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Watch Braids, Alvvays, Viet Cong Perform, Toronto Symphony Cover Drake At Polaris Music Prize Gala

Braids Alvays Viet Cong Polaris Music Awards

Braids Alvays Viet Cong Polaris Music Awards

Last night was Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize awards. The official honor went to 74-year-old Buffy Sainte-Marie, but several other artists gave stunning performances at the gala. In case you thought Canada wasn't going to find a way to honor their reigning 6-God Drake, you were wrong. Watch below.

Here's Braids doing "Happy When" and the brutally-honest "Miniskirt":

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The artist soon to be formerly known as Viet Cong doing "March Of Progress":
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Alvvays' performance of "Archie, Marry Me"
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And last but certainly not least, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra covering Drake's "Know Yourself":

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