The 32nd annual Music Television Video Music Awards aired on Aug. 28. in the midst of new musical releases.

The first VMA of the night went to Fifth Harmony’s “All in My Head” for Song of the Summer before the event started, during the pre-show. The mothers of Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Oscar Grant, victims of police brutality, appeared on the white carpet alongside Beyoncé in “Formation”.

The awards show kicked off with Rihanna’s first of four performances, lighting the stage in an ensemble of bright pink. Comedians Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele hosted the show in character as two Twitter savvy individuals, sending out witty and satirical tweets throughout the show.

Traffic prevented Drake from performing the song “Work” alongside Rihanna or accepting the award for Best Hip Hop Video, which Puff Daddy accepted on his behalf.

Future performed hits such as “Wicked,” in which curse words were slowed down instead of bleeped out to minimize interruption.

Calvin Harris won Best Male Video, accepting the award through a pre- recorded video. Alicia Keys presented the award, honoring the 53rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream Speech” with a poem about equality and love in place of a speech.

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj performed their song “Side To Side” on a hot pink stage with spin bikes.

Jimmy Fallon presented the Video of the Year Award dressed as US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. He poked fun at Lochte’s recent scandal during the Rio Summer Olympics with a play on Justin Bieber’s song “Sorry,” while pointing at Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

Beyoncé’s “Formation” took home Video Of The Year, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography, Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. “Hold Up” also won Best Female Video, making Beyoncé the most awarded artist in the history of the VMAs.

“Beyoncé was the best. No one topped her” freshman Nykirah Soloman said.

Beyoncé performed several of the songs on her album “Lemonade,” and at one point she smashed a camera with a baseball bat as she did in the “Hold Up” music video.

DNCE won Best New Artist, an award MTV announced was tied between them and increasingly popular artist Bryson Tiller.

Speculation surrounding whether MTV would give Kanye 15 minutes speak on stage left fans eager to hear him speak. Though Kanye’s “Famous” did not win any awards last night, he appeared on stage to present the music video for his song “Fade,” speaking for four minutes before introducing the video. In his speech, he mentioned Beyoncé’s victories in seven categories, as well as recent shootings and meeting with the victims’ loved ones.

“I don’t know how to feel about Kanye’s video to be honest,” freshman Daniella Guzman said. “I like the song, but it’s literally just a sweaty girl working out.”

The Chainsmokers made their VMA debut performing their hit song “Closer” with guest artist Halsey, during which the group’s singer Andrew Taggart wrapped his arms around Halsey and the pair sang, lips inches apart.

Britney Spears returned to her second VMAs after six years of in attendance in a yellow mesh body suit, singing alongside artist G-Eazy. Viewers later criticized her performance for being lip-synced on Twitter.

As Rihanna’s fourth and final performance came to an end, Drake made his first appearance only to hand the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award to Rihanna and give a speech about his love for her. The audience erupted with noise and cheer as she spoke about how her success belonged to her family and her fans. The show ended with Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele’s twitter savvy persona’s scrolling through the replies of the tweets they had been sending out over the course of the event.