the only bad part was her literally lipping to the studio version available on iTunes

at least prerecord the god damn vocals so it looks like you're trying!!
it was a great performance. i don't really get all the negativity. it's better than anything else she's done in the last 5 years. i wish they would've gone a bit more HAM with the staging and throw something iconic in but it wasn't bad at all.
everybody on the god damn planet knows she lips at this point. no one cares except the pressed stans of flop artists. people are only mad bc Beyonce gave an incredible career highlight of a performance and they shoved Britney after her. MTV did her so dirty. she should ignore the VMAs for another 10 years as a protest.