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She needs no introduction. She’s shakira (Shakira). 🔥💃🏻🔥⁣ ⁣ The legendary Colombian music icon is returning to the vmas (mtv Video Music Awards) after 30 total nominations and multiple wins, but tonight she’s being honored for her lifetime achievements in music and performance with the Video Vanguard Award.⁣ ⁣ See how the superstar prepared for the night and her epic performance with #10Things celebrating music videos’ biggest night. 🎶👏✨⁣ ⁣ 1. Shakira meeting with her creative team ahead of her performance at the VMAs.⁣ 2. What Shakira said. 😜⁣ 3. Her hips…don’t lie⁣ 4. En route NY ➡️ NJ⁣ 5. Choose your fighter.⁣ 6. Three words: sparkle, shine and shimmer. ✨⁣ 7. Pro tip: bring your kids as your plus-one on the red carpet. 📸⁣ 8. Shakira’s dancers getting performance-ready in 5, 6, 7, 8.⁣ 9. Showtime for this showstopper 💖⁣ 10. This is what a winner looks like.

What does it take to be a K-pop star? Ask South Korean group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (txt_bighit). Here’s what the five members — Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai — believe are the key components of K-pop artistry: ✨ Self-expression 🔥 Countless rehearsal hours ✨ Epic choreography Join TXT in rehearsals to see if you’ve got what it takes to be a K-pop artist, and check out their new track “Back for More (with Anitta)”.