Taylor Swift Dedicates VMA Win to Dolly Parton

Taylor Swift dedicated the Best Music Video award at the 2026 Video Music Awards to Dolly Parton. Swift won for The Fate of Ophelia, a video from The Life of a Showgirl album. She said she wanted the video to look like one continuous shot and thanked choreographer Mandy Moore, production designer Ethan Tobman, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and editor Chancler Haynes.

Swift praised Parton's songwriting and storytelling, saying that listening to Parton's songs was like watching the best music video she had ever seen. She also said Parton had turned developments in her life and career into love, gratitude and appreciation for her fans.

Swift released an expanded version of Showgirl containing four tracks on Friday. Patient Zero is the single from the expanded version, and its video features Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell. Swift was also nominated for Single of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards for the 2026 song I Knew It, I Knew You. The CMA nomination was her first in four years.