{"id":24949,"date":"2024-02-11T03:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24949\/super-bowl-halftime-show\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T03:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:08:36","slug":"super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24949","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl halftime show &#8211; What will be Usher&#8217;s first song?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Super Bowl halftime show &#8211; What will be Usher&#8217;s first song?\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Kalan Hooks, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">February 10, 2024, 3:23 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the intermission of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Usher will take the stage to host the Apple Music Halftime Show on Sunday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Super-Bowl-halftime-show-What-will-be-Ushers-first.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707610115_847_Super-Bowl-halftime-show-What-will-be-Ushers-first.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>But two questions remain: Who will Usher bring out during the performance and what will be the first song in his rotation?<\/p>\n<p>The singer says the show will serve as a tribute to the black artists who came before him and will go all out for the R&#038;B genre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about what our country has sort of meant to black artists who at some point have to go through kitchens to be able to perform in front of an audience,\u201d the artist told Andscape&#39;s Kelley Carter in an interview on \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3GByMIuPyo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Apple Music announced that Usher would take the spotlight at halftime using a clip from his &#8220;Confessions Part II&#8221; music <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> combined with several teasers featuring some NFL greats such as Deion Sanders and Marshawn Lynch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BAILIFF.  LAS VEGAS.  APPLE MUSIC HALF TIME SHOW. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SBLVIII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SBLVIII<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/Vh4qVbj7ZC<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Usher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bailiff<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoneyLynch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoneyLynch<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nfl<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rocnation<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLonCBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nfloncbs<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/udbZuGsuIF\">pic.twitter.com\/udbZuGsuIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Apple Music (@AppleMusic) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AppleMusic\/status\/1705946860916179005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Super Bowl halftime show will get Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf&#39;s full attention because he thinks the singer will open with &#8220;U Don&#39;t Have to Call&#8221; but hopes he will perform his hits \u201cU Got It Bad\u201d and \u201cBurn\u201d.  &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#39;m looking forward to it. My girlfriend is looking forward to it too. She&#39;s a big Usher fan, so I think the artist they have during the halftime show, it&#39;s going to be a very good show,\u201d Metcalf told ESPN\u2019s Michael DiRocco during <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/pro\/\"   title=\"Pro\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pro<\/a> Bowl weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey thinks the &#8220;Peace up, A-town down&#8221; lineup will kick off the halftime festivities with a performance of &#8220;Yeah!&#8221;  and eventually sharing the stage with Lil Jon, Ludacris and T-Pain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#39;s going to open with Yeah! He might not open with it but it&#39;s going to be a high [in the set list].  This is definitely the one I need to hear.  The rest is just icing on the cake,\u201d Ramsey said.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton thinks Usher will <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> with Burn and hopes to hear Confessions Part II with Chris Brown as a special guest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Bowl halftime show &#8211; What will be Usher&#8217;s first song?\u060c Kalan Hooks, ESPNFebruary 10, 2024, 3:23 p.m. During the intermission of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Usher will take the stage to host the Apple Music Halftime Show on Sunday. 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