticipation over the premiere of her new video, but I don't know... Seems like it could maybe be because she just farted.
Exhibit F: Hailee smells it.

Again, not saying that anyone farted, BUT...
...if there was no fart, would Hailee have had to 1) cover her face from the wafting smell 2) Pray to the fart gods to end the bitter war?!?!?!?!
By the way,those are exhibits G & H.
Exhibit I: Taylor looked guilty again.

In conclusion: Was it a fart? A random noise? Maybe someone was moving around in a leather chair just off camera?
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Who farted?
TaylorKarlieHailee (whoever smelt it dealt it)Sound guy in a leather chairKelly OsbourneNo one. It was a phantom sound.
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Who farted?
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vote votesTaylor
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vote votesKarlie
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vote votesHailee (whoever smelt it dealt it)
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vote votesSound guy in a leather chair
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vote votesKelly Osbourne
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vote votesNo one. It was a phantom sound.
The truth is we might never know. But whatever it was, we are all lucky to be alive right now.
Update
A statement from an MTV spokesperson has revealed that maybe it was a leather couch after all:
"MTV can confirm that the sound heard in the moment Taylor Swift introduced her new music video, "Wildest Dreams," was isolated to a production microphone. There was absolutely no possibility of it being Taylor or anyone in her party's microphones picking up ambient sounds."