Tonight's 60th Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden saw a ton of strong performances from some of the hottest artists of the moment including Kendrick Lamar, Miley Cyrus (and Elton John), Lady Gaga, Alessia Cara and Logic, SZA, Bruno Mars and a joyous Cardi B.
But one performance in particular stood out among all of those as so funky, so rihveting and so unapologetic that it seems to have set us all on fire with fierceness. DJ Khaled brought out Bryson Tiller and Rihanna for their summer smash hit "Wild Thoughts," and in addition to some complex staging, it was Rih's choreography and attitude that had everyone shook:
MS. RIHANNA ROBYN THICKUMS FENTY SNAPPED!! pic.twitter.com/qw8ydAnMR6
— fenty 🍒 (@workbyfenty) January 29, 2018
I HAVE A CRUSH ON RIHANNA YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON RIHANNA EVERYONE HAS A CRUSH ON RIHANNA END OF STORY GOODBYE
— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) January 29, 2018
Rihanna's magical performance tonight at the #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/traNkl28C1
— Rihanna Facts (@FactsNevernyny) January 29, 2018
The best moment ever ! #GRAMMYS #Rihanna pic.twitter.com/w9MjxFovP1
— |BS (@M_SKREIN) January 29, 2018
shoutout to rihanna and her tittes pic.twitter.com/8HPhaqZPTX
— 𝖚𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖕𝖎𝖔 (@realdreamgirI) January 29, 2018
Can't never have too much @Rihanna on your TL #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/fVfMA1ehcu
— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) January 29, 2018
#Thick Rihanna invented the 💃🏽 emoji pic.twitter.com/odkFC5ghjl
— Thick-fil-a (@ThickyThickBaes) January 29, 2018
In addition to her overall Caribbean and African-style choreo, Rih specifically broke out the super popular South African 'gwara gwara' dance:
Rihanna doing the gwara gwara Just united all Africans
— coco (@MrCocoyam) January 29, 2018
My forever sexuality is Rihanna doing the gwara gwara 😩😍🔥 pic.twitter.com/o5OX8S8EUF
— Zoé (@ztsamudzi) January 29, 2018
Rihanna with the Gwara Gwara😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱...Africa to the 🌎🔥 pic.twitter.com/ln5GMRsLZ6
— Zic 🇳🇬 (@Zic_official) January 29, 2018
Rihanna hitting the Gwara Gwara while singing “Wild Thoughts" 💕#GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/01VK8eDHm4
— The iMullar (@TheiMullar) January 29, 2018
Rihanna just did Gwara Gwara from South Africa 🇿🇦🔥🔥🔥wow!!! #GRAMMYs wow Bhenga Dance On The Map 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/YGxPhlacLu
— DangerFlex SA 🇿🇦 (@DangerFlexSA) January 29, 2018
Rihanna did the Gwara Gwara Dance guys. I'm screaming 😭 pic.twitter.com/4EqF6FKCld
— ur local boy. 🍃 (@doughnnie) January 29, 2018
Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar also took the stage to accept the award for Best Rap/Sung Performance for "Loyalty" off Lamar's DAMN album, which was robbed by Bruno Mars for Album of the Year.