VMAs 2023: Yung Miami

Rolling Stone

Yung Miami talks with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon at the 2023 VMAs

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00:00 Okay, first of all, come on,

00:01 get me into this look immediately.

00:03 - I went, "Hey, Colin Howen, hey, Colin Howen."

00:08 Yeah, that's what I'm wearing.

00:10 - And what inspired it?

00:11 Because it's body for that.

00:13 - I felt like I was coming at the VMAs

00:14 and I wanted to do something out of the box.

00:16 'Cause I feel like all the iconic moments,

00:18 all the iconic, rare, popular moments come from the VMAs.

00:22 Like Lil' Kim in the purple.

00:25 And I just feel like that's your time

00:26 to show your fashion moment, like yeah.

00:29 So that's what inspired me.

00:31 - And one thing I love that you just mentioned

00:33 is the fact that Lil' Kim and women in hip hop

00:36 have always been serving fashion.

00:38 And I wanna talk about that importance for you

00:40 growing up and seeing these red carpets

00:42 and seeing the girls pull the baddest looks.

00:45 Like what did that feel like for you?

00:46 And then, like you said, to be able to do it yourself today.

00:49 - Well, I'm so happy to just be a part,

00:51 like to be a part of that moment now.

00:53 So when I think about it, I'm like,

00:54 you gotta go, you gotta make your moment,

00:56 you gotta make your mark

00:57 so you can have your iconic moment like the ones before you.

01:01 - And you're doing it, you're doing it.

01:02 I can't wait to see these photos.

01:04 I know the whole look is, like, I just,

01:05 I can't wait to see what I'm gonna see on Instagram

01:07 'cause I know it's gonna be done up.

01:09 'Cause they can't even see the legs.

01:11 They can't even see the legs.

01:14 Come on, show 'em the legs.

01:16 - Woo!

01:17 - And before we get outta here,

01:19 I wanna know what is your favorite VMA memory?

01:23 - When Beyonce announced her pregnancy.

01:25 With Blue Ivy.

01:27 - The mic drop.

01:28 - Oh, she was like.

01:29 - And then, now we got Blue Ivy on the tour.

01:33 Did you go?

01:34 You went, right?

01:34 - Yeah, I went to the one in LA on her birthday.

01:37 - What was that like?

01:39 - Oh my God, it was so amazing.

01:40 It's like something you gotta see twice.

01:41 You ever felt something so good,

01:43 you're like, I gotta experience that again?

01:45 That's how I felt, like I have to go again.

01:47 - I went in New York and I'm really trying to go to Houston

01:49 'cause I know the hometown.

01:51 - Oh yeah, gotta go.

01:53 - So I'ma see you at another one, I'm sure.

01:55 - Yeah, you gotta see me in Houston if you go.

01:56 - Okay, let's go.

01:57 Let's go together.

01:58 - Houston, we got a problem.

02:00 - You're ignorant.

02:01 (laughing)

02:02 Thank you so much and enjoy.

02:04 Have fun tonight.

02:05 (whooshing)

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