Lady Gaga just served up a seismic spectacle at the 2017 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
The 30-year-old superstar blew the roof off of Houston’s NRG Stadium with a cleverly curated catalogue of classics such as ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Born This Way.’ She also used the 13-minute showcase to plug tracks from current album ‘Joanne.’
We’re still catching our breath. Re-live the epic-ness after the jump…
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It was a mess
Pokerface should’ve been the last song
She is not yet Beyonce or Madonna. Sorry…her impact was small tho. Very AMA-ish.
And you my friend is hater!
The choice of Lady Gaga as star of Super Bowl was a similarly dangerous one for the league, as her political views are known to be liberal: Was she likely to make some kind of uncomfortable anti-Trump statement to the most conservative audience of the United States?
Expectations for this were set when cast members of the musical Hamilton – known to be not the President’s favourites – sang one of the anthems.
We were all waiting for it. It didn’t happen. What we saw was the tamest Lady Gaga performance on record. She began with a patriotic song, God Bless America, on the roof of the stadium, then descended on ropes into a medley of her biggest hits – Poker Face, Born This Way, Just Dance, Bad Romance, Telephone – performed with her usual vigour alongside a team of five or six million fit dancers (by my count).
Did the aesthetic of the stage set indicate any commentary? It was hard to tell what the aesthetic was. There was a scrap-metal tower that was vaguely reminiscent of Mad Max-style dystopias. Her face was similar to X-men’s Dazzler. There were some costumes that mixed football helmets and white drapery, to uncertain effect. What there was not was any kind of statement. There was not even any humour or unique. Like a school-talent show with a bigger budget. Sorry…
I need Rihanna next year. I thought Gaga was too stripped back. I wanted outrageous Gaga, not that mess.
Yup full time BeyHive member here but even I would agree that the good sis Coconut would have been way more entertaining than Gaga. she was such a letdown her performance just felt flat uninspired and very generic Poke Face and Bad Romance are timeless bops but She didn’t do them justice the whole thing just felt flat.
she played too save…imo
I agree I’m sorry it felt forced
Born This Way was old and lame..nothing special.
Thank god for those drones. I think she was trying too hard.
3.5 out of 5* 🙁
No shade but nobody is here for Rihanna’s thot bops at the Super Bowl girl, it’s family programming
I’m here for her thotness. You and your fav wish y’all could be thots, but y’all too ugly.
I enjoyed it!
She killed it! I loved this show well done Gaga.
The haters can’t wait to rush to this video to spew hate!!!!! She was amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Slayed my entire life. Talk that haters. It’s so good to see her in her old form. She killed all of those that came before her. She served vocals, shock factor, stage presents and choreography. She is here to stay ladies and gents.
Prince and Janet Jackson came before Gaga. Also, Beyonce and Madonna.
She didn’t do horrible, but your claim is a reach.
Are you saying she slayed all other super bowl performances before hers? Because Beyoncé says hello. Gaga was off, You can tell she hasn’t danced in awhile. i mean the promo and the way she was acting, you would have thought she was gonna kill it. 5/10
Madonna, MJ, Katy, Bruno, Prince, and Beyonce all did better
She did good leave it at that please.
Overacting much girl??? so much hype from her fans but the final result…just OK for me.
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Can you talk about the ending and how I thought she was closing with Million reason and then we hear “Rah Rah ra mama”. DEAD. Everything was on point! EVERYTHING!
Y’all Know That Was A Mess! ??
Hated it!
But the superbowl stage is a stage that your fave brandy will never grace
Congratulations on spelling all of your words correctly!
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Slayed…dancing singing n playing instruments. Minor theatrics. Forgot how talented she was
She was Amazing…I just wish she had performed Paparazzi and Perfect Illusion. Overall it was a great show.
She did perform paparazzi
Gaga did an awesome job and all by herself. She gave us all forms of Gaga and killed it.
Monster Ball Tour (Superbowl 2017 Edition)
As I expected, nothing new under the sun.
Gaga dusted off her old costumes, called her old background dancers, and rung Pink’s stage people so she could do flips in the air. Meh.
For once, I actually wished Beyonce would show up!
Beyonce should just sign a contract with Bruno to do the show every year gaga has talent but I rather pay money to see Beyonce and rih
Beyonce showing up with her big pregnant belly wouldve completely taken the limelight away from Gaga.
That’s the point
Gaga would not have that. She’s possibly the most self absorbed artist out there which is exactly why she didn’t share the stage with anyone.
Great job Stefani!
It was good but was expecting better. I noticed she didn’t do any artpop or PI and kept the patriotic theme. She clearly wanted to be as safe and mass appealing as possible. Hope it paid off
She definitely played it safe! Im laughing at white twitter rallying behind her now claiming they have a “newfound” respect for her. ???
#BuildTheWall
I was checking for you GAGA, but you did a good job! It was AIGHT! Expected a lot more. 7/10
F****** slayed. Anyone who says otherwise is just mad.
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Okay not the best gaga fan. But wtf did i just see. She can sing, but her caliber i was expecting to be blown away. Katy perry put on a better show on and sounds like s***. Can they tap Xtina for next year please.
Nobody is trying clean up after that p** Xtina, after she waddles on the stage and makes a damn MESS!
It was great, but didn’t live up to the hype her fans and herself gave. Now to see if her career is revived. Has a tour been announced yet? Also it was good seeing old Gaga return. The best thing about the set was her entrance.
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Personally I think she did an amazing job. I did not know she was that pretty. She carried it all alone. I liked it. I think she played it safe because many people seem to b*t*h about the SB if the artist doesnt come safely. They did this with my fave Beyonce last year. Im tired of all that so i think Lady Gaga kept it safe to avoid stupidity.
Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before
Wow so many people online saying it sucked. I thought it was great.
Man some of yall doin the most to hate on this woman. Even if I wasn’t a fan I’d have to say this was impressive AF. She SANG LIVE while doing ALL THAT. HEAUX WAS E-VER-Y-THING.
Live? She definitely lipped the entire thing up until ‘A Million Reasons’.
Not hating, just saying. She would’ve passed out if she sung everything live.
She did a good job!
Her intro was the best of ALL time!
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Her doing that swimming in the sky thing made me lmao for real lol hehe. Did anyone notice that one of her dancers tripped while running around in circles when she was performing “Born This Way”? LMAO HEHE!!
HASHTAG: #SLAYED 😉
I preferred Madonna’s wheelchair intro in 2012 myself. She brought the entire nursing home staff with her just in case of an emergency.
Maannnn she had me wishing Beyonce was there and I’m Navy as f*ck…
Lets not hate please. If you know your fave can’t do that then go elsewhere.
B*tch my fave is an ICON…Holla at me when Gaga can find herself back onto a chart.
You just had to scroll down. And your fave still ain’t booking that stage. K Bye!
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With all the hype about the drones, I expected the beginning to look much better than it turned out. It was a nice idea but wasnt executed well. As for the entire performance, it was OK. Nothing amazing. Katy Perry’s was much more enjoyable imo, let alone Beyoncé’s performance.
5.5-6/10 it wasn’t bad but it’s nowhere near as good as people are trying to make it out to be.Michael,Beyonce, Madonna,Bruno,and Katy still have the better halftime shows.
It actually went downhill after the intro.
She looked great. Sounded great & put on a show. She got hired for the job and she did it! I’m not even a fan but she was great. She underrated against her other white peers but she’s still miles ahead.
The beginning was good till “bad romance”. Then it went stale..She should’ve changed the choreography a bit.. it looked like one of her monster ball concert. Don’t get me wrong she did a great job but when Bad Romance and the rest just screamed “TOUR/CONCERT”.
Amazing and great message
LOVED IT CONGRATS
Next Year Candidates:
Jennifer Lopez
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Pink
(Insert country star)
She had her moment but overall meh, I thought you suppose to outdo the previous performers
The performance was nice I enjoyed it.
I think she did good, honestly, I was expecting something out of this world, but there’s nothing wrong to say about this performance, she put on a good show, she didn’t overdo anything and it felt genuine. This kind of feeling will work for her (success wise). I’m pretty sure the rest of the world feel the same way as me, it wasn’t spectacular but you can see that she did her best to entertain everyone and I repeat, it felt genuine, she was gracious.
I really want Janet Jackson to get her redemption again with doing the Superbowl. Her sharing the stage with a newcomer who only had like 3 hit songs at the time was already a spit in the face to her ICONIC career.
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Also, in the future they should do mixture like they did in 2000 by having The Weeknd and other credible artists share the stage.
I want Janet to have redemption too! She is a living legend and doesn’t receive the proper recognition as such.
I was rooting for Gaga as she is good performer and NEEDED to slay for the sake of her dwindling career, but she left me underwhelmed. Now it wasn’t like she did anything wrong or bad, but the direction of the performance didn’t live up to the hype. There was too many bells, whistles, lights, and fire that didn’t add anything to the performance. Even her descend from the roof didn’t live up to the hype; Chris Brown did it during the VMA’s in 2008, and it wasn’t anything different from a typical P!nk performance. Also, why does she keep paying Perfect Illusion dust! It’s anthemic sound would’ve been a great entrance. I think she’s out of ideas, and this performance proved that there is only ONE Madonna… #MonstersStayMad #DontAtMe
I thought the entrance was exciting, but I feel like the momentum went down a bit afterwards! I actually wanted to like this performance more than I did! Gaga’s definitely has talent, I just expected her to carry the same energy at the start all the way through the entire performance! This wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t very thrilling for some reason!
No lies told, Fallacy! Teith
No lies told, Fallacy! Truth*
It was cool nothing spectacular or game changing
I enjoyed it. She definitely gave vocal before and while dancing her ass off. Talented.
The way she jumped off the roof lmao
Good performance ! AMAZING VOICE LIKE ALWAYS.
It’s make me realize that Rihanna too can do the Superbowl and do good too ! I realize that Beyoncé on the superbowl put a high level let’s be honest she is really the Queen.
I realize that in comparison Katy Perry it’s not that bad of the performer …
Anyway Gaga it was good to see you again .
You’re damn right about one thing. Rihanna can kill the superbowl and do it if not better!
Exactly as i knew it would be tacky and cringy.
She looked sloppy, out of shape and breath.
The drones were beautiful, her vocals were on point at parts.
4/10
I liked it, the way her career is set up rn I was expecting the worst but it was a 7/10.
The other forum will be WWIII when the ratings come in tomorrow.
She did great. The beginning was quite powerful. The vocals were amazing. But i was expecting more.. she played it too safe..
I honestly want Rihanna next year. If Britney could do it so can she in 2018
She delivered. I felt like she could’ve done more songs. Very strong beginning and million reasons stood out a lot. Bad Romance was amazing too. She did well. It wasn’t crazy like OMG
It’s Rihanna’s time next year!
Rihanna is not a big caliber performer. That type of lengthy, high octane live slayage is not her bit. It’s really not. Don’t set her up for failure
Rihanna could easily SLAY a 15 minute Superbowl set. She has HOURS worth of bangers. Let’s not.
She has hits but she’s a boring performer known for her boring performing. When you think of great live acts nobody ever says Rihanna except hardcore stans. She’s dry- deal with it.
Or Jenny from the block!
You’re about 15 years too late, sis. No one wants to hear Jenny From The Block & Waiting For Tonight in 2018.
She did a good job.
Janet Jackson will own the super bowl halftime show forever it change law made YouTube still the most searched 13 years later. Unless someone can create an industry like YouTube off one halftime then Janet will never be topped but Gaga was ok I wanted her to be crazier
Janet and her brother Michael’s performances were not all that either! Hell Bey’s performance tops Janet’s in my opinion!
@lea
Delusional
LOL Beyonce and Rihanna fans are mad.
Their faves aren’t murderers tho, so who’s really mad sis? ?
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When will BRANDY do the halftime show?? I BET HER PROPS WILL BE “CARS” AND “BREATHING MEN”.
When will you move out your mama’s house is the real question here. Your props will be boxes and plastic trash bags.
Brandy has the best voice in the industry she peaked commercially early but you know she’s a vocalist a great one that will always be
which industry ?? not the same i know
You’re right. Definitely not the p*** industry you’re familiar with. We’re referring to the music industry where Brandy is highly respected for the incredible vocalist that she is.
LOL Right. Who the fk care’s about Brandy’s ugly ass and her chipmunk voice.
I’m not entirely sure how I felt about it. The choreography both and aerial and ground was very messy, that just took me out of the performance completely. Had she executed her moves smoothly I might have enjoyed it but her dancing was very distracting for me.
Beyonce’s performance was overrated. Kelly and that other girl who performed next to them saved it!
Wtf was Beyonce ?
ONE MORE THING: “Gaga” doesn’t even look or dance the same. It felt like “Joanne” was attempting to morph into the Gaga that no longer exists. MK Ultra is a b****.
She just get older !!!!! duh
Rihanna SB 2018, that has a nice ring to it but im skeptical af. She really needs to bring it, no choppy lazy low budget ‘i’ll just look prrtty and tease a bit of choreo while blasting a playlist of my billion hits’ type performance that she usually delivers. If not then i dont want her anywhere near that SB stage. The VMA showed me rihanna can never put on a memorable show, she can be decent at best, but i want her to prove me wrong. Katy aint s*** as a performer but shes smart and will pull all the stops and serve massive displays. Rihanna needs to try that if shes to do the SB halftime. She usually does well when she just sings in front of a mic but most of her hits are uptempos so thats the challenge.
Gaga delivered, her performance was evrything. Pple wanted a lot more from her but they cant even hold a note lmfao let alone spin in the air then deliver vocals and choreo simultaneously. Please lets learn to acknowledge these performers what they do is hard even though it might look easy. She could have gone the crazy gimmick route but she wanted the focus to be her talent.
Loved it GaGa. But I feel like my NYE performance is more iconic dahhling!
Too bad the stage didn’t collapse. Somebody should’ve cut the rope she he/she/it was using for the jump
Cute
Her moves were stiff but she put a excellent amount of work and performance level to carry it off well. Live singing and displaying a good good level of quality showmanship.
I enjoyed it.
Well done Gaga
ok…next??
Remember Beyonce’s masculine perfomance in 2013? that making faces and that strange nose?
And yet…no one is saying what could have been done to make it fit your standards? ? Question: What would YOU have done better?
Nice