Lenny Kravitz added a new sound to his 1998 hit "Human" while performing at last night's MTV Video Music Awards.

The 60-year-old superstar mixed a helping of Quavo to the song and re-arranged it a bit.

And I have a theory why.

Lenny Kravitz was at the VMA's for a few reasons, top of the list is MTV has not had a great relationship with rock music this century and has often struggled to find proper rock groups to play on the awards or fill up their categories.

Best Rock Video has seen moon men go to Coldplay (2012), Lorde (2014), Coldplay again (2020), and John Mayer (2021) among your Twenty-One Pilots.

Is "Human" the sound you think of when you think of rock music?

Of course not, but Lenny is a bonafide rock star in every way.

From the boa feathers and sunglasses, to the chainmail top and the flying V, this man is an almost cartoonish fantasy of everything rock is supposed to be about, and then some.

He's not boastful, conceited, foul-mouthed, or disrespectful. Plus regardless of who else is on the show, he will be the coolest, most handsome man in the room.

If you can find a way to get him on your TV show, you do it.

Fortunately "Human" is a good song and won the category, beating out Green Day, U2, Coldplay, Bon Jovi and those rockers the Kings of Leon. Sadly the presentation was delivered before the telecast.

“Wow. This is incredible. I am so grateful. Thirty-one years ago, my mother was with me at an award show, was at the VMAs, so I dedicate this to her,” Lenny said about him mom, Roxie Roker who made TV history when she was on "The Jeffersons" where she was part of the first interracial couple on network tv.

“I thank God for this journey, this incredible journey. I thank Jesus for life,” he said.

For those who appreciate the new version of "Fly Away," a thank you might be in order for Burton Cummings, the co-writer of many of the hits by The Guess Who.

You may remember in April he threatened to stop allowing anyone other than he or co-writer Randy Bachman to use those songs, for any reason, as a way to stop a band touring as The Guess Who from performing. The unusual maneuver cuts off the flow of royalty monies Cummings has come to expect, but so be it.

Sadly one of the songs Lenny has been playing for two decades has been "American Woman," which Cummings and Bachman penned and released in 1970.

If Cummings has indeed stopped musicians from covering it, Kravitz loses an important part of his set.

At over 400 times, Lenny has played the smash hit more than anyone else. He's played it so much, he did it with Prince twice.

So what do you do when one of your biggest crowd pleasers has to sit on the bench, during a tour where you're playing a generous amount of the new album?

Re-arrange one of your oldies, freshen it up, re-release it if you want. But put the focus on that one so the audience will as well.

And who knows, maybe add a new cover to the set?

Lenny begins his Vegas residency next month. Get tickets from his website to see exactly what he will do.