Popsugar Entertainment Award Season Normani Kordei 2019 MTV VMAs Performance Video Normani Lights Up the VMAs Stage With Her Ferocious, First-Ever Solo Performance 27 August 2019 by Mekishana Pierre Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris/VMN19 Normani practically broke the internet with her "Motivation" video drop on Aug. 16, and her first performance of the song at the MTV VMAs was nothing less than sensational. On Monday, the breakout solo star hit the stage to perform the hit song and gave fans a live taste of those sexy moves she's become well-known for. We are obviously all the way here for the fun theatrics she incorporated — just like she did in her music video — but like everyone else, we're still mesmerised by that headstand drop into a split during the dance break! Watch Normani's booty-popping performance and see some photos ahead, because we're going to need all the proof that she did, in fact, do the damn thing. Related: I Literally Gasped Seeing Normani at the VMAs, and That's Really All That Needs to Be Said Normani Performs "Motivation" at the 2019 Video Music Awards 1 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 2 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Dia Dipasupil/VMN19 3 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 4 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 5 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 6 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 7 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 8 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 9 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 10 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 11 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 12 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 13 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 14 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 15 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 16 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 17 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 18 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 19 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 20 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 21 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 22 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 23 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 24 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 25 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 26 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 27 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 28 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 29 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 30 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 31 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 32 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 33 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz 34 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 35 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 36 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 37 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 38 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 39 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur 40 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris/VMN19 41 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 42 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Dia Dipasupil/VMN19 43 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 44 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Bennett Raglin 45 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris/VMN19 46 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai 47 / 48 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris/VMN19 48 / 48 Award SeasonBlack WomenNormani KordeiMTV VMAsMusicTV