2025 MTV VMAs Nominates HUNTR/X’s “Golden” For Song Of The Summer + Announces Nominees For Best Group

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) has revealed its nominees for Best Group and Song of the Summer! On August 29 local time, MTV officially announced its latest batch of nominations for this year’s awards. BLACKPINK BLACKPINK K-POP GROUP BLACKPINK is a four-member global girl group known for their high-energy performances, luxury fashion influence, and record-breaking music videos. , Stray Kids Stray Kids K-POP GROUP Stray Kids is an eight-member self-producing boy group known for intense performances, experimental sound, and powerful rap lines. , aespa aespa K-POP GROUP aespa is a four–member girl group under SM Entertainment, famous for their metaverse concept, powerful performances, and hits like “Black Mamba,” “Next Level,” and “Savage.” , SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN K-POP GROUP SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into hip-hop, vocal, and performance units, known for intricate choreography and songwriting. , and KATSEYE KATSEYE K-POP GROUP KATSEYE is a global girl group formed through HYBE x Geffen's "The Debut: Dream Academy" project. The group debuted in 2024 and is known for a modern pop sound, sharp performance style, and multilingual global-member lin have all been nominated for Best Group alongside All Time Low, Backstreet Boys, Coldplay, Evanescence, Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera, Imagine Dragons, Jonas Brothers, My Chemical Romance, The Marías, and twenty one pilots. Meanwhile, “Golden”—the smash hit by the fictional girl group HUNTR/X HUNTR/X K-POP GROUP HUNTR/X is a fictional K-pop girl group featured in Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters”. from the animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” (sung by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami)—is in the running for Song of the Summer. Fan voting for Best Group will run from September 2 at 11 a.m. ET to September 6 at 11 a.m. ET on MTV’s Instagram Story, while fan voting for Song of the Summer will run from September 6 at 11 a.m. ET to September 7 at 11 a.m. ET. Of the artists nominated for Best Group, aespa aespa K-POP GROUP aespa is a four–member girl group under SM Entertainment, famous for their metaverse concept, powerful performances, and hits like “Black Mamba,” “Next Level,” and “Savage.” , Stray Kids Stray Kids K-POP GROUP Stray Kids is an eight-member self-producing boy group known for intense performances, experimental sound, and powerful rap lines. , all four of the BLACKPINK BLACKPINK K-POP GROUP BLACKPINK is a four-member global girl group known for their high-energy performances, luxury fashion influence, and record-breaking music videos. members, and KATSEYE KATSEYE K-POP GROUP KATSEYE is a global girl group formed through HYBE x Geffen's "The Debut: Dream Academy" project. The group debuted in 2024 and is known for a modern pop sound, sharp performance style, and multilingual global-member lin previously snagged nominations in other categories for this year’s VMAs as well. The 2025 MTV VMAs will air live on September 7 at 8 p.m. ET.