In a time where concerts are seemingly nonexistent, The Weeknd aimed to live up to his “Starboy” status.
The Grammy Award-winning artist gave the NFL Super Bowl crowd and everyone watching at home a shining performance that the country’s been lacking amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Weeknd sang all of his popular radio bops like “Blinding Lights” and “Earned It” with a choir and band jamming out behind him as well as a masked dance crew out on the field.
BLINDING LIGHTS 🙌 @TheWeeknd #PepsiHalftime #SBLV pic.twitter.com/Qv9yyW8wED
— NFL (@NFL) February 8, 2021
But of course, in true Internet fashion, people on Twitter didn’t miss out on making memes out of the performance.
what my friends see in their ring doorbell when I show up to their house #superbowl #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/MgiYyf6SnH
— Ashley Flanagan (@ashleyflanny) February 8, 2021
The Halftime Show in a nutshell: #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/9DZ2Xj9RfL
— NerdyAlphaProductions (@nerdy_alpha) February 8, 2021
*5 year old me in the grocery store looking for my mom* #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/eY7MNcKeoj
— Glizzy McGuire (@jameswalls71) February 8, 2021
When the camera man lost sight of the weekend inside the fun house #superbowl #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/nqqSp27CdH
— Sarcastictall_G (@SarcasticTall_G) February 8, 2021
When your friends tell you they always have a #DesignatedDriver ⤵️ #SuperBowl @theweeknd #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/o5oeOj0ZCK
— VDOT (@VaDOT) February 8, 2021
Watch The Weeknd’s full halftime show performance below: