Katy Perry To Host MTV Video Music Awards
Katy Perry, 32-year-old who has three videos that have reached one billion views on YouTube, led by “Roar” will host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced Thursday, as it turned to one of pop music’s most visible stars for its big gala.
Perry was also the first performer announced for the awards, which will be aired globally from Los Angeles on August 27.
MTV broke the news by posting a picture of the newly blonde singer clad as an astronaut — a nod to the awards’ “Moonman” statuette and the network’s early commercials.
In a statement, Perry joked that she had started “training in zero gravity.”
