Greater than three a long time after his first look on the MTV Video Music Awards, Lenny Kravitz returned to the occasion’s stage on Wednesday evening. Backed up by his longtime guitarist Craig Ross, Quavo, and a troupe of dancers giving totally different generations of video vixen realness, he carried out “Are You Gonna Go My Manner,” “Human,” and a remix of his hit “Fly” with the Atlanta rapper. Launched final month, the replace to “Fly” was decked out in lure drums and hype verses from Quavo onstage because the dancers pivoted from hair steel glam to rap video vigor.

Kravitz received Finest Rock Video this 12 months for his clip for “Human,” a music off his twelfth studio album, Blue Electrical Gentle, which got here out in Could. He made his debut on the 1993 VMAs with “Are You Gonna Go My Manner” and claimed the Moon Individual that 12 months for Finest Male Video for the accompanying clip.

The final time Kravitz appeared on the awards present was in 1998 when he performed guitar accompanying Madonna on “Ray of Gentle.” Though Kravitz didn’t play on the album model, he has a protracted historical past with Madonna, co-writing her hit “Justify My Lov,” with the famous person and Ingrid Chavez.

Different performers at this 12 months’s VMAs embrace Megan Thee Stallion, LL Cool J, Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes, and Chappell Roan. Probably the most nominated artists are Taylor Swift and Put up Malone. The occasion is happening on the UBS Enviornment in Elmont, New York.