VMAs

Glory isn’t really the theme of this album. It’s more like… contentment.

Was this real? Or was it simply a clever bit of stagecraft? Could there be a more irrelevant question? It's the VMAs!

ALL CAPS THOUGHTS.

You could go lift, brah, but you're better off watching Nicki and Ariana perform "Side by Side" instead.

She did half of 'Lemonade,' and, seriously, you've never seen a televised performance like this before.

Watch Britney grab G-Eazy's crotch.

He used that four minutes for a wide-ranging speech and an incredible premiere that features Teyana Taylor. Watch both now.

Will he sing? Will he dance? Will he try to hold his breath but actually be breathing through his nose? There's only one way to find out.

Only 189,000 people tuned in to watch the Mercury Prize this year. What happened? We used to be great at this.

Nicki's frustration with Miley is understandable, but we become our own worst enemy when we use that word against ourselves.

The 2015 ceremony represented MTV lurching toward the center of a dialogue it’s less and less a part of. The prestige it keeps, it snatches.

It's beautiful.