Britney Spears: Do's and Don'ts for her VMA performance

Britney Spears will perform at the VMAs for the first time in nearly 10 years.
Britney Spears: Do's and Don'ts for her VMA performance
Britney Spears will perform at the VMAs for the first time in nearly 10 years. Credit: Getty Images

Britney Spears has not performed at the VMAs in nearly 10 years, but that's all about to change on August 29, when she takes the stage with G-Eazy to perform "Make Me," and hopefully make us all forget about the disaster that was the 2007 VMAs. While performing with a python may be out of the question ever since that time a snake bit one of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" dancers, there are plenty of equally badass things Britney could incorporate from her past performances, and plenty of things she should definitely never ever do again.

DO: Do some sort of strip tease

As displayed at the 2000 VMAs with her sensual transition from "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" to "Oops! I Did It Again," she's a master of the strip tease.

DON'T wear a black wig that looks like a terrible Cher rip-off

Oh, you forgot about that? Let us remind you.


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DO: Wear a fedora

Because as time has proven again and again, very good things happen when Britney wears a fedora.

DON'T do the whole crotch grab thing.

Better yet, don't do anything you did at the 2007 VMAs.

DO Bring another female pop star onstage with you

She's already performed with Madonna, Christina, Rihanna and Nicki, and every time it's been certifiably lit.

DON'T dress up like a pimp

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This doesn't really need to be said. And yet, she did actually do this exact thing in 2000, so....

DO perform a throwback

Sure, she'll likely only be performing music from Glory --- considering the album drops just two days before -- but can't we hope for a "...Baby One More Time"?

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