She kicked off her set with current R&B radio single "B-- Better Have My Money," and it wasn't any sort of normal performance: Rihanna started in a mock car setup, one hand on the steering wheel and another on the microphone. As the camera panned outward, she's joined by an indisposed woman in the backseat, tied up and presumably owing Rihanna currency of some sort.

Soon enough, the set is stripped away piece by piece as Rihanna and a handful of backup dancers parade onstage while a screen behind them plays footage of police in the middle of a car chase. The movie set feel is capped off when, after a guitar solo outro, a crewman ending the take.

Then came her other current single, "American Oxygen." Think a bit less cinematic this time, but still with a stunning visual: this time due to video screens surrounding the singer that played footage of different moments in history, from Barack Obama's presidential inauguration to 9/11-much of it from the song's music video. Watch both performances - here.

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