The MTV Video Music Awards plans on honouring the legacy of Aretha Franklin — they’re just not sure how they will do it.
Show executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic said that his team is “working on a lot of different options.”
Franklin, who was 76, died on August 16 at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer.
Ignjatovic says he’s working to find “the right tone and the right artist” to properly pay tribute to the Queen of Soul.
He adds: “Whether it’s a performance or spoken — just something that’s organic and done in a way that feels tonally right because it’s Aretha Franklin.”
The VMAs will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
