The MTV Video Music Awards were full of amazing performances [1], but one that really got people talking was Lorde's. Lorde performed "Homemade Dynamite [2]" from her latest album, Melodrama [3], only she didn't actually sing the song, she just danced to it.
you can't tell in these pictures but i have the flu so bad i needed an IV #showgoeson [4] #cutelilproppedupcorpse [5] 🦄💀
— Lorde (@lorde) August 27, 2017 [6]
So why didn't Lorde sing during her VMAs performance? As it turns out, she was sick. Shortly after hitting the red carpet in a lilac Monique Lhuillier ballgown [7], Lorde let her fans know on Twitter that she was sick with the flu. According to some Twitter users, Lorde was even put on vocal rest [8]. Regardless, fans had strong feelings about her unorthodox performance.
this was what i just saw during lorde's performance #VMAs [10] pic.twitter.com/3V7itq6xr2 [11]
— hey hey hailee ❦ (@theyremyreason_) August 28, 2017 [12]
I was expecting to see #lorde [13] sing but all I got was a napoleon dynamite impersonation and I don't know how to feel about it #VMAs [14] pic.twitter.com/yc4Hp3Vgn8 [15]
— nessa (@nessaxbauer) August 28, 2017 [16]
What Lorde looked like #VMAs [17] pic.twitter.com/AkDBtwevUW [18]
— Shelby⏏️ (@XoxRooXox) August 28, 2017 [19]
lorde didn't sing a word bc she's ill but she still slayed that vmas stage, that's how you do it pic.twitter.com/yRHG9q4vTw [20]
— spidey lost boy (@deadlostboy) August 28, 2017 [21]
Isn't Lorde a singer? Isn't she supposed to, you know,....sing? #VMAs [22] #lorde [23] pic.twitter.com/M1NWczkxHp [24]
— Anthony🥀 (@squishysia) August 28, 2017 [25]
#VMAs [26]
Lorde on stage rn pic.twitter.com/NPGL8qiIRF [27]— emelie (@emvgm) August 28, 2017 [28]
Me trying to make sense of Lorde performance #VMAs [29] pic.twitter.com/PjlBet8JRm [30]
— oh well (@FauxLionn) August 28, 2017 [31]
So idk about you but I was kinda hoping Lorde would be singing at the #VMAs [32]? pic.twitter.com/cy8sk8dgJY [33]
— Jadie Ferreira (@jadieferreira) August 28, 2017 [34]
So why hasn't Lorde started actually singing yet? .... #VMAs [35] pic.twitter.com/OfUpL0qhry [36]
— Sarah Müller (@SarahAMuller1) August 28, 2017 [37]
#VMAs [38] lorde: pic.twitter.com/RicVhbO32m [39]
— Third of the ⁶𓅓 (@kvng_melvin) August 28, 2017 [40]