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People Are Hilariously Tweeting About How Relatable Taylor Swift Was In The Audience At The 2023 VMAs

Taylor Swift was dancing, drinking, and just generally having the time of her life at the 2023 VMAs, and yes, now everyone wants to party with her.

Nora Dominick
by Nora Dominick

BuzzFeed Staff

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The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards aired last night, celebrating this past year's achievements in music videos across multiple genres.

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Taylor Swift walked away with so many deserved awards, including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, and Artist of the Year for Midnights and "Anti-Hero." She was one win away from breaking the single-night record held by Peter Gabriel with 10 awards in 1987.

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Taylor has now won 23 VMAs over the course of her career, putting her behind Beyoncé for the most wins of all time.

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During the show, so many big moments were captured. Like, NSYNC reuniting on stage, Olivia Rodrigo bringing the house down with a performance of "Vampire" and "Get Him Back," Shakira's career-spanning performance in honor of her Video Vanguard Award, Diddy being honored with the Global Icon Award, and more.

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And while everyone was loving what was happening on stage, it's what was happening in the audience that had the internet losing their minds. In particular, Taylor was drinking, dancing, and just having the time of her life.

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There was literally a camera on Taylor throughout the whole evening, and fans were able to tune into the audience feed to see how Taylor was reacting to the VMAs.

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Let's just say I want to make it my life's mission to party with Taylor, because she was truly bringing the most energy to the award show.

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At one point, she even took Ice Spice's phone and was posting videos to her Instagram story. Carefree and drunk Taylor is the best Taylor.

Ice Spice / Instagram / Via Instagram: @icespice

Everything about Taylor in the audience of the 2023 VMAs was so perfect, people on the internet could not stop talking about it (and even making some hilarious memes):

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i made something pic.twitter.com/74pcbtHRfz

— grace | saw taylor!!!!! 🩵 (@swiftly_gracie) September 13, 2023
@swiftly_gracie / MTV / Via Twitter: @swiftly_gracie

this is lorelai gilmore pic.twitter.com/CdEiSmbrJI

— jessica (@enchantedjess13) September 13, 2023
@enchantedjess13 / MTV / Via Twitter: @enchantedjess13

how it started vs how it’s going pic.twitter.com/twSzXDf5ST

— marg (taylor’s version) FOLLOW LIMIT (@BetttysCardigan) September 13, 2023
@BetttysCardigan / MTV / Via Twitter: @BetttysCardigan

this is her 1D reunion pic.twitter.com/gRdXyUZaDo

— mari 🏡 (@tobesolouist) September 13, 2023
@tobesolouist / MTV / Via Twitter: @tobesolouist

she's swift af boi #VMAs pic.twitter.com/L9pIS1V5ZL

— Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) September 13, 2023
Taylor Nation / MTV / Via Twitter: @taylornation13

“THEY THINK YOURE GONNA ANNOUNCE REPUTATON” pic.twitter.com/JT5HXeBLWQ

— Gabe is Out of the Woods ⸆⸉ (Taylor’s Version) (@OutOfWoodsClear) September 13, 2023
@OutOfWoodsClear / Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for MTV / Via Twitter: @OutOfWoodsClear

pic.twitter.com/Haq2wH5iEr

— discontinued barbie (@arianadotgov) September 13, 2023
@arianadotgov / Ice Spice / Instagram / Via Twitter: @arianadotgov

IM SCREAMING THIS IS SO pic.twitter.com/ki9mwwG0yU

— erin 🐿 (@erincuo18) September 13, 2023
@erincuo18 / MTV / Lionsgate Home / Via Twitter: @erincuo18

I see no difference pic.twitter.com/iBwoVKaahT

— Pey 🩵 Follow Limit Era (@PeytonEliza13) September 13, 2023
@PeytonEliza13 / MTV / Via Twitter: @PeytonEliza13

me at eras tour the entire 3 and a half hours pic.twitter.com/BmtI0tVTYE

— brie 🌈🌙✨ (@bettykissitbttr) September 13, 2023
@bettykissitbttr / MTV / Via Twitter: @bettykissitbttr

taylor’s reaction to justin timberlake never changed 😭 pic.twitter.com/8rqY8yQkAF

— grace | wants eras miami tickets (@cryingbcilovets) September 13, 2023
@cryingbcilovets / NBC / MTV / Via Twitter: @cryingbcilovets

now taylor knows how it feels for us when she comes out on stage at eras pic.twitter.com/fp5j6btED5

— sofia ౨ৎ (@youreinIcve) September 13, 2023
@youreinIcve / MTV / Via Twitter: @youreinIcve

“LETS GOOOOO RAAAHHHHHHHHHH” she is literally a middle schooler i love her pic.twitter.com/H7GjHJ1ejb

— dom ☆ (@ev3rhaze) September 13, 2023
@ev3rhaze / MTV / Via Twitter: @ev3rhaze

me when harry styles showed up to harry styles love on tour
pic.twitter.com/VK33EipBu7

— kayley | forza ferrari (@goldenivymoon) September 13, 2023
@goldenivymoon / MTV / Via Twitter: @goldenivymoon

I WANNA PARTY WITH HER SO BAD pic.twitter.com/dDX7NVb73Q

— zaynah (@peaceofseven) September 13, 2023
@peaceofseven / MTV / Via Twitter: @peaceofseven

Tree Paine is gonna have to control her pic.twitter.com/eONkoXHK7I

— sonya ⭐️ iso any ticket really (@TisTheDamnPhD) September 13, 2023
@TisTheDamnPhD / MTV / Via Twitter: @TisTheDamnPhD

People wanting us to “stay calm” during a Taylor Swift concert when this is how she acts when she’s in the crowd. LIKE WE LEARN TO BE LOUD AND EXTRA FROM HER https://t.co/cfzHOD6j4y

— Rosie ♥️✨ (@lovestrucked13) September 13, 2023
@lovestrucked13 / MTV / Via Twitter: @lovestrucked13

taylor swift singing along to “got my mind on your body and your body on my mind” is so hot to me pic.twitter.com/3kO4iJFETd

— Ron🩵 (@midnightstrack2) September 13, 2023
@midnightstrack2 / MTV / Via Twitter: @midnightstrack2

Jonas Brothers audience whenever Nick Jonas goes “rEd DrEsS” pic.twitter.com/io1xLAXcm4

— jonas brothers news (@jbrosnews) September 13, 2023
@jbrosnews / MTV / Via Twitter: @jbrosnews

me watching the mandalorian starring pedro pascal as the mandalorian and being shocked when the mandalorian takes off his helmet to reveal pedro pascal is the mandalorian pic.twitter.com/GUTgmCV1AY

— emily (@djarinsaber) September 13, 2023
@djarinsaber / MTV / Via Twitter: @djarinsaber

me whenever taylor swift breathes pic.twitter.com/VTpzIVWwd2

— Taylor Throwbacks (@ThrowbackTaylor) September 13, 2023
@ThrowbackTaylor / MTV / Via Twitter: @ThrowbackTaylor

she’s never acted like this i’m crying….. taylor swift really has the fan girl gene just like me pic.twitter.com/o6XpkBhb47

— mirrorball 🪩 (@penthouseheart) September 13, 2023
@penthouseheart / MTV / Via Twitter: @penthouseheart

drunk taylor is my favorite pic.twitter.com/p8yLP51SUa

— iya ★ (@hotmessjunk) September 13, 2023
@hotmessjunk / MTV / Via Twitter: @hotmessjunk

Taylor when she wakes up in the morning and learns how many new memes there are of her pic.twitter.com/OhCVVlD2Y9

— sonya ⭐️ iso any ticket really (@TisTheDamnPhD) September 13, 2023
@TisTheDamnPhD / MTV / Via Twitter: @TisTheDamnPhD

Basically, whoever at MTV decided to have a literal live feed of Taylor Alison Swift all night deserves a raise, because everything was incredible.

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