VMAs: Chris Brown Covers 3 Decades In One Performance While Flying Though The Air

Chris Brown’s performance at the VMAs had everything we’ve come to expect from him, including unapologetic lip-synching and ridiculous dancing. He took the audience on a pop culture odyssey that included a cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” ostensibly so that he would have a reason to have dudes in plaid flannel shirts jumping around on trampolines hidden beneath the stage.

Lady Gaga’s opener and the Britney Spears tribute were the most hyped performances of the evening, but in terms of sheer spectacle it was Brown, the cables he used to fly around the auditorium, and his cabal of insanely costumed and talented dancers that stole the show. The group of 10 year-old dancers drafted to reprise Spears’s greatest hits and most iconic outfits sort of paled in comparison.

Watch the performance below via MTV:

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