Taylor Swift Brought the “Childless Cat Lady” Energy to Her VMAs Nails

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Was Taylor Swift hinting at something with her nails at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards? The singer attended the event on Sept. 11, winning seven awards – Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Pop, Best Collaboration, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Song of the Summer – but, ever the fan of easter eggs, may have used her look as a nod to something beyond music.

Ahead of the VMAs, which took place at the UBS Arena in New York, Swift officially endorsed Kamala Harris as her pick for president in a social media post that has now garnered 10.3 million likes and counting. In the Instagram post, which featured a professional photo of Swift and her cat, Benjamin, taken by photographers Inez and Vinoodh, she applauded Harris’s policies, saying, “she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.” She signed her letter, “With love and hope, Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady,” as a reference to the infamous quote by Republican vice president nominee Sen. JD Vance from a 2021 interview where he said “childless cat ladies” run the Democratic party.

Swift, reclaiming that title, used it as a sign-off for her message to fans – which, as reported by CBS News, resulted in over 337,000 visits to the voter registration site, Vote.gov, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the U.S. General Services Commission. In what seems to be a nod to that announcement, Swift’s VMAs nails featured a black polish shade and none other than a cat-eye design – a popular nail-art trend that creates a textured, velvet-like finish on the surface of the nail that mimics the look of a cat’s eye.

Cat-eye nails are created using special polish and a magnet, which disrupts the surface of the lacquer and creates the eye-catching effect. The manicure complemented the singer’s silver smoky eyeshadow look and grunge-inspired ensemble. The fact that the design also matched her haul of silver spaceman trophies seems to be a happy accident.

Take a closer look at Swift’s “cat lady” nails at the 2024 VMAs ahead.

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