At an otherwise tame night at this year’s Video Music Awards, every performance seemed to be an opening act leading up to Beyoncé’s end-of-the-night extravaganza.
The diva was the recipient of the Michael Jacks
on Video Vanguard Award, the same lifetime achievement prize that brought together *NSYNC at last year’s ceremony. Perhaps thinking the snippet of Destiny’s Child at last year’s Super Bowl was enough, Beyoncé had no supporting players on her stage — nor did she need them.
And that’s what makes [Beyonce] different from so many others. She’ll never need to perform a faux-lesbian kiss with an ingénue half her age, as Madonna did with Brittney Spears in 2003 VMAs, sheerly for the purposes of titillation.
I love that actual serious publications and industry people are calling it iconic. Like I said, Bey's performance will be studied for years to come, just like MJ's.