She’d previously hailed singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl as a “dream come true” and even managed to bring some of the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers players to tears.
LADY IN RED: Lady Gaga during her National Anthem performance.
And never one to let her voice do all the talking, Gaga totally killed it in the style department too, matching her eye make-up with her trouser suit! There was something pure about the way she sang it, not overdoing the melisma like her 2011 predecessor Christina Aguilera and nearly venturing into operatic territory with those big notes and sending goosebumps over the audience with that ringing last word “brave”.
KHLOE Kardashian, Gigi Hadid and Ellen DeGeneres were among the stars wowed by Lady Gaga’s performance at the Super Bowl. However, most of the spectators won’t notice and care all about mistakes, emotion or any other details of the United States national anthem except one aspect of the performance – its length.
A third, for some reason, chose to add in a Grease reference, saying: “Lady Gaga’s Star-Spangled Banner gave me chills and they’re multiplying!” It was fitting. In the buildup to the Super Bowl, CBS pulled out footage of CBS great Jackie Gleason talking about the very first Super Bowl, which aired on the network.
Prior to Super Bowl 50, the “UNDER” had hit on six of the last 10 anthems, per OddsShark. ‘It was really an honor to sing for you on your big day’. So we think she’ll take the compliment…
Hollywood stars took to Twitter to express their admiration over Lady Gaga’s national anthem rendition, according to Entertainment Weekly. @ladygaga mommy I’m so proud of you!
Oh, and here she is dancing along to Coldplay’s halftime show, which also saw the brilliant Beyoncé perform her latest surprise track Formation.