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The YouTube Music Awards (also refered to as YTMA) is an award show created by the video-sharing website YouTube, giving awards to artists for their music videos. Fans could vote in each category by posting a specific links from Youtube.com/YTMA on either their Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. The video with the most posts in each category was the winner.

2013 YouTube Music Awards

The 2013 YouTube Music Awards took place on November 3rd, 2013, at New York City's Pier 36 and were broadcast live at youtube.com/YTMA and hosted by Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts. The show was directed by Spike Jonze. Lady Gaga was nominated Video of the Year for "Applause". Lady Gaga appeared at the YouTube Music Awards around 6:30 p.m. ET to perform "Dope", the second promotional single from ARTPOP, dressed like a ‘90s grunge rocker in a flannel shirt by Saint Laurent, a brown wig and a trucker hat with the song’s title in the form of the NASA logo by LA-based brand DOPE. Gaga was visibly emotional, dedicating the raw piano ballad to her fans as tears streamed down her face.

Red carpet

Shirt by Saint Laurent, boots by Pleaser, socks by American Apparel, hat by Dior, sunglasses by Tom Ford, dental cuff by Gilding Primal Instinct.

Performance

Setlist
  1. "Dope"

In an interview for CBS News Sunday Morning (recorded on July 29th, 2014), when asked about her YouTube Music Awards performance, Lady Gaga said:

"Well, ["Dope" is] a very emotional song. And I was truly feeling the emotions in that song. And I wanted to give a very authentic performance. And I was feeling very rebellious. I had people telling me, "You need to look beautiful and clean and you need to [...] clean it up." And naturally, I took all my makeup off and I put a baseball hat on and a flannel [...]. It was kind of in my own way saying, "I'll show you what talent is." You know, I don't need all these clothes. I mean I love my clothes. I put them on, but you're not going to tell me to wear them or how to wear them or when to wear them. You want me to wear my meat dress, I'm going to go and put a baseball cap on now. I mean it was like I'm the ultimate rub, you can't imagine. I'm a nightmare. But when I get it right, you know, it's okay."
Shirt by Saint Laurent, snapback by Dope.

Backstage

Shirt by Saint Laurent, boots by Pleaser, socks by American Apparel, snapback by Dope, sunglasses by Tom Ford, dental cuff by Gilding Primal Instinct.

Leaving

Custom bag by Fendi.

Awards and nominations

Nominated Work Award Result
2013
"Applause" Video of the Year Nominated
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