Director Joseph Kahn won his eighth MTV Video Music Award Sunday night, this time for Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood.
The video with Kendrick Lamar features an ensemble cast which includes Swift, Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Jessica Alba, Cindy Crawford, Ellen Pompeo, Mariska Hargitay and Filipino American Hailee Steinfeld, an 18-year-old-actress who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for True Grit at the age of 14.
Bad Blood is thought to be about a feud between two pop stars. Many presume those two stars to be Swift and Katy Perry, although Swift has never publicly confirmed that. According to Wikipedia, Swift felt that Perry was trying to sabotage her concert tour by hiring people who worked for her.
The video generated 20.7 million views in its first day of release on Vevo.
Director Kahn has worked with some of the most popular music artists of our time. Wikipedia lists some of those artist as Shakira, Aaliyah, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, DMX, Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Jordin Sparks, Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Muse, Ciara, Monica, Courtney Love, Rob Zombie, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink 182, Chris Brown, Eminem, TLC, Ashlee Simpson, Moby, Kesha, George Michael, Korn, The Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga, BoA, Gwen Stefani, Brandy, AKB48, Pussycat Dolls, Sun Ho, Kylie Minogue, Maroon 5, and Katy Perry.
Kahn has been awarded MTV’s VMA for best music video seven other times. The other artists and songs so honored with Kahn are Brandy & Monica The Boy is Mine, Britney Spears Toxic, Chris Brown Forever, Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up, Eminem We Made You, Britney Spears Womanizer, and Eminem Love the Way You Lie.
Kahn moved with his family from Busan, South Korea at the age of three to a suburb near Houston. He was born Ahn Jun-hee.
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