In recent days, social networks have been filled with comments that try to belittle Usher’s work during the Super Bowl LVIII halftime performance. And even though there is nothing written about tastes and opinions are free, to say that an artist who was able to bring together on the same stage failed or was bored. Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Lil Jon, Will.I.Am, HER, or Ludacris It is nothing short of heresy.
Because since the lights of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States) They went out and the American soloist appeared on his particular R&B throne, his show was full of precious details that completed a spectacular show in which his mother, the King of Pop and even TLC were present.
Usher was clear that the 2024 Super Bowl halftime was the well-deserved reward for his 30 years of musical career in which it has been a reference for a large number of artists of the genre. And she wanted to make it clear as soon as she started singing. Because on stage was, although not physically, the person she always believed in her possibilities: “God answers prayers, they said we wouldn’t make it. Mom, we made it. This is for you.”
And from that moment until the end, Usher was a continuous tribute to the influences he received in becoming a musician and to the friends and colleagues he has found during his recording career. In fact, the performer returned to a Super Bowl after having been present at the Black Eyed Peas event in 2011, a circumstance or favor that he returned with the presence of Will.I.Am in the 2024 edition.
Of course the main figure to whom tribute was paid was Michael Jackson. During the previous days the artist had already pointed out that the King of Pop’s was the performance that changed the fate of this show and Usher remembered it with the costumes (the legendary white diamond glove wore on his left hand), the choreography (the moonwalk was omnipresent) and even the music (it sounded Can you feel it by The Jacksons 5).
Few had any doubt that Prince It was going to be another of his references but what few expected was that the tribute would be offered H.E.R.. with her spectacular guitar solo, an iconic instrument that reminded us of that show by the Minneapolis artist in 2007. And since she was on stage, it was a 2×1 since the aesthetics of the singer and songwriter inevitably reminded us to FTA in his unforgettable video clip No scrubs.
There are those who have even wanted to see a certain tribute to Janet Jackson when it came to undressing and showing her torso, something that cost the sister of the King of Pop a judicial investigation and a reputational cost that is difficult to forget. Of course, Usher showing his bare chest is not going to cost him the same nor did it generate the same stir.
