A sparkling edition with a very strong social message: the interval (Halftime Show) of the sporting event of the year in the United States, the Super Bowl, gave an unforgettable interlude by launching this 2022 into history. The final of the National Football League between Los Angeles Rams (who won the title) and Cincinnati Bengals took place on the night between Sunday 13 and Monday 14 February with musical guests of the highest level. On stage – among others – Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dog, Kendrik Lamar, Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.
The theme is rap (for the first time in 56 editions) and the combination of artists reaches the age of 286, making this the oldest appointment ever. These six artists together – true gods of this musical genre – they have assets of 983 million dollars (although 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and lost its 50 million). Counting all their successes, we arrive at the beauty of 43 Grammys won.
One of the most emotional moments of the show was the final part of Eminem’s performance, a very powerful tribute. The rapper got down on his knees to show his solidarity with Colin Kaepernick against police brutality. The organizers of the event had asked him to avoid it, but the artist did not want to hear reasons.
Five years ago the San Francisco quaterback refused to stand up during the national anthem to put the spotlight on police treatment of the black population. Her gesture paved the way for protests in the world of sport. With this gesture, Eminem launched a powerful and unprecedented message. The league, in fact, had ended up under accusation for racism due to the very low number of black coaches. That’s why 2022 was dedicated to rap, the most popular musical genre among African Americans.
Just think that the cheapest ticket to watch the game costs around $ 1000 and that the setting for this event is one of the most modern stadiums in the world, the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (costing 5.3 billion dollars), which hosts 70,000 seats. In the stands there were all the celebrities that matter, from Ellen DeGeneres to Kanye West with her daughter North, from Joe Jonas with his wife Sophie Turner to Justin Bieber, from Jennifer Lopez with Ben Affleck to Katy Perry with Orlando Bloom.
The show immediately ended up among the trending topics of Twitter amid the irony of the users. “For the record: I heard there’s going to be a football game at the Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop + Mary J concert,” one of them chirps. There are those who post the video of LeBron James’ ballet to the rhythm of the music and those who comment that finally «this is the interval show that we all deserve after two years of the genre».
Millennials have gone wild with memes and there are those who make generational irony: “My son just asked my wife and me how these people are still alive if we listened to them as children.” A user posts the photo of his wife in an almost hypnotic state: “My 43-year-old wife watches the show as if she were watching the moon landing.” The web goes wild with the cry of “pure nostalgia”: “The Super Bowl halftime songs are 2pm I downloaded and burned in 1999 until the CD player burned.”
Source: Vanity Fair
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