After last year’s socially distanced show, MTV’s Video Music Awards made a roaring return Sunday night with show-stopping performances and outfits by some of the biggest names in music.

From Normani’s debut performance of “Wild Side” to Madonna’s surprise appearance, this year’s show was an expansive tribute to MTV’s 40-year history and VMA icons, past and present. This year’s show had plenty of new faces too, with several stars making their VMA debuts, such as Olivia Rodrigo, Kacey Musgraves, and Machine Gun Kelly.

This year, GIPHY covered every moment from the 2021 VMAs live via GIFs and Clips on the…

Kel Cripe is a Comedian and Filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. They love to write and perform in a variety of mediums including stand-up, improv and short films/sketches.

Keep reading for Q&A with Kel about their work and projects with GIPHY Studios’ Creators Club!

Tell us a little about your Creators Club project.

My Collection of Clips for Creators Club (tongue twister!) is focused on exaggerated moments of friendship/love and awkward life fumbles. I wanted to create shareable moments for friends that stem from a condensed version of my own style of sketch-based humor. …

After close encounters with kaijus, Mr. Nimbus, and Spider FDR, season five of Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty” closed out this week with a series-altering finale, setting up an exciting future for the show.

With season five in the books, we’re taking a look back at the most-viewed GIFs from this season of “Rick and Morty,” all of which can be found on the official “Rick and Morty” GIPHY channel.

Here are the top 10 most-viewed GIFs from “Rick and Morty” season 5.

10. Episode 3: “A Rickconvenient Mort” — 1.2M+ views

9. Episode 1: “Mort Dinner Rick Andre”…

On September 9th, GIPHY is launching Frame By Frame — a self-published, first of its kind, physical book that brings the magic of animation to the static page. Creatively driven by the concept of “Be Animated” — GIPHY’s mantra and mission statement — 35 international artists showcase what the phrase means to them in a way you’ve never seen before.

Sarah Squirm is an LA-based comedian and visual artist who has become known for her unconventional and popular traveling freaky variety show, Helltrap Nightmare. Sarah opened for Eric Andre’s national tour and wrote on The Eric Andre Show. You can see her infomercial, FLAYAWAY, on Adult Swim and her latest horror short, SARAH VACCINE, now on MeansTV.

Keep reading for Q&A with Sarah about her work and to see more from her flirting collection she made for GIPHY Studios’ Creators Club!

What are three words you would use to describe your creative style?

In bad taste.

What is your…

GIPHY Arts commissions hundreds of artists a year, all of whom do impeccable work. Today, we are happy to spotlight GIPHY Artist Gisselle Yepes (They/Them) and share a Q&A that dives deeper into the creative process.

Gisselle Yepes is a Puerto Rican and Colombian poet and storyteller from the Bronx. They love sharing stories of the Caribbean and extensions of/from the Caribbean, like ones that exist in the Bronx, in bodegas, with our grandmothers, and our homes.

What came to mind when GIPHY Arts approached…

GIPHY teamed up with the International Paralympic Committee to cover the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. As of August 23rd, the Paralympics have been posting GIFs and Clips of all the action on their official GIPHY channel.

You can find all the best GIFs from the Paralympics here!

Additionally, with GIPHY Clips, you can watch some of your favorite moments with sound. Find them all on the Paralympics GIPHY Clips page. Some highlights include:

• Denise Schindler celebrates winning the first medal for Germany in the 2020 Paralympics.
• United Kingdom’s Tully Kearney breaking the world record in the women’s S5 100m freestyle.

Visit giphy.com/paralympics and follow GIPHY Sports on Twitter to stay-up-to-date with all things sports on GIPHY!

Jasmine Moore (she/her) is a professional roller skater, content creator, and creative consultant. Her journey as a creative intermingles rollerskating into the moments of our lives that are seemingly mundane.

Keep reading for Q&A with Jasmine about her work and projects with GIPHY Studios’ Creators Club!

Tell us a little about your Creators Club project.

My Creators Club project invites you to revel in the pure nostalgia of the 70s & 80s fluff. From the creative direction, I took to styling my outfits and the fonts used represent elements of the era in which rollerskating found its glory days.

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