The MTV Video Music Awards have served as the site for some of pop culture’s most renowned moments – Lady Gaga’s meat dress, Britney Spears’ python performance, and Kanye West’s interruption of Taylor Swift, to name a few. But this year’s ceremony, which was held Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center, failed to measure up to the show’s formerly iconic status. Between an NFT performance, a three-way split of hosting duties and a strange projection of Johnny Depp’s head, the show lacked the effort and enthusiasm required to live up to its name as the “biggest music party of the year.” Despite the lackluster production, several of the night’s biggest stars, including Taylor Swift, Lizzo and Nicki Minaj, still managed to create some memorable moments.

Here’s some of the best, worst and most confusing moments from the 2022 VMAs:

Taylor Swift Announces New Album

After taking the stage to accept the award for Video of the Year for “All Too Well: The Short Film,” Taylor Swift shocked fans by announcing that she would be releasing a brand new album, concluding her speech by saying, “I will tell you more at midnight.” Swift has since announced that her 10th studio album, titled “Midnights”, will be released on Oct. 21 and will contain 13 tracks that tell “the stories of 13 sleepless nights.”

Snoop Dogg and Eminem Perform As NFTs

Snoop Dogg and Eminem took the stage to perform their latest collaboration “From the D 2 the LBC,” but they were not onstage for long before the venue’s screens depicted the two performers spiraling into the metaverse, where they transformed into Bored Ape NFTs to rap the majority of the song. The virtual performance garnered primarily negative reviews, with TIME calling the virtual performance “a way for artists to do even less than the bare minimum.” Poor reviews also came from within the NFT community, who criticized the digital performance for bad animation.

Nicki Minaj Wins Video Vanguard Award

Nicki Minaj was presented with the 2022 Video Vanguard Award, which honors recording artists and music video directors who have made “outstanding contributions” and “profound impacts” on music video and popular culture. In her acceptance speech she paid tribute to artists who have inspired her, including Micheal Jackson and Whitney Houston. Minaj also performed a 10 minute medley of some of her greatest hits from over the course of her career, including “Super Bass,” “Anaconda” and “Moment 4 Life.”

Johnny Depp’s Head Serves As Moonman

One of the night’s most bizarre spectacles was Johnny Depp’s cameo as the VMA Moonman. Depp did not attend the ceremony in person; instead pre-recorded videos of the actor’s face were projected onto the helmet of a life-sized version of the Moonman statuette suspended over the stage. This marked Depp’s first public appearance since his highly publicized defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, and many considered it to be in poor taste. The Atlantic called the appearance “uncomfortable, tasteless and calculated,” and wrote that it treated the weighty conversations about domestic violence, misogyny and victim-blaming that surrounded the trial as “nothing more than silly entertainment.”

Lizzo Responds To the Haters

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” music video won Video for Good, a category which highlights videos promoting impactful messages and social change. In her acceptance speech, she called out her haters, saying, “They be like, ‘Lizzo, why don’t you say something? Why don’t you clap back?’ Because, [expletive], I’m winning.” Many social media users believed that the comment was directed towards comedian Aries Spears, who made several body-shaming remarks about Lizzo days earlier in a now-viral interview. However, the singer took to Twitter the next morning to clarify who her speech was for. “Lemme make one thing VERY clear -I wasn’t addressing anybody in my speech last night…I was addressing EVERYBODY,” she said.