Lorde surprised plenty of viewers tonight as she took to the stage at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.
Instead of singing her hit “Homemade Dynamite” – an upbeat dance-pop track from her recently released second album Melodrama – live on stage, the Kiwi songstress performed an interpretive dance routine set to the music as it played in the background.
The Kiwi popstar performed an interpretive dance routine to her song “Homemade Dynamite”. Photo: Getty
Donning a silver dress worn over grey sweat pants and sneakers, Lorde twirled and jumped energetically around the stage, joined by a group of backing dancers as they performed to the beat of the song.
Towards the end of the dance, Lorde was lifted up and carried through the air by several of the dancers before she finished the performance sprawled out on the stage.
The performance garnered mixed reactions from viewers on Twitter. Photo: Getty
The performance proved to be polarising for many of her fans, with some taking to Twitter to voice their disappointment at MTV airing the full version of Lorde’s segment while cutting short the tribute for Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
However, others had more of an enthusiastic response to the performance.
The singer-songwriter herself later explained that she was was struck down with the flu and was so sick she needed an IV.
Previously, she had teased fans that her knees were “covered in bruises” from rehearsals for the VMAs.
