The two-hour primetime special featured performances by the year's biggest artists, including Tate McRae, Gracie Abrams, Shaboozey, Katy Perry, The Kid LAROI, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Madison Beer, Meghan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon, and more. Other cameos included Drew Barrymore, Hailey Bieber, Nikki Glaser, the Queer Eye cast, Madison Bailey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and more.