INCREDIBLE:Post Malone gives a speech on how Taylor Swift has worked so hard and amazing getting this amazing award

As the pair accepted the night’s first award, Swift thanked the 10-time Grammy nominee for his contributions to the duet. “It’s so amazing to have the opportunity to thank and honor the people who worked so hard with me on this video,” she said.Taylor Swift (R) and US rapper Post Malone (C) during the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024.

“There is a very clear reason why Post Malone is everyone in music’s favorite person to collaborate with,” she continued. “It is because you are so ridiculously talented. You are so versatile, and you’re the most down-to-earth person.”

“Honestly, so unfailingly polite. It has taken me forever to get him to stop calling me ma’am,” she joked in her portion of the speech about the 29-year-old musician’s formality. “So, do you want to say something, Austin?”

The “Circle” singer quipped back, “Yes ma’am.”Taylor is, um,” said the rapper, who was then left speechless before adding: “An absolute loss for words. One of the most kind and talented people I’ve ever had the honor of knowing.”

“Just the amount of work and care and love that she puts into everything she does,” he said before recalling a moment from the “Fortnight” music video. “I watched her tied up to the like operating table thing in the music video, and she was just directing the music video from there, and it was pretty badass.”

Swift’s shoutout to the rapper’s polite demeanor comes months after she shared a peek at the two musicians’ dynamic on the set of the music video. In a behind-the-scenes clip shared in June, the duo breaks down the scene’s concept, and the “Sunflower” musician repeatedly tells his collaborator, “Yes, ma’am,” as he listens to her ideas.