Twitter was also sent into a frenzy earlier in the night by Beyonce.
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As the leading nominee, all eyes were on her to prove herself as the biggest musical act of her generation. Out of a cloud of smoke she emerged for her much-anticipated performance in a Ralph & Russo wide-brim white hat and white silk organza cape with flower cut-out shoulder embellishment, which topped layers of chiffon. She leaned back. He skimmed her cheek before moving south. He said he met Rihanna in 2005 on the set of her first music video for “Pon de Replay”.
Kanye West’s speech Kanye West took the stage and delivered yet another memorable – and confusing – speech. He went on rambling about other things, including Swift whom he mentions in his “Famous” and he’s feuding with. The VMAs were dominated by performances from Beyonce and Rihanna, the latter of the two played several times throughout the night. He even pointed to former girlfriend Amber Rose, who was in the audience and is also in the video.
Rihanna performed four separate medleys of her biggest hits throughout the show after she was named the receipt of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, MTV’s equivalent of a lifetime achievement honour.
Another big victor on the night was Rihanna who took home the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; the MTV equivalent of a lifetime achievement honour.
You won’t be asking that again.
After West’s speech, he introduced his music video for “Fade” featuring singer Teyana Taylor, who is signed to West’s GOOD Music label. Even her husband, National Basketball Association player Iman Shumpert, appeared in the video in a shower sex scene.
“First of all, I’d like to thank my lovely daughter and my incredible husband for all of their support”, said Beyonce, who walked the carpet with daughter Blue Ivy and the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner – who all appeared in “Lemonade” movie. Those are some major workout goals. But, of course, he didn’t make it off the stage without referencing the infamous Taylor Swift feud.
The video for her single Hold Up saw her earn the trophy for Best Female Video.
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Finally, Jimmy Fallon impersonated swimmer Ryan Lochte, making false claims on his musical accomplishments – a reference to the accusation that Lochte filed a false robbery report while in Rio. The surprise performance by Beyonce?
