The Canadian artist lit Raymond James Stadium with a performance from the stands
The halftime show of Super Bowl LV It had a very different flavor to the rest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced adjustments and instead of taking place on the field this time, the stage was set up in one of the stands at Raymond James Stadium.
The weekend He grabbed the spotlight with a dazzling performance in which the color red predominates.
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, real name of the Canadian performer, got out of a car onto a stage simulating the lights of the city and later descended to the stage where a choir was already waiting for him and began his performance with “Starboyfollowed by “The Hills”.
When he played “I don’t feel my face“, The weekend He entered a room covered with lights and mirrors under the stage, where he was accompanied by a group of dancers wearing masks.
On his return to the stage he did the singing “I can feel it coming“, one of his biggest hits, although he didn’t have the company Daft Punk with whom he collaborates on the single.
Then he slowed down a bit with “Save Your Tears” and “Deserved itfrom the movie “Fifty Shades of Gray” and which earned him a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance.
The weekend surprised by taking the stage with the entire cast of dancers wearing gantes with lights to perform a gaudy choreography on the field, first with “House of Balloons” and then to the beat of “Blinding lightswhich, according to Spotify, was the most listened-to song of 2020 with over 1,500 million reproductions, ending the presentation.
Unlike other years, The weekend was not accompanied by guest performers, following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, who was also alone during the halftime show at the Super Bowl LI.
At half-time, the scoreboard was in favor of the local population Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-6, op Kansas City Chiefs.