--- title: Lizzo's MTV Movie & TV Awards Song Had the Crowd On Its Feet description: At Monday night's MTV Movie & TV Awards, Lizzo brought the crowd to its feet with her performance of her hit song "Juice." canonical: https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-18T15:58:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:15.581Z og:title: Lizzo Got the Crowd on Its Feet With a Rousing Sister Act 2-Flavored MTV Movie & TV Awards Performance og:description: Lizzo made her awards show debut with a rousing performance of "Juice" og:url: https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lizzo Got the Crowd on Its Feet With a Rousing Sister Act 2-Flavored MTV Movie & TV Awards Performance twitter:description: Lizzo made her awards show debut with a rousing performance of "Juice" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lizzo Got the Crowd on Its Feet With a Rousing _Sister Act 2_\-Flavored MTV Movie & TV Awards Performance > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 18, 2019 3:58 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 18, 2019 3:58 PM UTC Lizzo’s [MTV Movie & TV Awards](https://time.com/5608833/2019-mtv-movie-tv-awards/) performance at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar was the shot of adrenaline that awards shows have [been looking for](https://time.com/5526740/grammys-2019-review/), lighting up the crowd — and social media — as she sang “Juice.” The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards were hosted by actor Zachary Levi and took place on June 15, but aired on Monday night. [Singer-rapper-flutist](https://time.com/5568320/lizzo-music-album-review/) Lizzo, whose album [_Cuz I Love You_](https://time.com/5556259/5-best-songs-this-week/item/tempo-lizzo-feat-missy-elliott/) dropped in April, took to the stage for a rendition of her popular, dance-worthy funk-R&B song as one of the evening’s only musical performers. Luckily, the crowd was in for a treat. It wasn’t just a straightforward performance: Lizzo started off as a soloist onstage decked out in a silky choir robe, a definite departure from her usual bold and body-baring costumes. In a move reminiscent of the dramatic flourish from [_Sister Act 2_](https://time.com/3907929/disney-sister-act-remake/), Lizzo and her group of backup singers, also in robes, quickly got the directive to do away with their outerwear. They then burst out into an exuberant performance. Lizzo sang, danced, twerked, got the audience on its feet and participating in vocal scales and showcased her infectious energy. Spotted singing along in the crowd: [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://time.com/4633506/actors-musicians-crossover-bruce-willis/item/jada-pinkett-smith/) and her son Jaden Smith, and _Captain Marvel_ star Brie Larson. Those aren’t her only celebrity fans: the evening revealed her she has many stars in her corner, from [James Blake](https://time.com/5507144/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-70/item/mile-high-james-blake-feat-metro-boomin-and-travis-scott/) and Jameela Jamil to Dan Levy and [Sandra Bullock](https://time.com/5305986/oceans-8-james-corden/). The MTV Movie & TV Awards may not be the generally-more-recognized MTV [Video Music Awards](https://time.com/5369448/nicki-minaj-vmas-2018/) (confusing, yes — those come up in August), but with this debut, Lizzo may just find herself getting plenty more airtime. > [](https://twitter.com/danjlevy/status/1140801606834905088) > [](https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1140076269830209536) > [](https://twitter.com/bestofbullock/status/1140178814867296256) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/"},"headline":"Lizzo Got the Crowd on Its Feet With a Rousing Sister Act 2-Flavored MTV Movie & TV Awards Performance","datePublished":"2019-06-18T15:58:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:15.581Z","description":"Blame it on her juice","url":"https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5609129/lizzo-mtv-movie-tv-awards-2019/","name":"Lizzo Got the Crowd on Its Feet With a Rousing Sister Act 2-Flavored MTV Movie & TV Awards Performance"}}]}] ```