Usher serverte mimrefest under SwiftieBowl.
Mens Kansas City Chiefs slo San Francisco 49ers – med boost fra Travis Kelce sin boo Taylor Swift – disket Usher (født i 78) opp med et stort show i pausen.
Concern-trolling: I forkant var socials bekymret for at Taylors tilstedeværelse på tribunen skulle stjele rampelyset fra albumaktuelle Usher sitt Roc Nation-produserte half time-show. Tay vant trolig. Men en annen som tok oppmerksomhet fra Usher under TV-sendingen var Roc Nation-artisten Beyoncé. Som nå gjør TV-reklamer. Via Verizon annonserte hun sitt neste album – og slapp to singler samtidig.
(Husker du at Samsung lanserete JAY-Z’ album Magna Carta Holy Grail ved å putte 1 million eks i sine telefoner? Nei, ingen husker det albumet… Men denne avtalen skulle «forandre musikk for alltid».)
Usher-show ble det lell.
Igjen ble det free the nipple – og en haug av kostymer – i halftime-showet på Super Bowl når ringreven oppsummerte sin 31 år lange karriere på 13 minutter. Han stilte også på rulleskøyter.
Justin Bieber var trending på X i forkant, ettersom internettet var overbevist om at han skulle bli med Scooter Braun-kollegaen på det Roc Nation-produserte showet.
JB stilte dog ikke på scenen på Super Bowl. (Hvorfor skulle han ha gjort det nå? For å promotere sine Drew sweatshirts?) Men det gjorde Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Lil Jon, Ludacris, will.i.am og Jermaine Dupri.
Ikke North West: Usher og H.E.R. på Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show på Allegiant Stadium i Nevada 11. februar 2024 (Jamie Squire/Getty)
45-åringen tok som ventet ingen låter fra sitt nye – niende – album COMING HOME (blant annet skrevet av norske Jens Christian Isaksen alias Isak Swing), men serverte medley med eldre bops.
Her er Usher sin playlist fra Half Time-showet på Super Bowl LVIII på Allegiant Stadium utenfor Las Vegas.
«Caught Up»
«U Don’t Have to Call»
«Superstar»
«Love in This Club»
«If I Ain’t Got You»
«My Boo»
«Confessions Part II»
«Nice & Slow»
«Burn»
«U Got It Bad»
«OMG»
«Turn Down for What»
«Yeah!»
Se Usher i aksjon nedenfor.
usher and alicia keys performing ‘my boo’ at the #superbowl pic.twitter.com/l9XfOOv3BK
— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) February 12, 2024
«You got it, you got it bad»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/dukXpj6ZsY
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«Cause you are my superstar (Superstar, yeah)»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/pvRBZ5vL5j
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«I need a bad girl (say yeah)»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher @HERMusicx @AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/faJPrrF4Qe
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«I’m so (caught up), got me feeling it (caught up)»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/eU1LfGWOl6
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«Some people want it all, but I don’t want nothin’ at all. If it ain’t you, baby. If I ain’t got you, baby»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AliciaKeys@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/7jXRYaqpdo
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«You don’t have to call, it’s okay girl»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/mD247MbwGI
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«Let it burn, let it burn, gotta let it burn»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII#Usher pic.twitter.com/QhIRaIR8vb
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«These are my confessions»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@JermaineDupri@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/NIpYCMH8am
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«There’s so many ways to love ya»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@IAmWill@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/HIxIoDpAAf
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«I just wanna take it nice and slow»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/MqiJmNsNpV
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«I wanna make love in this club»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/uBeywlq6ZR
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«Turn Down For What»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@LilJon@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/u9QTD2bxvT
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
«Peace up, A-Town down»https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa@Usher@Ludacris@LilJon@AppleMusic Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show@NFL@NFLonCBS#SBLVIII #Usher pic.twitter.com/xXw4Qj7DKW
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) February 12, 2024
SwiftieBowl
Swifties over hele verdenen fikk stadig se sin gudinne under sendingen. Taylor Swift var på tribunen med flere venninner.
Inkludert Ice Spice, Lana Del Rey og Blake Lively.
Se Lana slite i venstre hjørne.
Taylor forklarer (amerikansk) fotball til Ice.
Ice spice is just like me (no idea what is going on)
pic.twitter.com/xhR0P8vVe7— iya ★ (@hotmessjunk) February 11, 2024
Blake Lively roper «shut the fuck up».
no thoughts just blake lively saying shut the fuck up pic.twitter.com/CwpyynpmW1
— chloe (@smoakinghaught) February 12, 2024
Taylor introduserer Paul McCartney (for sikkerhets skyld; fra The Beatles) til Ed Kelce (Travis Kelces pappa). Som Taylor for øvrig allerede nå også kaller for pappa.
🚨| Paul McCartney meeting Travis Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce, with Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl! #SuperBowl2024 pic.twitter.com/CQ8t0lJkJs
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) February 12, 2024
Another Taylor Swift sighting pic.twitter.com/b5Nx5O3bCB
— 3030 (@jose3030) February 12, 2024
Travis Kelce gratuleres av Tay.
