Nine years after the star’s disastrous performance of “Gimme More,” Spears was, as presenter Kim Kardashian said, “making her triumphant return to the VMAs stage.” At least it was supposed to be triumphant. It ended up actually being a little sad.
MTV made this big deal about Britney Spears performing Sunday night, and then they go and schedule Beyoncé’s incredible performance literally right before her. It’s like they were setting her up to fail. Not that Spears failed.
No, her performance of “Make Me” from her new album Glory was…adequate. It might have been good, even. Contrasting it against that last “Gimme More” go-round—an unfocused, sluggish, poorly rehearsed performance by a troubled celebrity practically dead in the eyes—it actually should be considered a triumph.
Spears looked great, pulled off the choreography, and had real life in her eyes. The star quality that made Spears’ performances of “Oops!…I Did It Again” and “I’m a Slave 4 U” so iconic had returned. But nothing Spears could do would compare to the tour de force Beyoncé had pulled off minutes before her.
When Beyoncé kills a 16-minute recreation of much of Lemonade, nailing every note while dancing her ass off, how can you look at Britney Spears lip-synch her way through a song—often missing the words—and not be a little embarrassed for her?
what kind of **** article?
like, he's a britney hater and tries to drag her, but at the same time knowing that the army will attack him to death so have to throw in some backhanded compliments