Yung Lean and GENER8ION perform Storm II at MTV Video Music Awards 2026 — Rolling Stone

Yung Lean and GENER8ION performed the track Storm II live for the first time at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. It was the MTV VMA debut for both artists. Together with a large group of dancers, they recreated the music video for the second part of the two-part Storm collaboration before a live audience, Rolling Stone reports.

Performance with dancers

At the beginning of the performance, Yung Lean took a Moon Person statuette, walked onto the main stage and smashed it on the floor. He was surrounded by dancers in school uniforms, who performed choreography by Damien Jalet. At the end of the number, the artist stepped out of the group and spat a blue ice cream cone directly into the camera lens as the track was coming to an end.

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Storm nominations

The first part of the Storm collaboration was nominated in four categories that evening: Video of the Year, Best Longform Video, Best Direction for Romain Gavras, and Best Choreography for Damien Jalet.

In the Video of the Year category, Storm was listed alongside works by Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Madonna, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift. Gavras previously received an MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction for M.I.A.'s Bad Girls video. Jalet also worked with Thom Yorke on the short film Anima.