Arcade Fire's Win Butler “pulls a Kanye”, interrupts Taylor Swift acceptance speech at Youtube Music Awards
04 November 2013, 13:13
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
The inaugural Youtube Music Awards took place last night (3 November), hosted by Jason Schwartzman and directed by Spike Jonze.
Among the highlights on a night that saw M.I.A, Odd Future, Eminem and more perform, was Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler “pulling a Kanye West” and interrupting an acceptance speech on behalf of Taylor Swift winning an award.
“Everyone knows Harlem Shake was the Youtube phenomenon of the year.” Watch that below, along with the other performances:
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