Here Are The Best GIFs, Tweets, & Dank Memes Of The 2016 VMAs

Hey y'all! We back out here for the 2016 Video Music Awards, the only awards show where the music doesn't matter at all and it's all about the moments, baby! The VMAs are scientifically engineered for trending topics, so we're guaranteed some amusing but ephemeral hijinks, all of which will be collected here for future generations to scratch their heads at. Kanye West has got four minutes to do whatever, Rihanna is set to receive the Video Vanguard Award, and Britney Spears is going to perform for the first time on the show since 2007 (though probably without her snake). Join us as we collect all the meaningless GIFs, tweets, vines, videos, and dank memes from this year's festivities below.

Y'all waste NO TIME!!! 😭😫 #VMAs pic.twitter.com/Hl4AQBEzAd

— Shady Music Facts (@TheFactsOfShade) August 28, 2016

[Redacted so MTV continues to pay me] #VMAS pic.twitter.com/gnFymQ278O

— Ira Madison III (@ira) August 28, 2016

This is someone at the vmas who will be subletting someone's apartment soon #vmas pic.twitter.com/nmtYiUBLoa

— ?PWR BTTM? (@PWRBTTMBAND) August 28, 2016

Joanne is a mess!!! 😂 pic.twitter.com/UGFLE3yv85

— Shady Music Facts (@TheFactsOfShade) August 29, 2016

.@chancetherapper in those power overalls like GIMME THAT MOON MAN pic.twitter.com/BmgWl8m7sW

— NYLON (@NylonMag) August 29, 2016

wow... #VMAs https://t.co/jAfjjsnbuu pic.twitter.com/Rg9HNNy78X

— Missinfo (@Missinfo) August 29, 2016

even though i was cut from the final edit of the Famous video i bear no ill will toward Mr. @kanyewest. pic.twitter.com/2Y509kf7cF

— BoJack Horseman (@BoJackHorseman) August 29, 2016

Yeah, they did that. #VMAs🙌 @ArianaGrande @NICKIMINAJ pic.twitter.com/wNYE2BcSuQ

— MTV (@MTV) August 29, 2016

remember this moment when iman shumpert scores 3 points on 12 % from the field

— ?netw3rk (@netw3rk) August 29, 2016

boy: ur different from every1 else

me: thank u i am very complex

boy: how

me: pic.twitter.com/3h7UFWWBsI

— The Talkhouse (@Talkhouse) August 29, 2016

WE SEE YOU JOANNE!!!!!!! 😂 #VMAs pic.twitter.com/BYsb7nB3VT

— Shady Music Facts (@TheFactsOfShade) August 29, 2016

When a #VMAs2016 hashtag might have helped pic.twitter.com/QHc4Gdluhr

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 29, 2016

It is a hate crime to force Britney to come out next. This is not the way to move forward 😭😭😭😭

— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) August 29, 2016

"aliens" pic.twitter.com/i3q5pmw1fY

— Mr. J (@LampshadeJ) August 29, 2016

G Eazy looked great tonight #VMAS pic.twitter.com/jEMtHfLFba

— Ira Madison III (@ira) August 29, 2016

THISIS SO FUNNY IM S C R E A M I N G pic.twitter.com/rh64UJXFLx

— julia (@harrysnaruto) August 29, 2016

ME: What did you think of that Chainsmokers performance?

BEYONCE: pic.twitter.com/xpvBJ4pc32

— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) August 29, 2016

Jimmy Fallon channels his inner-Ryan Lochte at the #VMAs pic.twitter.com/D5wFX8jLnP

— Mashable (@mashable) August 29, 2016

#friendzoned pic.twitter.com/ssRCzjjjQ1

— ?_? (@MikeIsaac) August 29, 2016

The moment that @Beyonce distracted @chancetherapper during his VMA backstage interview 😂: https://t.co/EcVs3eIZ5m

— MTV (@MTV) August 29, 2016

This is a night for us all to be thankful for what you have done for us! You have affected so many of our lives in the best way possible. Tonight we celebrate you! @badgalriri

A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Aug 28, 2016 at 11:41pm PDT