disco-era theme. During the end of the performance a projection of Pac-Man, the character of the game with the same name, eating cherries was projected on an LED screen on the stage. Kitty Empire of The Observer who hailed the song as one of the most explicit on the album described the projection as "funny rather than risible". Digital Spy's Robert Copsey similarly wrote that he enjoyed the projection, writing that it managed to turn "a family friendly computer game into something very different". While reviewing a tour concert, Graeme Virtue of The Guardian felt that the song along with "Partition" and "Naughty Girl", "make[s] a persuasive case for Mrs Carter, the unstoppable sex machine". Similarly BBC News' Mark Savage described the middle of the show which included the most explicit songs, including "Blow", as a "raunchy sequence". Writing for MTV News, Sidney Madden praised the dance performed by the singer along with her background dancers. Describing the singer as a "model of power", David Pollock from The Independent praised Beyoncé's "grinding through the disco-soaked majesty" of the song. In June 2014, a live recording of the song aired on Beyonce: X10, an HBO series documenting performances of the song during The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour; it was also included on platinum edition of Beyoncé (2014). In 2016, the song was performed during the set list of The Formation World Tour. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, Beyoncé performed "Blow" as part of a medley consisting of songs from her fifth studio album. For the performance of the song, she wore a bejeweled bodysuit and was accompanied by her background dancers performing a cabaret-styled choreography. Throughout the performance, the word "cherry" was lit up on the screen behind her in neon letters. In a review of the performance, Nadeska Alexis of MTV News felt that "things started to heat up" with the rendition of the song. She further praised the fact that the lights illuminated her bodysuit being "nothing short of mesmerizing". Caitlin White of the same publication found "rainbow neon sexiness" in the song's performance. Mike Wayers writing for The Wall Street Journal noted that "[t]hings started to heat up beat-wise" during "Blow". Remixes and other versions On April 8, 2014, remix versions of "Blow" and "XO" by French musician Monsieur Adi premiered on Outs official website along Beyoncé's appearance on the cover of