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Usher promised a celebration for his Tremendous Bowl halftime present and he didn’t fumble.
The Grammy-winning artist kicked off a 13-minute mashup of his hits with “Caught Up” and a efficiency that was a nod to his Las Vegas residency. Accompanied by dozens of dancers, showgirls and acrobats, the set may have been dubbed “Cirque de Usher.”
“U Don’t Must Name” adopted, together with a shout out to his mother earlier than Usher turned the “Highlight” on particular visitor Alicia Keys, who rolled from “If I Ain’t Bought You” earlier than they segued in to their hit duet “My Boo.”
Because it wouldn’t be an Usher efficiency if there wasn’t some Atlanta in the home, considered one of that metropolis’s most well-known producers Jermaine Dupri launched “Confessions,” which Usher adopted up with “Let It Burn” and “U Bought It Unhealthy.” Drenched in sweat, Usher took off his shirt off for a couple of minutes – possible a lot to the delight of many.
He was later joined by singer H.E.R. on guitar. She was his “Unhealthy Lady” and supplied a second for the headliner to don his well-known curler skates for a routine that flowed proper into Lil Jon asking, “Flip Down For What?”
You already know what that meant – a pop of their hit “Yeah!” with rapper Ludacris and his well-known rhymes becoming a member of.
In November, the singer instructed CNN he had “labored my complete life to have the ability to” carry out on the Tremendous Bowl.
“I’ll be celebrating a mess of issues. I’m celebrating the locations I’ve gone. I’m celebrating the inspirations. I’m celebrating the music,” he stated. “I’m celebrating the dance. I’m celebrating the concept of this momentous second for all of the entertainers who performed it earlier than and the way they managed to deliver the world collectively.”
Usher additionally touched on these themes during the press event held in Las Vegas earlier this week.
“I used to be very aware of my previous celebrating my current, which is right here in Las Vegas, and interested by the place we’re headed sooner or later,” he stated.
The star had a months lengthy extremely acclaimed residency in Las Vegas.
CNN’s Marianne Garvey contributed to this report