2018 Billboard Music Awards Recap

It’s been a while, but I’m still around. Don’t get it twisted!

I won’t bore you with a long intro. Let’s run this thing back.

• One time for Kelly Clarkson KILLING the opening. (Her speech about Texas AND her musical medley) She was this year’s host.

• Ariana Grande still impresses with her vocals. I was more impressed this year, though, because I could understand 94.2% of her lyrics. One time for articulation!

• Khalid won best new artist. He’s cool, but I’m not sure I agree.

• 21 Savage looked pissed much of the night. After he won, he gave us 21 smirks, though.

• Ciara kept pronouncing “women” the way most pronounce “woman,” and it made my soul itch.

• Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato sang a duet. It was cool until Demi hit some miscellaneous notes. I’ll chalk it up to her nerves. She was singing with Christina, who still has IT.

• John Legend performed, and gave us interesting hip action in his tight white pants.

• J-Lo performed her new song, “Dinero” with DJ Khaled’s hollerin’ self. She walked on her dancers’ hands as they suspended her in the air. Cardi B accompanied her on the big screen.

• I REALLY hoped she would come out in tribute to Janet and dance to “That’s the Way Love Goes.”

• But let’s talk about how Janet K-I-L-L-E-D the stage per usual. I could have used more old music, but I still grinned the entire time she performed.

• Katherine and Reebie sat proudly in the audience and smiled proudly as she became the first African-American woman to receive the Billboard Icon Award.

• Call me greedy, but I wanted more. She is an icon. She has too many hits to count. I needed a song per album…minimum. I needed a tribute. Ciara was there, damnit.

• Camila took us to Havana. The way she kept poppin’ and such, I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t need a hip replacement at age 55. But carry on, girl!

• This Korean boy group/band named BTS caused an uproar among the girls in the crowd when they performed. I have never heard of them until tonight, and all I could think while they performed was, “What in the NSync meets Gucci Mane is happening here??? What in the appropriated hell am I witnessing???” I’m still waiting for an answer.

• Now I wonder what BTS means. “Black today! Shiiiiit” “Back to Sleep” “Blacker Than Some” “Buy the Shirt” ??? Somebody help.

• Salt, sal-salt, Salt-N-Pepa’s here!!!! Well, they were. And they did their thing. They shooped, pushed it, talked about sex, and talked about a mighty good man. (Did Salt say she didn’t have one yet? I need to hear that part again.) EnVogue 3.0 joined them on-stage. Kelly Clarkson even came out at the very end and sang a bit before she closed the show.

• This year’s show was pretty cool. I’m an 80’s baby, so I appreciated Janet and Salt-N-Pepa/EnVogue most. Until next year!

P.S. Taylor Swift won some awards, too. Nothing new.