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8 year oldWithin seconds of the Barbardos-born songstress appearing on stage, it was apparent she was more interested in dancing along to her hits than, y’know, singing them.
It was certainly an energetic performance, as Ri-Ri and her posse of backup dancers busted a move to some of her most high-octane hits, including Don’t Stop The Musicand Where Have You Been.
Viewers were left frustrated, though, as Rihanna left whole lines of songs to a prerecorded backing track, sometimes putting the microphone away from her mouth mid-sentence and leaving the backing track to play out.
It was an odd mix - half singing, half lip-syncing, fully perplexing for those watching at home.#VMAs: Rihanna performs "Only Girl," "We Found Love" and More https://t.co/P3hkhhoKsk pic.twitter.com/s47XTgkhWV
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 29, 2016
I'm looking forward to Rihanna's other three performances. We've seen her dance, looking forward to the singing performance #VMAs
— Dynelle Skinner (@eternallyisis) August 29, 2016
Was that for real? She didn't even do anything? #VMAs
— Calvin (@calvinstowell) August 29, 2016
So was the opener supposed to be Watch As Rihanna Dances to Her Songs because Rihanna Was Not Singing Her Songs. #likewhyhaveamic #VMAs
— Murph (@mpcmurphy) August 29, 2016
Rihanna will perform three more times tonight - let’s see if those performances include a bit more singing.Rihanna has 3 more times to redeem herself tonight... Hopefully she will...@MTV @VMAs #VMAs #JeromeVMAs pic.twitter.com/ZL4ixC7SiD
— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) August 29, 2016
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