Kacey Musgraves to Perform at MTV's VMAs, New Single Will Premiere Tonight

Mausgraues will perform the title track off of her new visual album "star-crossed".

By: Aug. 26, 2021
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MTV has revealed that six-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves will make her VMAs debut with a world premiere performance of her new title track "star-crossed" live from Barclays Center when the show airs on Sunday, September 12 at 8PM ET/PT.

Tonight, MTV and CMT will exclusively air the premiere of Musgraves' music video for "justified," the second song of her highly-anticipated fourth studio album "star-crossed", arriving September 10.

"Kacey Musgraves is an unstoppable entertainer and we are thrilled to have her partner with MTV Entertainment Group!" said Bruce Gillmer, Chief Content Officer of ViacomCBS. "From what will be an unforgettable first-time VMAs performance to orchestrating a cross-brand premiere of her new single tied to her highly-anticipated 'star-crossed' album and film."

As previously announced, the global premiere of "star-crossed : the film," starring Musgraves, will exclusively debut on Paramount+ on Friday, September 10th. "star-crossed" the film is directed by Bardia Zeinali.

"star-crossed" the film takes the music from the studio to the screen with gorgeous visuals and a sense of heightened reality envisioned by Musgraves and Zeinali and shot by Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born, Black Swan). The 50-minute movie was filmed over a 10 day shoot in Los Angeles and features cameos from Eugene Levy, Victoria Pedretti, singer-songwriter Princess Nokia, Symone (RuPaul's Drag Race winner) and comedian Megan Stalter.

Watch the trailer for "star-crossed" below.



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