The “Body on Me” songstress completed her sheer black lace lingerie-inspired attire with a black leather and fur trim jacket and black diamond ear climbers.
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For her final performance of the evening – and to accept the Video Vanguard Award from Drake (who frankly looked sharper than he had a right to in his peak-lapel Tom Ford tuxedo) Rihanna turned out in an Alexandre Vauthier tan silk collared gown with grommet-detailed belt and shoes from the label’s Fall / Winter 2016 Haute Couture collection.
That said, they failed.
So there you have it: Jay Z was just hanging back to let Beyoncé have her fullest possible spotlight, and they celebrated her slay together with their closest friends.
The Lemonade performer owned the night firstly arriving on the white carpet with an entourage of 30 women including the mothers of four black men killed by USA police.
Many of pop music’s biggest names, including Justin Bieber, Britain’s Adele and Taylor Swift were absent on Sunday.
Yes there was Beyonce, whose 15-minute medley of songs from “Lemonade” proved to be the night’s undisputed high point.
Collecting her Video of the Year award, the singer dedicated the video to “the people of New Orleans”.
“I’m turned on by guys who are cultured”.
But you would have needed five Beyonce-like performances to make up for not only the missing names but for the mess that occurred when a performance or award presentation wasn’t happening.
And in case you’re anxious that he looks too somber in that pic, more photos prove that Shawn Carter was having a great time. DJ Khaled proved that his energy and array of catchphrases play better on Snapchat opposed to live TV.
Perhaps just like those influencers, MTV needs to think of another new act.
The show, which was broadcast on August 28, attracted 34 per cent fewer viewers the previous year, the New York Times reports, dropping from 9.8 million to 6.5 million.
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