As described by Daniel Kreps of '' Rolling Stone '' , the video " offers a lighthearted , fictionalized look at the audition process to cast Spears ' on-screen paramour in the ' Make Me ' video . When Spears and her posse are n't giggling through auditions , the singer is performing her track in a brightly lit hallway . G-Eazy also appears to deliver his featured verse via hi-def monitor . The video concludes with Spears screen-testing her would-be costars in a series of steamy sequences . " After overwhelmingly negative reactions from fans following the release of the Randee St. Nicholas-directed video , a petition demanding RCA to release LaChapelle 's original video was created ; the petition described the released video as one that was " not a suitable representation of the song " . A month after the video 's release , Spears 's manager , Larry Rudolph commented : " It ’s really simple . The video just did n’t work ... because it ’s Britney there are all kinds of conspiracies . Nobody is hiding anything . " On August 18 , 2016 , Spears added " Make Me " , as well as " Do You Wan na Come Over ? " , to the setlist of her residency show Britney : Piece of Me , which extended to her Britney : Live in Concert world tour 's setlist a year later . Spears and G-Eazy performed " Make Me ... " , along with G-Eazy 's " Me , Myself & I " , live for the first time at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28 , 2016 . The performance opened " with Britney 's silhouette performing behind a glowing panel while massive , shadowy arms reach for her , trying to grab her without ever quite succeeding , " while Spears performed the first verse and chorus of " Make Me ... " . Following G-Eazy 's entrance , Spears performed the chorus of " Me , Myself & I " , " while crawling under his legs , " before finishing the performance with a repeated chorus of " Make Me ... " . Jeff Benjamin of '' Fuse '' called it a " fun " performance , where " Britney made a triumphant return to the VMA stage . " Joe Lynch of '' Billboard '' considered the performance " as beguiling as the song itself , " naming it a " solid VMA return for Britney . " Jennifer Keishin Armstrong of the same magazine declared that " Spears acquitted herself nicely , if not particularly memorably . " Chris Payne also from '' Billboard '' included the performance among the " worst moments " of the night . Joyce Chen of Us Weekly labeled it as a " less-than-stellar performance . " On September 1 , 2016 , a performance of the song was broadcast from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas for '' Today '' . On September 24 , 2016 , on the iHeartRadio Music Festival , Spears and G-Eazy once again performed the " Make Me ... " and " Me , Myself & I " medley , as the final performance from Spears 's set . In the United Kingdom , Spears performed the song on the Apple Music Festival on September 27 , 2016 , and '' The Jonathan Ross Show '' on October 1 , 2016 . On December 2 , 2016 , Spears performed the song at the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball . A day later , she reprised the performance at 99.7 's Triple Ho Show
2016 MTV Video Music Awards
2016 MTV Video Music Awards
Make Me... (Britney Spears song)