Rihanna performs a medley of “Stay,” “Love On The Brain,” and “Diamonds” live at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. vevo.ly/hg5hIE
She absolutely killed this performance. Love on the Brain showcased her range. Powerful. Loved her halftime performance 👏🏾. You can't compare her to anyone else. Her movements. Her tone. Her facial expressions. She's just iconic.
After NFL halftime show is announced, I'm just over the moon. Can't wait to see Rihanna live performance again. I don't care if there is any new music. I'm just thrilled that she is gonna perform again.
This was her greatest showcase as a vocalist. I have never heard her sound like this before or after. Just absolute powerhouse vocals, she came a long way since Pon De Replay. Love her so much
I just read your comment today (5/12/23) from a couple months ago, but I sorta disagree with you about THIS one being Rihanna at her ‘best’. I really do ❤️ it, BUT I also feel the same about some of the others she’s done in concerts. I’m almost 70 yrs old now and have always liked ALL genres of music, and various singers/musicians, but she’s done some other really great ones in addition to this imo!
one of the things i love about rihanna is the way she pronounces words when she sings sometimes. Her style is so unique to her that nobody else could ever copy it
@@southside-hornbaby5325 it’s a MEH for me. U literally searched “Rihanna most emotional performance of love on the brain”?😂😂 you really know how to do your homework huh?
i love how during love on the brain, she gets more in her element and becomes so relaxed and doesn’t care what she looks like while she’s doing those movements LOL. i also like how she gets a raspy voice and gets in depth and gangsta when singing these songs. ughh i miss her 😔 #bringbackrihanna
But those moves are also cool when lorde dances. Maybe we as an audience should learn to be quiet, listen and allow artists to enjoy their music while performing too.
Anh Thy Nguyen i dunno. maybe some personal issues with other ppl in the music business or maybe its just because shes more focused on the businesses shes runnin now
Queen just has zero tolerance for the current music industry: full of drama, toxic, racism, and sexism. Not many great artists are sticking around but I'm kinda happy that she left, it's much healthier for her.
Whenever i feel anxious, I watch this performance to calm me down. Idk but there’s something so comforting to me whenever i watch this. Miss you Riri :(
+qiwkx I agree Rihanna is good, but Beyonce does NOT lip sync. You'll need to show me proof. While I could list hundreds of videos where Rihanna is lip syncing, like her other VMA performances!!
8 years have passed since this unforgettable performance and it evokes the same feeling as when seeing it for the first time. Her naturalness, humility, simplicity, conveying feelings, that's why we love Rihanna!👑💖
This performance brings me to so many emotions and tears. A voice that cannot be deprescribed. It feels like her voice is reaching deep in my soul. I didn't know I could feel this💕
*[Stay]* _All along it was a fever_ _A cold sweat, hot headed believer_ _I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show_ _me something"_ _He said, "If you dare, come a little closer"_ _Round and around and around and around we go_ _Oh, now tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know_ _Not really sure how to feel about it_ _Something in the way you move_ _Makes me feel like I can't live without you_ _It takes me all the way_ _I want you to stay_ _Stay_ _I want you to stay_ *[Diamonds]* _Shine bright like a diamond_ _Shine bright like a diamond_ _So shine bright, tonight, you and I_ _We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky_ _Eye to eye, so alive_ _We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky_ _Shine bright like a diamond (whoa)_ _Shine bright like a diamond (whoa)_ _Shining bright like a diamond_ _Shining bright like a diamond (whoa)_ _Bright like a diamond (whoa)_ _Beautiful like diamonds in the sky_ *[Love on the brain]* _And you got me like, oh_ _What you want from me? (What you want from me?)_ _And I tried to buy your pretty heart, but the price too high_ _Baby you got me like, oh, mm_ _You love when I fall apart (fall apart)_ _So you can put me together_ _And throw me against the wall_ _Baby you got me like ah, woo, ah_ _Don't you stop loving me (loving me)_ _Don't quit loving me (loving me)_ _Just start loving me (loving me)_ _Oh, and baby I'm fist fighting with fire_ _Just to get close to you_ _Can we burn something, babe?_ _And I run for miles just to get a taste_ _Must be love on the brain_ _That's got me feeling this way (feeling this way)_ _It beats me black and blue but it fucks me so good_ _And I can't get enough_ _Must be love on the brain yeah_ _And it keeps cursing my name (cursing my name)_ _No matter what I do, I'm no good without you_ _And I can't get enough_ _Must be love on the brain_
Interesting, I ❤ how she’s able to put together 3 very different vocal styles into a single, and relatively short, performance! That in itself is another one of her talents imo! 👍
@@davidrobinson17 she didn't go anywhere, but she quit singing, no more albums, no more songs, and no more performances. She's working on her make up brand and lingerie brand now, and we miss her.
@@videogamesaremytherapy1797 singers saying ‘I’m leaving the music industry” : *releases a new song a year after* Rihanna without a warning : *no more music from her since years :(*
Rihanna reaches into her heart and soul when she sings you can hear it and see in her performances that’s what makes her our favorite and best artist ever
The amount of K-poppers in these comments tho. I feel like it was a special and cool thing before, with some OG listeners, but now everyone is jumpin' into the boat just so the bitches can jump. Thinkin' they are part of this trendy experience type shit: "I'm into this very special type of music, that is unusual and outcast, and hip cause it's exclusive, and I'm so hip and cool, but I'm not cool cause im an outcast, but im cool for listening to it, and im so fuckennnnnn hiPppp." When actually everyone is listening to it.
When will 10.10.2016 arrive TT-TT no i get some, but when i see these newbees comin' in hot, raging left and right everywhere at other stans, like damn bitch, last year you were listening to little mix bubblegum pop
@@jakob9585 Even then, this performance ain't the best of hers. Especially the beginning. Also I swear I could hear some pitch correction when she hit that long "stay" note.
I LOVE how she performs. Her facial expressions, the way she moves her arms and hands...she's just _feeling_ it and does not give a shit if she looks "pretty" while doing so (even though she still does look pretty).
The first time I watched the "needed me, pour it up, bitch" mix I thought she struggled w needed me too. Fact is, she killed it along w every performance she did at the Video vanguard awards!! Before watching the VMAs I didn't listen to Rihanna, but now I get it and hooked!!
AmeinZtutW L true- I seen more than one performance where seems like she wasn't even trying to perform and her voice was busted but those videos were 4/5 years ago all. I like the music she's about now not that Umbrella,Mr Dj stuff
