Well, well, Barbie’s impact.

Cardi B and Offset. Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Cardi B and Offset. Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP/AFP via Getty Images

Cardi B and Offset.

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards have seemingly taken a page from Barbie’s — and Nicki Minaj’s — book as they roll out the pink carpet this year. Any color of carpet is better than Champagne at this point. Expect to see appearances from stars Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, resident hottie Megan Thee Stallion, and more broadcast live from the Prudential Center. Now let’s get to all the bejeweled celebs walking down that carpet.

Olivia Rodrigo.

Spilling your guts has never looked so good.

Megan Thee Stallion. Saweetie.

Pebbles Flintstone is shaking.

Doja Cat.

Someone check on Spirit Halloween’s cotton web supply.

Amelia Dimoldenberg. Karol G.

The pink hair? The clear heel? No notes.

Anitta. Kyle Gordon, a.k.a. DJ Crazy Times.

Danger and dance and a damn quirky tie.

Demi Lovato. Changbin, I.N, Han, Felix, Lee Know, Seungmin, Hyunjin, and Bang Chan of Stray Kids. Colton Haynes. Sasha Colby.

Mother has arrived.

Don Toliver. Bebe Rexha. Peso Pluma.

Peso Pluma may not be meeting Lady Gaga tonight, but at least he looks hermoso.

Jimbo.

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner or mayor of Chromatica?

Ts Madison.

Ts Madison just came from the Renaissance tour.

Yeonjun, HueningKai, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Soobin of Tomorrow X Together. Cardi B.

A Libra looking gorgeous on a red pink carpet? Likely place for her to be.

Offset. Laura Perlongo and Nev Schulman. Shakira.

Girls, it’s the night of Shakira … like, she’s even wearing gold because she knows it.

Doechii.

We’ll take Doechii in glam and a baseball hat over a certain Jenner’s baseball-hat look any day.

Ayra Starr. Saucy Santana. Yung Miami. Fat Joe. Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Victoria De Angelis, and Thomas Raggi of Måneskin. Kelsea Ballerini. Chase Stokes.

He’s conveniently hiding the long belt strap that ruins the ’fit, nice.

Sabrina Carpenter. GloRilla. Timbaland.

Timbaland sporting his best Vans outlet flannel.

Rita Ora.

The glitter boots are kind of punk.

Ashanti. Reneé Rapp. Tinashe. Chlöe.

Chlöe rocking a Britney Spears–esque denim look the night *NSYNC reunite onstage is low-key genius.

Selena Gomez.

Gorgeous, gorgeous girl.

Sexxy Red. French Montana. Madelyn Cline. Taylor Swift.

Challenge: Try to look at this picture without saying, “That’s so Reputation.”

Nicki Minaj.

Mother of the Barbz showing the pink carpet who owned the color first.

Nelly Furtado. Gunna. JT. Shannon Leto and Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars.

I mean, sure.

Charli D’Amelio. Rema. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Luxx Noir London.

Luxx Noir making sure the wig is not 40 inches.

Dove Cameron. Kandy Muse. Emily Ratajkowski. Lil Nas X.

Father, son, and the holy Lil Nas X.

Ice Spice.

Ice Spice all glammed up, complete with a [checks notes] diamond-encrusted Munchkins necklace to promo her upcoming Dunkin’ Donuts collab.

PinkPantheress.

Okay, but where is the signature purse!

Sofia Carson. Flo Milli.

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