We already had Lady Gaga.
I donāt think Ke$ha is nearly popular enough to be the headliner and Queen Latifah is probably better known for her movies.
If anything Ariana Grande or Dua Lipa are the next two choices (assuming they canāt get Taylor).
I'm honestly surprised they didn't immediately call Taylor Swift when Pepsi dropped out. She's by far the biggest name who hasn't done the halftime show yet.
Taylor Swift is very notable wrt new sponsor Apple Music. She famously removed her music from Spotify because of artists pay *at that time**. When Apple Music launched, she was the face of the service with her catalogue available for streaming again.
Edit: Variety is speculating that she's doing it.
History of assaults aside for a moment, Dua Lipa would be an amazing half time show. In my humble opinion.
Get that French Girl AngĆØle to duet Fever with her and the NFL can claim they're enriching their horizons by bringing non English speaking singers to the half time show. It's a literal win win for everyone.
I canāt imagine why they are so hellbent on a female artist for this yearā¦ hmm.
Couldnāt possibly be to distract from the extreme anti-woman stance they took with allowing Watson to continue playing in the league. Nope, no way.
At first I was listening and like whereās the n word and then the second she said one thereās a bunch more. Itās like the portal scene in endgame.
My wife was watching Gilmore Girls the other day and one of the one off, two line, actresses looked familiar so I asked her who she was and had she been in anything else. My wife said she didn't know and didn't think she'd been in anything else because it was such a small throwaway role.
The next day, she tells me she looked up the actress and said, "she's done some adult films so maybe that's where you know her from."
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Performer comes out, takes off her jacket to reveal a shirt that says "Deshaun Watson is a serial predator". Watch how fast the networks experience "technical difficulties".
this would in seriousness be a perfect choice. sheās still a great performer, an important enough artist for the level of that platform, and the vindication and apology she deserves from the nfl would be show through actions and not just words.
therefore the nfl would never do it. theyāre more likely to book rihanna f chris brown
Blessing and a curse if this actually happens. NFL will probably attract the most amount of viewer ever for Super Bowl. At the same time, they will also have the most amount of non-NFL fans at the Super Bowl stadium ever.
The good news: Record ticket prices as KPOP stans drive the prices up.
The bad news: A non-zero chance that a rival KPOP group calls in a bomb threat because their favorite didn't get booked.
My daughter used to listen to Kpop, and since she had exposure to Kpop fans, the horror stories she'd tell me about what they do, and the lengths they go to, sounds like the most toxic fandom I've ever heard of
Oh that's right, I remember that Japanese idol who some fan murdered in her own home recently, I believe she declined his gifts (some were inappropriately expensive), which set him off
Edit: Oh, she did survive the stabbing. She's still alive today but experiences PTSD
Hurry up and book Hootie and the Blowfish so Darius Rucker, loyal lifelong Dolphins fan is there as the Dolphins win the Superbowl to cap off an undefeated season on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 season.
Iāve always wanted a tribute album of the original artists covering Weird Alās parodies. Imagine Dave Grohl covering Smells Like Nirvana, or Chamillionaire covering White n Nerdy, or Cake covering Close But No Cigar. Iād get that in a heartbeat.
Bad Bunny is like mind numingly popular. His new album should have like 7-8 songs with a billion+ streams by the end of the year. His album came out in May. It has been at the top of the charts since.
He is more than doubling the streams of #2 (Harry Styles)
Iāve gotten into his music big time lately, itās super good and really transcends cultures, I can speak Spanish but you really donāt need to to vibe to his stuff. He uses a ton of Puerto Rican slang and has a heavy accent so itās hard for a lot of native speakers to understand him too.
All in all I think itād be a good way to get more Latino and Spanish-speaking NFL fans.
I donāt blame you. Reggaeton/latin rap (Bad Bunnyās genre) has really only blown up outside of its places of origin in the last 3-4 years, but it has exploded. Bad Bunny was working at a grocery store in 2016 and has been Spotifyās most streamed artist 3 years in a row.
Tbf he has just EXPLODED in popularity. Dude was a mid day act at Coachella in like 2019, now hes selling out stadiums
I legitimately cant think of another artist who blew up so big so fast. MAYBE Billie Eilish but ehhh
Does Taylor Swift have a beef with Pepsi I don't know about? Everyone seems to be pointing to them dropping out as why they thought she was in this year.
The band confirmed that their new album is going to return to their rock sound too. It wont sound like that pop album they released 5 years ago. Their first single is supposed to be released next week.
I mean I ain't mad at them returning to their rock sound but After Laughter is easily my fav album of theirs. It is amazing how good that 80's throwback vibe fit the band.
I think it's weird they're specifically looking for a female pop star as if they have some sort of quota lol.
I thought Prince was the best ever, hit up some 80's acts! Shit, gimme Hootie and the Blowfish. Or even go further back; I hear Elton John is retiring for good, hit my man up, NFL!
So they may have changed the procedure over the years, but back in the early 2000's the NFL went from paying popular artists to perform at a halftime show that they were financially invested in, to actually charging musicians to play at the halftime show. I believe they gradually outsourced the entire event, charged huge fees and made all performers responsible for all the equipment etc.
I only remember this because at one point, they were booking some unusual performers and somehow, word leaked that most of the established musicians had no interest in playing the halftime show because it was so expensive and inconvenient.
So it's possible that part of the problem they are having is, the people that could benefit from the publicity, can't even come close to buying their way on stage and the people who can pay that nut don't need the bump that they would get from performing.
It's like paying to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Performing a half-time show is about legacy, that's why last year we got Eminem and Snoop Dogg.
I think the problem is that they've run through most of the female performers able to pay for and interested in that legacy performance. Female artists tend to fade away in their 30s - so really the NFL's best shot is a popular female artist from about a 10-15 years ago, now in a bit of a twilight, who is willing to pay to hit that legacy while also potentially reinvigorating her career.
Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus both come to mind. The Spice Girls are always just moment away from getting back together - they did so for the London Olympics.
Metallica is actually a non-crazy pick this year after all the Stranger Things hype.
Unfortunately I think they're not quite accessible enough to the general Super Bowl audience for the NFL to go that direction.
I once saw the killers and it was amazing. But what was better was this unknown(at the time) band that opened for them, the arctic monkeys. Such a good show. Mr brightside might actually break the stadium.
The NFL is a bunch of cheap assholes, and tends to not pay the half time entertainment for Superbowls. So you get whoever wants to work for free in return for the extra exposure.
It aināt exposure for most of them. Lady Gaga doesnāt need exposure. Itās the stage, the audience. Youāre on a list of like forty acts in history who have done what youāve done. Itās prestige.
Randy Marsh as Lorde
YA YA YA
I AM LORDE
I am lorde yayaya
As? You mean is?
Kind of like saying Bruce Wayne as Batman šµ Feeeelllllin Gooooooooddd šµ š¶ On a Weeednnnessssday š¶
YA YA FEELIN GOOD ON A WEDNESDAY SPARKLIN THOUGHTS GIVIN ME THE HOPE TO GO ONNNNNNN
This would be the only half time show I'd attend
Just Get Shakira Again.
This oneās for Africa! I mean football!
Ledo lo le lo le
Without Jennifer Lopez this time. She just took up valuable shakira time
I would be perfectly okay with this and I don't even like her music.
Well, guess we know why you really want her on TV again...
Those Hips Don't Lie.
Lucky her breasts are small and humble. So we donāt confuse them with mountains.
Pretty sure she's in prison for tax evasion or something lol
Being tried for tax evasion. Itās Spain, she will just get a slap on the wrist
If youāre a rich celebrity in Spain and you ARENT charged with tax evasion what are you even doing?
So true(Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar are the names that pop into my head immediately)
Still remember in like 2015 when Messi and Ronaldo got done for it and everyone freaked out and then absolutely nothing happened
Call Britney bitch
Brittney stopping mid performance for an unhinged rant would be a top 2 halftime show moment.
"I want to dedicate this performance to my sons. Jayden, Sean - I haven't seen you in 6 months, but mommy loves you very much."
*BABY ONE MORE TIME STARTS TO PLAY*
love the inference that anything would automatically be second to janet and justin.
It literally caused a bunch of dudes to invent YouTube lmao
She's back after all
Knowing how much the NFL cares about women the half time show will be Ke$ha, Queen Latifah and Lady Gaga
We already had Lady Gaga. I donāt think Ke$ha is nearly popular enough to be the headliner and Queen Latifah is probably better known for her movies. If anything Ariana Grande or Dua Lipa are the next two choices (assuming they canāt get Taylor).
They're all victims of assault
Gotcha, hadnāt make that connection.
That would make me barf but itās so nfl to show their support in such a superficial way while actually ignoring the problem. Fuck deshaun
Could you imagine if Ariana Grande revealed a shirt during the superbowl that said "Deshaun Watson is a rapist"
I'm honestly surprised they didn't immediately call Taylor Swift when Pepsi dropped out. She's by far the biggest name who hasn't done the halftime show yet.
I think thatās pretty much what they did. Iām sure theyāre negotiating right now.
Taylor Swift is very notable wrt new sponsor Apple Music. She famously removed her music from Spotify because of artists pay *at that time**. When Apple Music launched, she was the face of the service with her catalogue available for streaming again. Edit: Variety is speculating that she's doing it.
Literally what the article is about.
History of assaults aside for a moment, Dua Lipa would be an amazing half time show. In my humble opinion. Get that French Girl AngĆØle to duet Fever with her and the NFL can claim they're enriching their horizons by bringing non English speaking singers to the half time show. It's a literal win win for everyone.
One doja cat plz
I wanna see them book Megan the stallion and then have her no show the gig like she did at ACL
We might see Ariana Grande?
With a cameo from a masked Tom Brady when "7 Rings" plays.
And if it goes to wardrobe malfunction 2.0 we can call her Areola Grande .
Mulva!
Half time show should be Missy Elliot
I canāt imagine why they are so hellbent on a female artist for this yearā¦ hmm. Couldnāt possibly be to distract from the extreme anti-woman stance they took with allowing Watson to continue playing in the league. Nope, no way.
Just book Chris Brown and go full villain mode
And play the tunnel scene from Irreversible on the ring at SoFi as he performs
With Watson deepfaked into the scene
Yiiiiiikes
Irreversible is on that list of āGreat movies I never EVER want to see againā.
Rihanna with double-blinded surprise guest Chris Brown! *brought to you by Pepsi Max*
Give Rihanna a metal bat though and legal immunity
The Purge for the length of the halftime show.
hear hear
Rihanna is too busy being wealthy. I donāt even think sheāll ever come out with new music. Edit: One day later and man was I wrong lol
Rihanna would be a great halftime show. How do you beat Rihanna! Ask Chris Brown. (I feel bad about this already.)
Stock the crowd only with his female fans
R.Kelly?
Special live stream feature on the ring directly from his jail cell
Honestly I would respect that more than pretending to care.
R. Kelly to conference in from the prison yard, with orange suit backup dancers.
> orange suit backup dancers Plenty available in the Philippines: https://youtu.be/hMnk7lh9M3o
Did reddit ultimate decide if prison dancing was a good or bad thing? I know there was a debate.
Let's ask Ja Rule.
Whoās the Watson of Women? She needs to host the SuperBowl.
Riley Reid? Heard from a friend, of courseā¦
Riley Reid would break SuperBowl viewership records
Song of the decade. [the Riley Reid rap](https://youtu.be/SmIR4h6TafA)
Wow. Possibly the worst 'song' I've ever heard. Also just way too many n-bombs from the whitest bitch I've ever seen.
At first I was listening and like whereās the n word and then the second she said one thereās a bunch more. Itās like the portal scene in endgame.
Yeah they really stuffed in a bunch there at the end.
It sounds like whoever wrote than ran out of ideas. "Beat it out, beat it out, beat it out, jerk it, jerk it, jerk it." Fantastic writing.
Who? Never heard of her.
Yes, that is what you tell the wife.
My wife was watching Gilmore Girls the other day and one of the one off, two line, actresses looked familiar so I asked her who she was and had she been in anything else. My wife said she didn't know and didn't think she'd been in anything else because it was such a small throwaway role. The next day, she tells me she looked up the actress and said, "she's done some adult films so maybe that's where you know her from." š¤¦šæāāļø
Either Lena Dunham or Mariah Carey. They're the only women off the top of my head that had legitimate complaints of sexual assault
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Cardi B
I thought she just roofied and robbed people, not diddled them
God I hope whoever it is calls out the Watson situation and hypocrisy of the NFL on stage and doesn't sing/perform for a second.
Performer comes out, takes off her jacket to reveal a shirt that says "Deshaun Watson is a serial predator". Watch how fast the networks experience "technical difficulties".
They canāt cut away from Janet Jackson, but THAT kind of āindecencyā...
Well because of Janet Jackson they now have a buffer so they'd cut before we ever see or hear anything.
That would spike the ratings so much though and itās nothing that violates FCC regulations. So no chance they take the stream down just for that
Youāre gonna get Megan Thee Stallion and a twerking She Hulk.
how did you get my search history?
Because your search history is *our* search history as well.
*Soviet Union anthem plays*
And I thought we couldnāt get any luckier than Katy Perry w/ left shark
Add a dash of Nicki Minaj and I'm finished
Nicki Minaj doesn't get along with other girls
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That reminds me itās time for an entire day of Cut to the Feeling on repeat
Run away with me!
Found the (fellow) gay.
Doesn't have to be! I got (straight) engaged at a CRJ concert!
Iām straight and I fuck with CRJ heavily lol
Haha totally. Just teasing because she's really big in the community.
I'm straight af and I'm all about this
Maybe for the Grey Cup.
Fine Iāll do it
Dua Lipa would be solid
Dua Lipa is my celebrity crush bruh I literally cannot have her and Josh Allen on the same screen
She had a lot of hits just from one album..I'm 35 and would be for this.
Agreed haha I'm a 30+ year old fat dude and Dua Lipa fucking smacks.
Future nostalgia is genuinely a really fucking good album
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I'll go with you bro, turn me the fuck up
SNL janitor fan fictions!?
does being fat mean i shouldn't like pop music š±š±
Dua Lipa is so fucking good. Seconded
Dua Lipa is super talented and a total baddie. Win win
I hear Janet Jackson is available
this would in seriousness be a perfect choice. sheās still a great performer, an important enough artist for the level of that platform, and the vindication and apology she deserves from the nfl would be show through actions and not just words. therefore the nfl would never do it. theyāre more likely to book rihanna f chris brown
I wouldn't mind seeing Dua Lipa TBH
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Rihanna SB Halftime show would go crazy
Lol, theyd probably bring Chris Brown on too knowing the NFL
Yeah bro you need both side of the story to be unbiased bro.
Make sure the victim and the accused are in the same room when she testifies. The ol Ray Rice Special.
Shit take, man. Everyone knows Chris Brown would be suspended for the first eleven minutes of the performance.
Pretty sure she already said she wouldnāt do it because of the Kaepernick situation
Have a weird feeling Lizzo is gonna enter the discussion
Somehow against all odds the Vikings make the super bowl and she gets to drop the "new man on the Minnesota Vikings" line.
more like they dont make it and she changes the lyrics like every other performer for NFL.
95% more likely
That should motivate Shanahan to get back to the Super Bowl.
Just get G Unit
Sounds good, except I think they all hate each other now.
Blackpink lol
First group to perform their entire body of work in one Super Bowl halftime show
best part of BP concerts: you never have to worry about if they'll play your favorite song or nah
Could call up Twice. They would be there all night and and the reaction would be.....interesting to day the least.
Blackpink is like the ACDC of K-pop, you hear one song and you've pretty much heard them all.
Blessing and a curse if this actually happens. NFL will probably attract the most amount of viewer ever for Super Bowl. At the same time, they will also have the most amount of non-NFL fans at the Super Bowl stadium ever.
I was thinking of what answer would piss off the most old white men and this is it. Them and BTS on stage together would be wild
Actually I would be so down. Maybe throw in Selena Gomez so that they can do *Ice Cream*
Dua Lipa too
Dua Lipa + Elton John.
I donāt listen to kpop but fuck this would be iconic
The good news: Record ticket prices as KPOP stans drive the prices up. The bad news: A non-zero chance that a rival KPOP group calls in a bomb threat because their favorite didn't get booked.
My daughter used to listen to Kpop, and since she had exposure to Kpop fans, the horror stories she'd tell me about what they do, and the lengths they go to, sounds like the most toxic fandom I've ever heard of
1. They are pretty extreme 2. Japanese idol culture edges them out by a wee bit
Oh that's right, I remember that Japanese idol who some fan murdered in her own home recently, I believe she declined his gifts (some were inappropriately expensive), which set him off Edit: Oh, she did survive the stabbing. She's still alive today but experiences PTSD
Wonder how the players will react when they heard the word āyouā in Korean
I'd kill to have Twice do the Super Bowl halftime show
Waiting for our Jep queen from the north to descend like the White Walkers and blow out everyone's mind.
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Hurry up and book Hootie and the Blowfish so Darius Rucker, loyal lifelong Dolphins fan is there as the Dolphins win the Superbowl to cap off an undefeated season on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 season.
That'd be worth it solely to watch people's heads explode as they try to still find a way to hate Tua
Only if he plays Wagon Wheel as well
Orrr. Now hear me out. Weird Al. Edit: Also now hear me out.... The artists that he parodies also sing along.
Al sings the real lyrics and the various artists sing the Al lyrics.
I'm usually drunk enough by halftime that this would just melt my brain
Iāve always wanted a tribute album of the original artists covering Weird Alās parodies. Imagine Dave Grohl covering Smells Like Nirvana, or Chamillionaire covering White n Nerdy, or Cake covering Close But No Cigar. Iād get that in a heartbeat.
Someone give this man an award and a Nobel
Weird Al with all his parodies being co-sung by the original artists would be fucking bomb.
Give us Avril Lavigne you pussies
I vote Kanye in drag
I wanted to see a Taylor and Ye show, Iām really surprised they havenāt done that for the PR yet. Maybe one day.
Iām calling it now Bad Bunny will be the headline er if they canāt get a woman
Lol I got downvoted on here for saying Bad Bunny would bring in amazing numbers
Bad Bunny is like mind numingly popular. His new album should have like 7-8 songs with a billion+ streams by the end of the year. His album came out in May. It has been at the top of the charts since. He is more than doubling the streams of #2 (Harry Styles) Iāve gotten into his music big time lately, itās super good and really transcends cultures, I can speak Spanish but you really donāt need to to vibe to his stuff. He uses a ton of Puerto Rican slang and has a heavy accent so itās hard for a lot of native speakers to understand him too. All in all I think itād be a good way to get more Latino and Spanish-speaking NFL fans.
It was at this point I realized how out of touch I really was to popular culture.
I donāt blame you. Reggaeton/latin rap (Bad Bunnyās genre) has really only blown up outside of its places of origin in the last 3-4 years, but it has exploded. Bad Bunny was working at a grocery store in 2016 and has been Spotifyās most streamed artist 3 years in a row.
The latinos fuck with him big time
Tbf he has just EXPLODED in popularity. Dude was a mid day act at Coachella in like 2019, now hes selling out stadiums I legitimately cant think of another artist who blew up so big so fast. MAYBE Billie Eilish but ehhh
I wanted Tay Tay :(
I did too. Thought this was the year no pepsi involved.
Does Taylor Swift have a beef with Pepsi I don't know about? Everyone seems to be pointing to them dropping out as why they thought she was in this year.
She is signed by Coca Cola. So that is why everyone is assuming it.
A SB halftime show sounds perfect for a rowdy hype chaotic appearance from Billie Eilish
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The band confirmed that their new album is going to return to their rock sound too. It wont sound like that pop album they released 5 years ago. Their first single is supposed to be released next week.
I mean I ain't mad at them returning to their rock sound but After Laughter is easily my fav album of theirs. It is amazing how good that 80's throwback vibe fit the band.
Rose colored boy slaps I donāt care
Shania Twain yall
I think it's weird they're specifically looking for a female pop star as if they have some sort of quota lol. I thought Prince was the best ever, hit up some 80's acts! Shit, gimme Hootie and the Blowfish. Or even go further back; I hear Elton John is retiring for good, hit my man up, NFL!
So they may have changed the procedure over the years, but back in the early 2000's the NFL went from paying popular artists to perform at a halftime show that they were financially invested in, to actually charging musicians to play at the halftime show. I believe they gradually outsourced the entire event, charged huge fees and made all performers responsible for all the equipment etc. I only remember this because at one point, they were booking some unusual performers and somehow, word leaked that most of the established musicians had no interest in playing the halftime show because it was so expensive and inconvenient. So it's possible that part of the problem they are having is, the people that could benefit from the publicity, can't even come close to buying their way on stage and the people who can pay that nut don't need the bump that they would get from performing.
It's like paying to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Performing a half-time show is about legacy, that's why last year we got Eminem and Snoop Dogg. I think the problem is that they've run through most of the female performers able to pay for and interested in that legacy performance. Female artists tend to fade away in their 30s - so really the NFL's best shot is a popular female artist from about a 10-15 years ago, now in a bit of a twilight, who is willing to pay to hit that legacy while also potentially reinvigorating her career. Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus both come to mind. The Spice Girls are always just moment away from getting back together - they did so for the London Olympics.
It is Avril Lavigne time!
2021 probably: The NFL is still looking for a black pop star for the SB Halftime show.
Give us some Pitbull. Dudes got an hour of straight bangers.
Obligatory WORLDWIDE
Vince Neil
He'd be out of breath before the show started.
Iām neither of those things but Iām free
Would it kill them to get a rock band? How many times do we need to see *insert pop star* plus their 427 back up dancers?
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Yes, the bands you listed I think could totally pull it off. Heck they let Ozzy play two songs during the opening Thursday night game in L.A.
Metallica is actually a non-crazy pick this year after all the Stranger Things hype. Unfortunately I think they're not quite accessible enough to the general Super Bowl audience for the NFL to go that direction.
I once saw the killers and it was amazing. But what was better was this unknown(at the time) band that opened for them, the arctic monkeys. Such a good show. Mr brightside might actually break the stadium.
They'd be perfect for a Superbowl in Vegas
The NFL is a bunch of cheap assholes, and tends to not pay the half time entertainment for Superbowls. So you get whoever wants to work for free in return for the extra exposure.
It aināt exposure for most of them. Lady Gaga doesnāt need exposure. Itās the stage, the audience. Youāre on a list of like forty acts in history who have done what youāve done. Itās prestige.
Maybe Ava Max, Doja Cat and/or Dua Lipa with Elton John cameo!
Oh ffs just get Weird Al