The NFL chose to keep fans in suspense regarding their choice of artist for Super Bowl 50’s opening number, holding out until the week of the big game to announce that the National Anthem would be delivered by Lady Gaga.
The news about Gaga, always a polarizing figure, drew a slate of mixed audience reaction regarding her latest achievement. Which is to be expected: After all, this is the artist who drew ire for rewriting select lyrics of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at 2013’s NYC Gay Pride Parade, the last time she performed the Anthem publicly.
Not bad for an artist who just three years ago was stinging from the decidedly lackluster response—okay, many called it a flop–to her third studio album, Artpop.
And she kept it going at the Bowl. The only flops present at the opening of the game were any betting types flip-flopping on the merits of Cam Newton vs. Peyton Manning. Meanwhile, anyone betting on Gaga was, in short, a winner.
The star, garbed quite conservatively – for her – in a subtly sparkly red pantsuit with matching eyeshadow, showed off her classical musical leanings of late; delivering a straightforward, flawless interpretation of the Anthem that had Levi’s Stadium fairly vibrating with the power of her voice.
Gaga was accompanied by actor Marlee Matlin, who interpreted the Anthem in sign language. She was preceded by the Armed Force Chorus, who performed “America the Beautiful.”
The news about Gaga, always a polarizing figure, drew a slate of mixed audience reaction regarding her latest achievement. Which is to be expected: After all, this is the artist who drew ire for rewriting select lyrics of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at 2013’s NYC Gay Pride Parade, the last time she performed the Anthem publicly.
Not bad for an artist who just three years ago was stinging from the decidedly lackluster response—okay, many called it a flop–to her third studio album, Artpop.
And she kept it going at the Bowl. The only flops present at the opening of the game were any betting types flip-flopping on the merits of Cam Newton vs. Peyton Manning. Meanwhile, anyone betting on Gaga was, in short, a winner.
— Roman | Lady Gaga (@MisterBroRo) February 7, 2016
The star, garbed quite conservatively – for her – in a subtly sparkly red pantsuit with matching eyeshadow, showed off her classical musical leanings of late; delivering a straightforward, flawless interpretation of the Anthem that had Levi’s Stadium fairly vibrating with the power of her voice.
Gaga was accompanied by actor Marlee Matlin, who interpreted the Anthem in sign language. She was preceded by the Armed Force Chorus, who performed “America the Beautiful.”
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