Conan Gray Sips ‘Vodka Cranberry’ to Close Out VMAs Performances

Weeks aft scoring the highest-charting medium of his career, Conan Gray triumphantly took the signifier astatine the MTV Video Music Awards connected Sunday nighttime (Sept. 7) to adjacent retired the ceremonial with his Wishbone way “Vodka Cranberry.”

Gray is not acrophobic to utilize elaborate costumes successful his signifier show, and during his VMAs performance, helium opted for a Renaissance Faire look, playing a prince who laid down a sleeping beau connected a furniture of roses. The singer-songwriter belted retired the anthem portion prowling the signifier and leaning successful to the large hooks, arsenic a backing set was whisked astir him; portion Gray has been showcasing his dependable to large festival crowds each summer, helium utilized the VMAs show to present his vocal powerfulness to a overmuch wider audience.

Eventually, Gray pulled retired a vial of what was apt not a cranberry vodka — successful an ending worthy of Shakespeare, helium downed the potion, past collapsed connected his doomed person to adjacent retired the performance.

“Vodka Cranberry” was released arsenic the 2nd azygous from Wishbone, Gray’s 4th workplace album, which helium erstwhile again worked connected with shaper Dan Nigro. Upon its merchandise past month, Wishbone debuted astatine No. 3 connected the Billboard 200 — Gray’s 3rd apical 10 album, and the champion debut of his career.

Click here to ticker Gray explicate wherefore his latest medium is “truly miserable” successful a caller video chat with Billboard.

Watch Conan Gray’s VMAs show below: