She took the stage with a message of female empowerment and made us fear and respect her talent – something only a mother could do.
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“Family Zone”, he captioned the photo alongside a string of crown emojis. For MTV’s 2016 Video Music Awards the Queen Bey performed nearly a mini concert featuring a number of songs from Lemonade for the excited audience and it was everything! Unlike her 2007 performance of “Gimme More”, we actually wanted more this year.
The photo also confirms Jay Z was in NY during the VMAs, as he wasn’t spotted during the broadcast.
Beyonce performed a medley of her “Lemonade” hits and absolutely s-l-a-y-e-d it. He said he met Rihanna in 2005 on the set of her first music video for “Pon de Replay”.
Before handing her the Moonman, Drake delivered a great speech that culminated in a declaration of love: “She’s someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old. She’s one of my best friends in the world”. Although still clearly lip synching, Spears danced the night away and we’re giving her an A for effort.
Additionally, the evening was brought to life by other athletic and scandalously noteworthy performances of “Side to Side” by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, a mash-up of “Make Me…” and “Me, Myself & I” by Britney Spears and G-Eazy and an intimately close “Closer” by Halsey and The Chainsmokers.
He made sure to reference several people whose images appeared in the video, including his former girlfriend Amber Rose, his wife’s ex Ray J and his perennial target, Swift, who was not there.
Drake won best hip hop video for “Hotline Bling” and Calvin Harris won best male video for “This is What You Came For” and electronic video for “How Deep Is Your Love”.
Jimmy Fallon, who presented video of the year, dressed as Ryan Lochte and even sported the platinum blonde hair.
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Overall, Beyoncé won Video of the Year, Pop Video, Cinematography, Editing, Direction, and Choreography for “Formation”, along with Best Female Video for “Hold Up”, and Breakthrough Long Form Video for Lemonade as a whole. The Queen took home eight moonmen, including top prize for video of the year.
