Directed by Hamish Hamilton   Written by Miley Cyrus   Evan Goldberg   Kyle Hunter   D.C. Pierson   Seth Rogen   Ariel Shaffir   Cast Miley Cyrus ... Self - Host Ye ... Self (as Kanye West) Taylor Swift ... Self Lily Aldridge ... Self Carly Aquilino ... Self Awkwafina ... Self Iggy Azalea ... Self - Performer Ike Barinholtz ... Self Sarah Baska ... Self Justin Bieber ... Self - Performer Austin Butler ... Self Ciara ... Self Claire Margaret Corlett ... Kate (voice) Wayne Coyne ... Self Matt Cutshall ... Self Pete Davidson ... Self Cara Delevingne ... Self Fawn ... Self FKA twigs ... Self (as FKA Twigs) Charlamagne tha God ... Self Selena Gomez ... Self Kat Graham ... Self Frankie Grande ... Self Grandmaster Caz ... Self - Performer Gigi Hadid ... Self - Presenter Allison Hagendorf ... Announcer Priyom Haider ... Bollywood Dancer with book Todrick Hall ... Self Mariska Hargitay ... Self Vanessa Hudgens ... Self Martha Hunt ... Self Jon Huybrecht ... Tall Skurf Ice Cube ... Self - Presenter O'Shea Jackson Jr. ... Self - Presenter Kylie Jenner ... Self - Presenter JoJo ... Self Nick Jonas ... Self - Presenter Joseph Kahn ... Self Kim Kardashian ... Self (as Kim Kardashian West) Tori Kelly ... Self - Performer Karlie Kloss ... Self Kool Moe Dee ... Self - Performer Gigi Lazzarato ... Self - Presenter (as Gigi Gorgeous) John Legend ... Self - Presenter Jared Leto ... Self - Presenter Ryan Lewis ... Self - Performer Chester Lockhart ... Self Demi Lovato ... Self - Performer Macklemore ... Self - Performer Teri Marlowe ... Bride of Frankenstein Bruno Mars ... Self Charlotte McKinney ... Self Melle Mel ... Self - Performer Shawn Mendes ... Self Vic Mensa ... Self Miguel ... Self - Presenter Nicki Minaj ... Self Mark Munoz ... Papa Skurf Ne-Yo ... Self - Presenter Nessa ... Self Tyler Oakley ... Self Rita Ora ... Self - Presenter Kelly Osbourne ... Self D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce ... Drag Queen Dancer (as Shangela) Charlie Puth ... Self Emily Ratajkowski ... Self - Presenter Jillian Rose Reed ... Self Mark Ronson ... Self Samantha Ronson ... Self Amber Rose ... Self Aurora Rosselli ... Self Andy Samberg ... Self Jeremy Scott ... Self Big Sean ... Self - Presenter Serayah ... Self - Presenter Sharleen Shayan ... Self - Self Jaden Smith ... Self Willow Smith ... Self Jussie Smollett ... Self - Presenter Ashla Soter ... Self Britney Spears ... Self - Presenter Dylan Sprayberry ... Self Hailee Steinfeld ... Self - Presenter Katie Stevens ... Self Lindsey Stirling ... Self Candice Strazzulla ... Sia (Impersonator) Patrick Stump ... Self Gregg Sulkin ... Self T-Pain ... Self Chrissy Teigen ... Self Bella Thorne ... Self Gone Thursday ... Self Timbaland ... Self Twenty One Pilots ... Themselves - Performers Tyga ... Self Arielle Vandenberg ... Self Wale ... Self Walk the Moon ... Themselves The Weeknd ... Self - Performer Pete Wentz ... Self Darnell White Jr. ... Self - Dancer Shaun White ... Self Pharrell Williams ... Self - Performer Rebel Wilson ... Self - Presenter Uncredited Cast Joshua Jones ... Joshua Jones Produced by Nicole Alexander   Mike Alvarez   Barb Bialkowski   Ben Biscotti   Joanna Bomberg   Amy Doyle   Garrett English   Emily Harper   Jesse Ignjatovic   Jeff Jacobs   Tiffany Johnson   Jen Jones   Gary Lanvy   Adam Leber   Lee Lodge   Sara Miller   Daniel Norris   Guy Oldfield   Bernadette Rodriguez   Chase Simonds   Stacey Sommer   Van Toffler   Michael Wolf

Additional Info Premiere: August 30, 2015 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies Den of Thieves Music Television (MTV) Distributors Black Entertainment Television (BET)   (2015) (United States) (TV) CMT   (2015) (United States) (TV) Centric   (2015) (United States) (TV) Comedy Central   (2015) (United States) (TV) Logo   (2015) (United States) (TV) MTV Networks   (2015) (World-wide) (TV) Music Television (MTV)   (2015) (United States) (TV) Music Television 2 (MTV2)   (2015) (United States) (TV) TV Land   (2015) (United States) (TV) VH1 Classic   (2015) (United States) (TV) VH1 Television   (2015) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations Los Angeles, California, USA   (Microsoft Theater) Microsoft Theater - 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles, California, USA Orpheum Theater - 842 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Remote performances held streetside outside the Orpheum) Rating Stats Overall Rating 4.8 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #12,413 / 21,023 Site Ranking #12,408 Pink Eye (2008) #12,410 Meatball Machine (1999) #12,411 National Lampoon's Another Dirty Movie (2012) #12,412 The Legend Of Marilyn Monroe (1965) #12,413 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (2015) #12,414 The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (2006) #12,415 Dead Body Man (2004) #12,416 The John Cena Experience (2010) #12,417 Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors (1986)