Rock and roll icon Lenny Kravitz carried out a ripping three-song medley on the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday (Sept. 11).
Launched by British singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse — who referred to as him a “rock God with a sound fully his personal” — Kravitz began his set together with his signature 1993 traditional “Are You Gonna Go My Means,” carrying a white boa and a barely-there silver-fringe vest. He then segued seamlessly into his disco-tinged 2024 single “Human,” flanked by backing dancers and going back-to-back together with his open-vested co-guitarist.
Kravitz ended the medley with a efficiency of “Fly,” the Quavo-featuring reinvention of his big 1998 hit “Fly Away” that he initially dropped in Might. The trap-ified redo had everybody within the crowd from Submit Malone to Paris Hilton singing alongside to the still-unforgettable unique refrain.
Kravitz already took residence a moonperson within the Video Music Awards’ preshow, profitable finest rock for “Human.” (He had been nominated within the class 3 times beforehand, again when it was nonetheless referred to as “finest rock video,” however had not gained it earlier than.) It was his second general win on the awards, following his taking residence finest male video on the 1993 awards for “Are You Gonna Go My Means” — which he additionally carried out at that yr’s ceremonies in his VMAs stage debut, with assist from legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
Kravitz’s historical past on the Video Music Awards additionally features a pair of notable appearances in the course of the 1998 VMAs. He offered finest rock video to Aerosmith for his or her “Pink,” together with Gwen Stefani (then of No Doubt), and performed guitar with Madonna for her efficiency of “Ray of Mild” — that yr’s winner for video of the yr.