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22nd Jul 2015

Two Cork guys will take on Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars at the MTV VMAs

Rebels Abú

Joe Harrington

Rebels Abú.

The MTV Video Music Awards take place in Los Angeles on August 30 and two guys from Cork will be hoping to pick up the gong for Best Rock Video and Best Direction.

Brendan Canty and Conal Thompson aka Feel Good Lost shot and directed the video for Hozier’s Take Me To Church which is one of the biggest songs of the last 12 months.

The video has over 300,000,000 views, that’s 300 million in case all those zeros are making you dizzy.

Here’s the iconic video that fingers crossed is going to scoop the guys those two awards. A great Irish success story.

Here are the nominations for Best Rock Video:

Florence and the Machine – Ship to Wreck
Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High
Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
Walk the Moon – Shut Up And Dance
Hozier – Take Me To Church

Here are the nominations for Best Direction:

Taylor Swift ft Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Hozier – Take Me To Church
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Childish Gambino – Sober

Best of luck to Brendan and Conal from all of us here in JOE.

Clip via HozierVEVO

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Topics:

Cork,Hozier