Kanye West isn’t really known for making modest gestures at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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The reigning queen of pop performed five songs from her visual album Lemonade and absolutely crushed it.
As the leading nominee, all eyes were on her to prove herself as the biggest musical act of her generation. Minaj, usually dazzling, seemed mellow for her verse.
She moved seamlessly between outfits, songs and stages, singing with passion and strength.
The subtle, yet unmistakeable feminist message became evident at the very end, when her dancers arranged themselves on the stage, forming a Venus symbol – the universal symbol for women.
Kanye West walked out to the first bars of “Famous“, the controversial song from his most recent album. And Kanye West couldn’t help but be impressed… But awks – he didn’t give a shout out to his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift, who penned the track.
“Drake thought she looked so spectacular in her evening gown and wanted to call her Mrs”.
Beyonce chose to make a political statement at MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) last night, bringing some Black Lives Matter moms to the awards show and having her backup dancers get “shot” during their performance.
Though Rihannah is sometimes been accused of seeming more like a vessel for producers than anything else, a unified and singular vision at work, a vision that the VMAs then connected with her hugely fun back catalogue.
You won’t be asking that again.
In an homage to “Flashdance“, the athletic Taylor – dressed like a boxer – danced in a revealing outfit, shining with moisture among heavy weight machines and punching bags. Fellow gymnast Gabby Douglas missed the show after she was admitted to hospital with a mouth infection. More than three decades later, despite the fact that MTV no longer airs music videos, the network appeared to be staging a tacit celebration of black women and the power of their music. Those are some major workout goals. “I made that b***h famous“. Her best female video win was for “Hold Up”. As Lochte, who is dealing with trouble after filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Rio Olympics, Fallon lied onstage about writing Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and directing the videos nominated for video of the year.
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Traffic in NY on Sunday evening was a nightmare in midtown thanks to MTV’s Video Music Awards, but one of the artists was even caught in the gridlock himself – Aubrey Graham, aka Drake.
