What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and the 2020 Billboard Music
Awards went down last night, and although they might’ve looked a little different
this year, fans can’t stop buzzing about some seriously shocking moments that went
down, so let’s break it all down.
If you ask anyone, the one thing capable of still bringing the people together in times
like these is music.
That said, nothing would be able to stop our beloved award shows from recognizing the most
talented, hard-working artists as they bring fans a slight glimmer of joy in an extremely
dimmed world.
But like every other award show, this year’s 2020 Billboard Music Awards had many fans
talking about some of the most bizarre, awkward, and ground-breaking moments, so let’s get
to it.
First up, Post Malone took to the stage to perform his No.1 hit “Circles” and “Tommy
Lee” featuring Tyla Yaweh, after raking in a total of 16 BBMA nominations, which happened
to be the most of any artist this year.
“Feed the flame ‘cause we can’t let it go, run away but we’re running in circles.”
But just as the official BBMA Twitter account went on to praise his performance, fans, on
the other hand, weren’t all that impressed after accusing him of QUOTE “horrible lip
syncing” and “autotune”.
One user wrote, “It would have been fantastic if they did not lip sync!
They both can sing to the heavens!
They really should have sang.”
And this fan said, “The set was amazing and so was the performance.
But, y’all did him wrong with that auto tune.”
One performance, however, that sang with pure soul and powerful vocals was Demi Lovato’s,
as she took the BBMA stage to perform her new single “Commander in Chief” directed
toward President Trump.
Interestingly enough, just as Demi finished the song, the word ‘VOTE’ was supposed
to be projected across the stage, but instead, NBC zoomed in on Demi as many accused the
network of muzzling her message.
Sources revealed to TMZ that this was not a mistake, saying QUOTE, “The network pulled
the plug on the ‘VOTE’ message because the song itself was a slam on Trump and the
‘VOTE’ message was a call to vote against him.”
Fans were infuriated after hearing the news, as one user took to Twitter to write, “Still
processing the fact that all platforms censor Demi Lovato because she encourages everyone
to vote…”
Another fan pointed out, “The fact they censored the signals Demi Lovato had with
the word "VOTE" at the end of her performance of #CommanderInChief shows you already how
bought they had the media.
The message won't be silenced people you need to VOTE WISELY!!”
Lizzo’s message about suppression and voting while accepting last night’s award for Top
Song Sales, on the other hand, was heard loud and clear.
During her acceptance speech, she wore a black minidress dress with the word ‘VOTE’ scattered
throughout, while delivering a message about refusing to be suppressed and remaining true
to oneself:
“Let me tell you something: When people try to suppress something, it's normally because
that thing holds power.
They're afraid of your power.
There's power in who you are.
There's power in your voice.”
Did anyone else get chills from hearing Lizzo speak?!
Unfortunately one celeb we didn’t get to hear speak last night was Harry Styles, who
won the coveted Billboard Chart Achievement Award.
Harry was unable to attend last night’s show, and as it turns out, TikTok star Addison
Rae was there to present the award and even swoop his new piece of hardware on his behalf.
As you can imagine, at this very moment, the Internet basically lost all chill as fans
were confused as to why Addison, a TikTok star, was accepting an award on behalf of
Harry Styles.
The moment actually got both Addison and Harry to trend on Twitter.
And Tweets came flooding in poking fun at the fact that Addison wasn’t able to meet
Harry IRL, like one fan who shared this meme writing, “Addison Rae finding out she can’t
teach Harry Styles the renegade and won’t be able to make a tik tok with him bc he didn’t
show up.”
Other’s poked fun and made jokes about Harry deciding to not attend after he found out
that Addison was going to be the one to present his award, like this person who tweeted, “harry:
“i was nominated for a bma, i can’t wait to go.”
addison rae: “i got i’ll be there too! i’m presenting the award.”
Harry:
There were many fans who were not thrilled at the thought that Addison was going to potentially
meet their idol before them, “not addison rae meeting harry styles before any of us,
what even-”
While others tried to find any ammo on Addison they could, like this person who pointed out,
“When Addison Rae announced that Harry Styles won but she didn't open the envelope.”
And while there were people who started shipping Addison and Harry, even tweeting things like
“Can’t wait for the wedding!”
There were a number of Harry fans making it clear they’re not here for shipping these
two, like this fan who said, “who tf is shipping harry styles and addison rae??
dont do king harry like that”
Yeah there was a lot going down on Twitter over this topic!
And finally, in what might’ve been one of the most heartbreaking moments we’ve endured
all year, John Legend took the BBMA stage to perform “Never Break” in honor of his
wife Chrissy Teigen, when just last month, the couple’s third child, Jack, passed away
due to birth complications.
Just saying, you may wanna grab the tissues for this one…
“As the water rises and the mountains shake, our love will remain.”
You could just feel the emotion in John’s voice and his words, as it’s evident the
family is in so much pain following their tragic loss.
But that’s the beauty of music -- it is there to help us feel, uplift and heal all
the difficult and incredible emotions in times of desperate need.
Last night’s show was one for the books and may you always remember that there is
power in your voice!
For more on Harry Styles, you can click right over here to watch another Clevver video.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on last night’s BBMAs down here in the comments,
and which of these moments left you the most shocked.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys.