But no one expected this.
And not just any dancing, a very Lorde-esque interpretive dance routine that ended with her collapsing onto the ground.
Ed Sheeran accepts the award for artist of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Perhaps it has to do with her flash new dance moves?
Lorde's performance copped a heap of flack on social media with many fans taking to Twtter wondering why the singer mimed her entire performance.
Towards the end of the song, she was carried through the air and thrown up and down.
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British veteran rocker Rod Stewart will also perform his 1978 hit Do You Think I'm Sexy with U.S. dance-rock band DNCE while other performers include Fifth Harmony, Lamar, Cyrus, Sheeran and Demi Lovato.
Poor Lorde! But, if you saw her performance, you know she powered through.
The "Green Light" singer - who was nominated for two VMAs this year - followed up her comment about her red carpet style with another tweet explaining that looks can be deceiving, and though she looked as glam and glowing as ever at the show, she was actually really sick.
She said she'd "been rehearsing for the VMAs and my knees are covered in bruises" but didn't mention the fact she was ill.
In her role as host and performer, Katy Perry changed outfits a whopping ten times.
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