{"id":8131,"date":"2010-09-12T23:22:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T04:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2010-09-12T23:22:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T04:22:20","slug":"taylor-swift-unveils-striking-innocent-look-for-mtv-vmas-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/09\/12\/taylor-swift-unveils-striking-innocent-look-for-mtv-vmas-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Unveils Striking &#8220;Innocent&#8221; Look for MTV VMAs Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From start to finish and top to bottom, Taylor Swift&#8217;s performance at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards was expertly-crafted.<\/p>\n<p>Swift will never be the music industry&#8217;s best technical vocalist, but with powerful lyrics that made direct references to last year&#8217;s MTV awards encounter with Kanye West, a dark and dramatic stage setup and impassioned facials, Swift declared that &#8220;you&#8217;re still an innocent&#8221; with more emotion and drama than any of her prior career performances.<\/p>\n<p>An additional contributor to the poignant showing was Swift&#8217;s style, which included a lipstick shade and hairstyle not commonly found in her arsenal.  Everything felt mature and hard-hitting, a far cry from some of the youthful, lighter songs (&#8220;You Belong with Me&#8221; and &#8220;Our Song&#8221; as examples) that accelerated her rise to stardom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/2010-mtv-video-music\/image\/9751417?term=swift\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9751417\/2010-mtv-video-music\/2010-mtv-video-music.jpg?size=380&#038;imageId=9751417\" border=\"0\" width=\"380\" title=\"2010 MTV Video Music Awards - Show\" height=\"515\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. 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