Despite all of Katy Perry’s promises, there were no dropped jaws or melted faces over last night’s Super Bowl halftime show. Maybe over the on-field fight between players, sure. That unprofessional display of machismo nearly melted my face in disbelief.
Some of Katy’s assurances did come true. She did deliver the lions and sharks, sort of. The lion was a giant “robot,” and the sharks were her backup dancers. She managed to pull off a flashy show full with (four) costume changes, but she got upstaged by Missy Elliot’s awesomeness. Katy performed “Roar,” “Dark Horse,” “I Kissed a Girl” (with hot Lenny Kravitz), “Teenage Dream,” “California Gurls,” “Get Your Freak On” and “Lose Control” (with Missy), and “Firework.” If you missed it, here’s the full video. Then let’s discuss.
Katy’s lyrics were fully pre-recorded, as was the music. You may have noticed Lenny Kravitz miming all his slick guitar moves without plugging in his guitar. Last year, The Red Hot Chili Peppers faced criticism for the same thing. Flea explained, “the NFL does not want to risk their show being botched by bad sound, period.” Everyone lip syncs and pretends to play instruments. All one big, happy illusion.
On Twitter, a lot of people made fun of Katy’s weird props. She looked like she was riding NBC’s “the more you know” star during “Firework.” The dancing palm trees, beachballs, and sharks were ridiculous. But I saw many on Twitter patting Katy on the back. She aimed to entertain and mostly succeeded. Katy also didn’t appropriate any cultures, which is a major accomplishment for her.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
It was really bad!
Yes it was.Really bad.
I thought it was fun. It entertained and I’m sure people there had a blast watching it. Plus she did all hits that me and my friends were singing along too. She definitely lip synced, but I think she’s good at entertaining. I like Beyonce’s best (no I don’t worship her, but she didn’t lip sync the entire time and I thought it was amazing). I think the BEP was the worst for me.
with katy perry, WHEN is good?
Katy was horrible and Missy was the best part.
I loved Dylan O’Brien’s tweet about Katy’s performance it was so funny lol and Anderson Cooper’s too before he backtracked
Whet? I thought her show was great. It was the best in recent memory. Better than Bruno and even Beyoncé (as much as I love her, her show sucked). It was cute, funny, silly and I was SO happy with Lenny and ESPECIALLY Missy. It really was a great show (silly sharks aside). I’ll give her credit where it’s due. Her dance moves had me in hysterics tho. That fist-hip thrust? Hilarious.
Now, not passing the ball to Beast Mode at the 1 yard line? THAT was a God-awful decision smh. #longlivethebeast
It was better than Beyonce’s and Bruno’s? Sure, Jan.
I’m not a KP fan and I liked the show (especially Missy! and my gallon of margaritas). Props to Meowshawn tho, and his catlike moves. F-cking Pats just dominated.
It was just camp from beginning to end. She typically uses sexuality to cut through that, but she toned that down and all we were left with was a kid’s show.
Sorry, but NO ONE was better than Bruno Mars!!!!! (In my little world, anyway) Beyoncé was close but IMO Bruno beat her because he didn’t need flash & fireworks throughout the ENTIRE performance, especially at the end when he was alone in a darkened stadium with just a spotlight & his incredible voice. It was really breathtaking. ::::swoons::::
I agree, I thought the show was great! And I hate Katy Perry. Maybe it was my low expectations and my love for Missy & Lenny? Loved the weird sharks.
Yeah, noooooo. Bruno blew it out of the water and is actually a talented performer.
I enjoyed it too. If you take her for what she’s worth, she did a not bad job performing/putting on a show.
I agree, it wasn’t bad and it was the first time I didn’t switch off to watch something else. And I’m not even a Katy Perry fan
Yeah, the end of Bruno’s performance was beautiful, I agree. His was good as far as being a singer. But KP show was a technical achievement. The props and light show was an awesome spectacle. My jaw dropped and my face melted lol. And I’m not an active fan.
Sometimes, fun is just fun.
Agree with all who think Bruno’s show was better. Simply because it was.
Katy’s show wasn’t terrible. Though, striped down to what can be shown for an NFL halftime show Katy’s act looked like a kids show. Missy and Lenny made it for me.
It was a good show, but Bruno’s show last year was amazing. He’s just got so much talent and appeal.
Katy’s appeal is technical. Without props and editting she’s nothing special. It really comes don to how you want to be entertained. With flashes of light, explosions, and giant props? Or Talent…
Gwen Stefani performing with a 104 fever was way better.
What? I thought it was just about what I would expect. Big on budget. Big on spectacle. Mainly mimed. And I hated Missy Elliot (because I hate Missy Elliot). Having Lenny on “I Kissed a Girl” was brilliant, I thought. It was good. Not as good as Bruno Mars last year, though.
How can anyone hate Missy Elliot? To your room, Sarah.
Missy Elliott and dancers looked chic compared with the rest of the shows aesthetics. KP should not have remained on stage during the ME part- KP doesn’t really have that “it” factor. Ugh.
KP is out of ideas but has an ear for “cool” I was thinking she should start her own label. She needs to develop new acts, this may be her calling. She’s wealthy and works hard.
ROFL, mimif! I guess I just don’t “get” entertainers like Missy Elliot. Now Lenny Kravitz? I could “get’ him all night long. LOL!
What in the what? Missy Elliott is everything. Get thee to the nearest music source and catch up clearly you just need to listen to more of her music.
Oh, come on… it was ok
I’m usually pretty hate-filled, but I thought Perry’s show was a lot of fun.
Loved it. Loved the opening with the Lion, loved her performing her HIT songs, loved Lenny Kravitz, Loved Missy Elliot. Loved Katy Perry coming out on a Lion, she had me at the Lion.
Loved the Fireworks..loved all her special effects loved everything.
I want those Silver booties, she had on. 🙂
LOVED it..
Seconded. It was all style no substance. If you could even call it style as it was so tacky. The whole thing EXCEPT MISSY was tacky, I was so embarassed when she starts grunting during Missy’s performance, I wish she woulda just shut up.
“I was so embarassed when she starts grunting during Missy’s performance,”
That was the worst! I might be remembering wrong…but at one point I swear Missy looked at her like “WTF are you doing?”.
Yes, Dani, it was much better than Beyonce’s.
Sure, Jan [2] 😉
Hsha hsha Is this the room where stupid people come and I have to straighten them out as the musician? Yes it is. Haha katy can’t sing?? Racist idiots who think. Ruin e is the only good performer. She can’t sing she screams. She over performs by pushing everything. Katy is not a good singer but a Great singer. That was live last night and her voice was amazing. It was a little boring but she’s not a dancer so open your sml minds to different types of art.. There’s more than one kind so stfu
Why do you have to be so confrontational? Everyone has their opinion and are entitled to it. You sound like a child with the name calling. Katy is a one note wonder not an amazing singer. Of course you are entitled to YOUR opinion, but it is wrong. She sucks at singing, dancing and over all entertaining. Unless you call twerking and shoving your tits out, entertaining.
Katy Perry is not a “great” singer. She is shrill and she screeches. She pushes her voice too hard, there is no vibrato. She has massive pitch issues. If you like her, great! But please don’t call others “stupid” because they have standards higher than yours.
She was awful. I wish they had just let Missy do the Halftime Show. And Lenny Kravitz for only 20 seconds? What a waste.
I so agree with you! I was psyched that he was going to sing at half time and He was on for a whole 3 minutes tops! I was so dissappointed! She sucked and her costumes were ugly! She can’t dance, I was so embrassed for her when she was doing that dance number with Missy Elliott! It was really really bad! On a good note! WAY TO GO PATS!!!!!
no steak and she doesn’t know what ‘sizzle’ means!
Totally ridiculous and childish for a woman her age. I get wanting to be fun a a quirky but honey once you turn 30, it’s time to refine that a little bit. By all means be young and have fun but maybe will a little less crayola colored hair pieces?
I liked that the show was light and fun and didn’t take itself too seriously. I also liked that it was family friendly since many children watch, too.
I liked it #sorrynotsorry
She did what she does best: exist, with a huge production budget.
That’s exactly what I thought. Katy was just there, it’s the ridiculous props that entertained people.
Glad it wasn’t just me who thought it was just a lot of silly over-the-top hoopla.
Can’t believe how that game ended…so disappointing.
it was pretty expected: Titties, Hot Pink, Big Mugging faces, ALL THE PROPS IN THE WORLD to Distract from her mediocrity… she’s basically Pop Avril Lavigne.. ..Pandering questionable sh!tty music to the same demographic, into douchebag, thin nearly non existent Voice/moves
But It was so awesome to see Missy that This morning all the jams were in my Songza for the Timbaland Presents Station
Ahaha. Exactly. I did not watch the superbowl – however I LOST IT looking at images of this spectacle. I’m going to try to find a video of it later tonight, but my god, Katy looked terrible in ALL the photos I saw. She looked so harsh and kind of mannish in a lot of the photos. Maybe it’ll be better in movement?
@the original rachel — That’s exactly it–perfect way to put it.
Yeah, that about sums it up. I can’t believe she had enough catalogue to fill a half time show … but of course, she did need to bring in other performers. If this is what passes for music/entertainment …
I LOVED it.
Excellent spot on comment – and says a great deal regarding a lot of today’s so-called music.
I watched in hopes that her special guest was Missy and Missy did not disappoint.. That’s all I got
Missy was definitely the best part!
Plus, can we all agree Katy should never dance next to people who actually have rhythm?
Agreed
Seconded
Or Caterwaul next to people on beat
They should have set the whole halftime up as a surprise and then busted out Missy and Lenny. Now that would have been a panty dropper!
Missy was awesome! Should have been the Missy Elliott & Lenny Kravitz halftime show. But shoutout to the dancing sharks!
Loved Missy! And Bedhead, I do think Katy was doing some culture appropriation when Missy joined her. No, Katy. No.
Missy was great & at least knew the lyrics to her songs 🙂
She’s no Bruno Mars or Beyoncé but it was very entertaining
+1 for Bruno Mars. That one’s gonna be hard to beat!
This was so dull compared to Bruno Mars last year. everyone was rocking. Katy can’t sing or dance.
That’s exactly what I thought. Bruno was so much better but he is amazing anyway so how can you top that? She did well for what she does. It was non-controversial and family friendly. Lenny was the best part for me and I was disappointed there wasn’t more of him.
I thought Katy was one of the best performances in recent history. Bruno Mars? He was awful.
Are you serious?
:::headdesk:::
I guess if you like props to carry the performance, then Katy is a good choice for you. But if you like actual energy and talent of the person to carry the performance, then it is Bruno, hands down.
Yeah, nope. 🙂 Watched him live, blew my mind. Watched him in the Super Bowl in a bar, people were tearing up during the time the lights dimmed and his voice was just glorious and permeating though the crowd.
Katy Perry doesn’t have anything to bring to the table, her set design and production team should get the props. Her performance we so tacky and forced and was so obvious in its need to be ott to compensate for her lack of actual talent.
I’m with caz…..
For what it was , her show was entertaining and her production team was on point. Everything went flawlessly.
I liked her show much better than Madonna’s half time show and I am a Madonna’s fan , well old school Madonna’s fan.
I enjoyed her entire show. It was great.
She’s a good performer.
I think it was one of the better half time shows too.
Although Bruno Mars was amazing, one of my favourite shows.
I loved Katy’s for what it was, a good performance and entertaining.
This thread HAS to be filled with 12-year old girls, right?
How old are you, I’m truly curious
It looks like Katy was riding my chiuahuah’s giant over-inflated ego. The only reason I youtube’d it was to check out Missy Elliot and Lenny Kravitz. I had to fast forward past her yodeling but still can’t unhear her craptastic singing. Also cant’ unsee the clashing crayola stage set that I would have LOATHED even as an 8yr old.
It was entertaining, very family friendly & it had dancing sharks! I’m not a pop music fan but like that she had fun & didn’t sex it up like recent half-time shows.
That was my favorite part! A halftime show the the whole family can enjoy! I still can’t believe her outfit for Missy’s songs was literally covering her up completely. I was cheering! I was also amazed how they revamped Dark Horse’s staging into something not horribly dark (I’ve only ever seen that song at the Grammy’s.). I didn’t “get” the beach scene and anthropomorphized beach balls. And I can’t believe somebody got to build a star for Katy Perry to fly on and that is all they could come up with! But kudos for a fun, family-friendly spectacle (especially if you can’t dance–like me).
I honestly didn’t think she did badly at all. And I cain’t stand her!
I only saw one Katy Perry video in my life, only because it ran all summer long, so I wasn’t familiar with her really besides the one song Calif Girls……
Her production team deserves major kudos, they were ON POINT with everything.
She has an amazing team with her and she put on a wonderful show.
The image of Katy coming out on that lion was show business.
I disagree, Missy Elliot made my face melt and jaw drop!
I’ve never watched Katy Perry before. All I could think as I watched it was “girl CANNOT dance”. And when Missy Elliott came out, her inability was so obvious when surrounded by people that can dance and can dance really well. And the woman is 30, but after watching her performance, she’s clearly got the mentality of a 14 year old.
Hahaha we were all laughing at that too! She looked like me after 2-3 cocktails, just sort of wompin around
Her production team deserve a medal.
(does anyone else think the audience sing-a-long line in California Girls sounded like a tape?)
The dancing sharks were everything. How dare anyone say otherwise.
I am the left hand shark!
In all seriousness though, her set overall was incredibly well designed and looked fantastic on to. Beyoncé will always be my gold standard talent wise but I think Katy’s overall was a lot more fun to look at/watch.Costumes, sets, graphic display, protections were awesome. My favourites were the aerial high angle shots where it looked like there towers rising up and down.
Lenny Kravitz/Missy Elliott? No words. To quote Queen B: “Bow down, b*tches”. Needed way more of both.
Exactly. Katy’s production team was off the chart.
@Lindy – my thoughts exactly regarding the audience sing along. I thought it pre-taped too.
There is NO way it would have been that clear and precise unless it was pre-recorded or the audience was rehearsed which I doubt
I wish the dancing sharks and Missy had just been the whole show.
Yes. It should have been Missy, Lenny and those dancing sharks 😉! They were so awesome!
No THE LION was the Animal Star! Hahahaha
I loved the whole show.
Apparently, one of the dancing sharks was Snoop Dogg lol
My 13 yo thought the sharks were awesome in a bizarre and disturbing way. They really were everything.
I don’t listen to her music but, I liked how appreciative she was of the honor to perform for the Super Bowl.
All I got from watching it was that Katy Perry really, truly believes she is a transcendent pop star but she has absolutely zero talent behind those (umbrella? parachute?) boobs.
Beach ball boobs, I thought.
I also thought the sets and costumes seemed like an elaborate distraction from her lack of talent. Bruno Mars was a million times better. And I was surprised Lenny K played for only a total of about 10 seconds, that was so lame.
I wanted more Lenny too.
Three stars
Out of 10?
No, 4.
I wasn’t expecting much and I ended up liking it. I imagine it was fun to be there, the energy seemed to be high. I enjoyed Lenny’s bit and I loved seeing Missy.
Katy is campy, that’s her schtick. Her songs are catchy and she does her job as an entertainer. I was entertained.
Agree, She did a good job. The show was quite enjoyable to me.
I loved everything.
A big budget extravaganza that managed to be boring and trite. At best she’s inoffensive and peppy.
Exactly what the NFL was looking for.
She did as well as Katy Perry can do. No high expectations, just cheesy pop songs with ridiculous, over-the-too props and set. Bad dancing. Oh, and boobs. Always boobs.
I wasn’t a fan but it wasn’t horrible either. I wanted more of Lenny! Missy actually saved the half time, at times I felt I was watching the teen choice awards. Also, this years commercials were a snooze! A lot of sentimental commercials, usually I watch the superbowl for the half time and the commercials and this year I was disappointed!
+1
I was pleasantly surprised how well she did, but I wonder if she didn’t spend a boat load of cash on the performance that will result in very little media attention or album sales for her (didn’t she have to pay to perform?) The game itself had too many good, and not so good, plays for anyone to really remember Katy’s performance. I know Katy was strapped in during the Fireworks performance, but I thought that took a lot of guts to do. She was up high, real fireworks going off all around her, and she was moving around at a pretty good speed. I felt a little woozy watching it. I wish she had managed to put in This Is How We Do somewhere in there but am very glad she didn’t try to rap. Have any of you seen her version of “N— in Paris?” Painfully embarrassing. Oh yeah, Missy Elliot was old skool awesome. I have been mumbling Get Your Freak On since I woke up this morning.
Oh my god… you know what takes “guts”? Rockclimbing. Performing heart surgery. Welding on a skyscraper construction. Making a speech before the UN….
This is the standard society has fallen to. Katy is a puppet, guts are not required for what she does, just blind ambition to make as much money as possible without contributing anything of substance or value to the world.
You don’t think performing in front of millions of people, in a pressure-cooker situation like the Super Bowl, takes guts? Okay, sure.
I didn’t watch, but I heard that LEFT SHARK was a sensation.
I CANNOT stop watching them
#SharksforSuperbowl2016
LEFT SHARK vs FAKE BABY mashup needs to happen immediately.
https://vine.co/v/Ot0jViMbWxE
UH-MAY-ZING!
Right shark killed it like the rent was due but LEFT SHARK just wanted to go lie down.
“5 years of Julliard for this…LEFT SHARK OUT!”
Sorry mimif, they fake-baby-ed my Missy Elliot gif for you.
Where’s the love for the balls?!?
Those beach balls looked stoned -_-
Those balls were fully inflated.
Jabberjaw is back b*tches!
Are you calling me jabberjaw or the shark? Because I could see it working both ways.
Well Jabberjaw is an air-breathing, anthropomorphic great white shark who sang in a futuristic teen-age band on Saturday mornings.
You @kiddo are just a *vicious* shark.
Tis true.
The left shark was apparently Snoop Dogg and I don’t know if it is true but I WANT TO BELIEVE
“killed it like rent was due” – thank you, Lindy79. I’m crying at my desk!
It was entertaining. Now jaw dropping beyonce amazing but she did good. All I could think of were the professionally trained dancers bobbing back and forth as a palm tree hahaha oh and how much she cannot dance when missy was on stage. Like, bad. So, so bad at the dancing.
Yeah. It was obvious she couldn’t dance even when she was in front of her dancers, but you can tell that they give her dancers the most basic choreography to do in order to not make Perry’s lack of moves so noticeable. But when Missy and her dancers came out and killed it, it was painfully obvious that Perry has no rhythm whatsoever.
I am a fan of Katy P’s music and she did as I expected, honestly. It wasn’t bad, it was just as expected. She is bubble gum, that’s her schtick. Loved, loved, loved her bringing Missy out and she rocked it!!
She doesn’t dance, and if they won’t let her actually sing, I don’t see the point. It was a fine spectacle, but they could have made it just as interesting without her actually being there.
missy elliot and her dancers were the best part.
She’s allowed to sing. Horrible lip-syncing. Bruno Mars was singing.
I am struggling right now to not write Bruno’s name with heart emoticons around it. LOVE him!
I kind of wish his half time show would have waited until this year. Can you IMAGINE if he did Uptown Funk? The crowd would have gone crazy!
My favorite thing other than Missy was the floor. I kept wanting them to move away from the close up shots to see more of the floor.
It says a lot when your performance is less exciting than that of a floor!
All flash no substance from Katy. Not enough Lenny. Missy was good.
Yes, yes and yes.
I thought the Katy Perry portions were just unbelievably dull. Certainly not on the level with what Super Bowl Halftime has come to mean. But thank God for Missy Elliot! She saved the whole thing and I forgot Katy Perry was even there!
Lenny Kravitz upstaged her simply by breathing. After that, Missy just took over and dominated.
Agree…I don’t think they needed KP at all.
I would’ve been happy if it was Lenny Kravitz dripping in hotness and Missy Elliot only even if it was lip synced
Word!!
It was trite and over the top. She and Miley Cyrus are the same types of performers, using huge, colorful props and dumb costumes to tell themselves they’re cutting edge, when they’re cartoon characters lip synching to bad songs. Lenny, Lenny, WHY?
This is exactly what I thought immediately after the show started!!!! It was Miley-esque in the cheesy costumed dancers with a bunch of colors and silly sh*t everywhere, expect it was watered down & sanitized for “family show” consumption.
One word- sharks. Seriously, they were amazing- I laughed till I hurt. Show was fine-loved the entrance number. But so disappointed in commercials!
So odd— I read all these wonderful reviews of her performance this morning. The NY Times was particularly favorable. Yet, while watching last night I found myself completely bored by what seemed like an unimaginative, Vegas-y costume-switching rendition of songs I’ve seen her do a better job on in the past. What’s more, on close ups she looked like she was struggling to keep up, almost as if she was out of breath throughout. Even physically she didn’t seem to look in as good a shape as I’ve seen her in the past.
Completely nonplussed!
I was bored too,I left right after.
I just watched it and I agree with you. The standards for pop stars are set so low these days it is virtually non-existent. It seems like the biggest pop princesses get less talented with every decade. Even Britney was better than Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in her heyday. At least she was an amazing dancer and even sounded better live than Perry and Swift. Christina Aguilera had a really good voice. Of course, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey were some of the best singers in the 90s and didn’t need props to give a great live performance. Madonna can’t sing but she was an amazing entertainer. I don’t understand how anyone with neither singing or dancing skills can be given the chance to headline any major show. I was not impressed with all of the props. Even with all the money spent on this production it just came off as fake, low class,and cheap. That’s what happens when there is no real talent to compliment all the theatrics.
I still remember Britney’s halftime show that had Aerosmith come out. She can’t sing but she knows how to put in a show. She should open a school for pop stars, teach them how to put on a decent show and make millions. Britney would not need Vegas after that and the halftime shows would not be a snooze fest.
This is one of the best ways to explain the current state of pop music. In the 60’s and 70’s they sang and had a presence, in the 80’s they all danced, but it was after Madonna appeared that things went downhill and any talentless person got huge in the 90’s and 00’s. Now it’s all about sex.
@Chibichchai.Britney was great.Back in the day she could pull it off.Even the MTV Awards you knew she could bring it.I think that half time was still one of the best.My Dad was a football coach so I have seen them all.Yesterday was awful.Get the Foo Fighters and bring rock back.
Entertaining and inoffensive. Kind of like a cartoon. My 70 year old mother liked it. Said Katy reminded her of Betty Boop! My tween age daughters liked it.. Missy Elliot blew her out of the water. I had forgotten how awesome Missy was. Lenny was disappointing. He didn’t look too sexy standing next to Katy.
It was entertaining and family appropriate. I’m giving her huge props for the night.
Right? My 6 and 4 years old love it. And it wasn’t as bad as anyone predicted. Like someone here said, the energy seemed to be fun and high there.
…that was kind of the thing for me. It was PERFECT for 4 and 6 year olds, which made it not so enjoyable for me. I felt like I was watching a Disney street parade.
@Tiffany:)
I’m a mother of 3 kids under 7. What can I say? Lol. 🙂
I don’t think it was a robot – I saw people all in black moving the legs with poles. More like a giant ride-on puppet.
She was good. I think a few times she was actually singing live and I was honestly impressed by her vocals. I always thought she was Taylor Swift level bad, but she’s not really.
They do pre-record everything, but you could clearly hear her singing over the vocals, which is what happens for most big, televised live events. I think she did well, relative to what I’ve seen her do in the past.
No, she doesn’t dance well but I feel like the show had something for everyone: some pop here, some hip hop there, a little touch of rock, and no wardrobe malfunctions! I think it was good for what it was.
And I say this as someone with a degree in music.
I tried to watch this video clip, but I got bored. She just isn’t my thing.
I thought the sound suuuuuuuucked! Why does it always sound so bad if it’s prerecorded? To give it more of an authentic vibe? I couldn’t understand anything and I know some of those songs.
The dancing sharks, palm trees and beach balls were ridiculous. She kept making some strange face throughout the performance. I don’t think she looked like she was having fun at all.
Missy was great. “Work It” remains one of my favorite songs of all time. It was popular when I was 22 and going out with my friends every weekend and we always would listen to it when we were getting ready. Very sentimental!
Stadium acoustics tend to be horrible and, in this case, the sound was then being picked up by the television microphones, which makes it worse, then played through television speakers, which aren’t always the best.
Gotcha, thanks for the explanation!
Wow – I am surprised by all the hate! I LOVED this performance – it was fun, flashy, and appropriate for all ages. She looked adorable, I loved all the songs she chose to play…Missy E was amazing, Lenny K was sexy. C’mon people!!! What else do you want???
I feel you! It’s Katy Perry. We can’t set our standards too high for her or we’ll always be disappointed (no shade, but shade). For what it was, it was good.
I’m surprised too. I’m not a fan but I thought she did really well for a Super Bowl halftime show. But the same people worship Beyoncé who hasn’t been relevant in years, except the album release stunt.
Anyways, Katy’s shoe and eyeliner game were on point. Loved them.
Yes, her makeup game was definitely on point. Her hair was SNATCHED.
seriously I want those silver booties in my life. They were adorable. And yes makeup on point-but the croydon facelift with the hair was AWFUL.
Better then this@PattyCakes.
Her weave was so tight it looked really painful. I’m worried about her edges and the crown of her head.
Bit juvenile for my taste but it was not bad, I bet teenagers liked it. She looked like she ate lot of chips and Guac before she went on stage. Thank God, nothing malfunctioned.
Well, she wasn’t The Who, she wasn’t Black Eyed Peas so good job, Perry.
A little kitschy but it was kitschy fun. Overall, it was entertaining and that was all that matters.
Missy rocks. And no, I’m not patronizing her, she really rocks.
Black eyed peas, now that was an awful performance. Still think Prince was the best half-time show in recent memory.
I get that not everyone is a Katy Perry fan, but she deserves big props for trying to make it a show everyone would enjoy I think. She gave Missy a big chunk of her timeslot – of course it made Katy look cool/more “street” in the process but she did not need to let a guest act do a three song mashup. I thought the lighting (on t.v.) was awful for the Missy Elliot segment, it was so dark you could barely see the performers. You could tell the lights probably made it much cooler in person though. Lenny was just ridiculously under-used, it felt kind of pointless. It seemed like a show that would have been truly awesome in person with the lion and the fireworks and special effects, and Left Shark is now a twitter superstar! I liked that she made it fun and inclusive, it’s more Superbowl appropriate than Beyonce’s “Bow down and worship me peasants!” schtick imho.
I agree with everything you said!!
Those vocals were a backup track?? But she sounded awful, like bad karaoke. Oh, Katy.
Did I miss her slam on Swifty?
This is what I want to know! If it was in there, I missed it. someone weigh in if it was there!
The high-waisted swim suits on the backup dancers. Total Swifty style.
@Redheadwriter: Actually no. The swim suits have nothing to do with Taylor Swift. Katy is into the 40’s, 50’s look. Especially when she first came out. If you look at photos and performance footage, Katy and her dancers have always worn high wasted suits. People are trying way too hard to find a scandal.
I like that they selected someone current, not some oldies tribute band.
Engaging production almost hid the fact that Katy can’t sing.
It wasn’t on par with Bruno Mars and Beyonce but it was decent, Missy was the best part for me though.
Am I horrible to say that the dancing palm trees made me think of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo?
They looked like big logs of well…you know. With green fronds on top.
The left shark was good though, and LENNY KRAVITZ…oof, I want him for Valentine’s Day.
My husband said it is sad when people are more excited to see your guest performers than you.
I was happy to see Lenny, just wish he had a bigger part. Missy was fabulous.
During the beach weirdness, the hubby said he felt like he was shopping at Old Navy.
It sucked
I enjoyed it, it was visual eye candy. My girls thought it was awesome. I imagine if you were there it would have been a very high energy show.
Im Really surprised the NfL chose her. Katy Perry is like a come to life Lisa Frank folder. Even if boobs, I think most men would find her cloying.
I’m not sure why the NFL thought it would be a good idea to have a 30 year old woman singing songs for 15 year old girls at the Super Bowl. They must really be running out of ideas for this thing. How boring
Missy was everything. I got up to dance as some as she came out!
So true! EVERYTHING! I hear she has a new album coming out in a bit. She was amazeballs!
I sat watching the whole thing hoping Lenny would come back. All I wanted from the show was Lenny,so I’m disappointed that instead I saw dancing rubber sharks. Very happy my team won
Katy Perry can’t dance and that was horribly obvious with her standing next to missy Elliot cuz missy Elliott definitely outshined katy Perry so with that said publicity wise missy Elliot was a bad choice for Katy Perry because no-one really cared about Katy Perry after missy Elliot came onto the stage
I watched with my 7-year-old daughter who LOVES Katy Perry’s music, but hasn’t seen a lot of her videos. Her top 2 comments: “This is the best day of my life!” and “Wow, her outfits are really inappropriate.”
Cute!
^^ This comment is everything. I’m glad your daughter enjoyed it so much.
I think it’s sad that she thought that was the best day of her life…. oy. Good little consumers in the making I suppose.
Not so much sad as living in the moment 🙂 She also said it about a neighbour’s puppy, chocolate pudding and having a tea party with her dad….all today…
That’s a very gracious answer, SnowDay. 🙂
I’m not her fan but I really liked her show. I enjoyed every minute of it and she’s so pretty!
I like some of Katy’s songs but not her live performances. I watched mainly for Lenny and it went by so quickly. BUT I really enjoyed Missy Elliot! I was really, really happy they didn’t use actual animals. There were a lot of animal rights organizations patting her on the back for that and it was well deserved. I wish others would follow suit.
Yes, she should be commended for not riding on a real lion or dancing with real horses and making real sharks dance behind her.
KP is such a cheese ball! Without props & cool stage production what’s left?. Imagine Dragons would have been a good selection or Bruno Mars again. Bruno Mars has more talent & charisma in his pompadour than KP has in her entire body.
She’s ok. But she ain’t no Prince.
Word! Still say Prince’s half time show was the best ever.
+eleventy billion
I couldn’t agree more!
I liked Missy Eliot because the dancers were really awesome – I also wondered if there was some symbolism to all of them being “dead” at the end. Katy Perry’s performance was cute, my four year old niece would have liked it. But it wasn’t anything crazy awesome.
The lion was not a robot or mechanical, more like a large puppet. They were hard to see but there were people at the base of the lion holding sticks attached to the legs moving it forward. They were dressed all in black like Ninjas, you could only see their eyes (it made it to a Buzzfeed listicle where you can clearly see the all in black puppeteers). Just thought I’d clear that up because the lion puppeteers deserve credit for being practically invisible. If you go back and rewatch though, you’ll see them.
Missy did the damn thing! Once she came on, Katy Perry’s presence was completely superfluous.
Maybe that’s why Gaga won’t do it. She likes to sing live even though one song at itunes festival was definitely lip syncing.
I wasn’t blown away ,but I thought her performance was entertaining.
I just got to the part where she’s grinding on Lenny and I had to stop it as I was cringing too hard. I’m going to try to hang in there so that I can see Missy but I can’t promise that I’m going to make it. Wish me luck.
I am not going to throw too much at her because she really tried. The halftime show for some artist are just big spectacles. For some artist who are not strong vocally ( Perry, Beyonce and Madonna) this will be the end product.
Only a few minutes of Lenny. Boo.
Missy reminded me why I miss her.
The whole things was so bad. I just watched it, and going in, I expected at least Missy to be something special (after reading so many positive comments); but no–just, no. My standards for media aren’t spectacularly high, or anything, but I refuse to dumb them down to that level. I know I sound like a horrible grump, but this is my opinion. We need to strive for better everything–politicians, musicians, writers, philosophers, doctors, etc. etc.
Thank you! I love you and your horrible grumpness, etc, etc. But now we get to bash her here, right?
You don’t sound like a grump, I’m glad some people still have standards, even if it is “just entertainment.”
I too am refusing to throw my hands up and declare “oh well! Can’t hope for too much!!”
No you are not a grump.Just not good.Sorry people.
Does she always sing with that angry face?
I couldn’t watch
Katy is known for making a spectacle of herself and she definitely delivered last night. Sure, she’s bratty but I find her kinda adorable at the same time. I was entertained. Of course I couldnt help thinking of the lovely Comet Sophie as her imitator, Comet Katy, was twirling and swirling through the meteor shower 🙂 Oh yeah, and Lenny and Missy were on point too.
She really likes production design from 1950s movie theatre adverts.
I thought it was a fun, entertaining show. My nine-year-old daughter and I were laughing hysterically at the beach balls and sharks, and thought the ending with the fireworks show was beautiful. I mean, c’mon…..would you really expect KP to all-of-a-sudden be able to dance exceptionally well and sing every single one of her lyrics live (although it sounded like she was singing a great deal of it live)? Why should the Superbowl Halftime show be an exception?
Any performance since beyonce, they’re gonna look bad, my dear. I’m not even american.;p
Not Bruno. Bruno blew me away. That performance with the singing, the dancing, the James Brown soul funking, the splits, the trumpet dancers, the jaw dropping drumming and tribute to his mother who passed away, it was spectacular.
You guys are all WRONG. So what if she’s not a great dancer – she sang LIVE, like a real singer. She’s a natural beauty with expressive face and body of a TRUE ENTERTAINER and she can SING LIVE at a Super Bowl Halftime show.
How could it all have been pre-recorded? If it was, the sound and singing would have been glossy and perfect, not off key, flat in pitch, wavering here, cracking there, and topped with raw emotions otherwise known as shouting.
She was so amazing that I barely noticed her awesome breasts!
They always pre-record the singers and the music at the superbowl. Even Whitney Houston’s national anthem performance was pre-recorded.
Natural beauty? Not really hun but she has shiny hair? I guess that’s a positive? Her eyebrows looked not as on fleek as they usually are and I could see she gained some weight, she was looking a little puffy on the face. I dunno, I think if you face the stage and those props to a person with actual talent, THEN it would have been “amazing”. Katy was just so dull but her set designers did an amazing job of giving her the illusion of putting on a show when she barely did any thing but grunt, left step, right step “dance”, make angry faces, make everyone get embarassed when she was grinding on Lenny and balance on a drone with a cutout star above her head. it was overkill with the fireworks. It seemed like a very “Disney” fireworks show and float parade rather than a worldwide superstar rockstar singer performing at the Super Bowl. I would assume kids would love it but its like saying she has the talent and appeal of a Disney mascot, which doesn’t prove her talent as a performer or justify her huge paycheck.
I guess I shouldn’t try for sarcasm 🙂
Mean Hannah: lol, not when there are actual dolts who think that way lurking around every thread 😉
Cheesy, overdone, trashy and tacky. Not necessarily the fault of the artists.
I missed most of the super bowl because I was busy and absolutely hate watching sports anyway, but I did catch Missy Elliot’s performance and the part of Katy Perry’s performance where she did Firework. I did like what I saw, and her vocals sounded pretty good. I liked the shooting star thing, and from the pictures her other performances looked cool. Katy Perry is average as a singer and a dancer, but she does have a few songs I like and I’ve always liked her flashy style and performance art in her videos and shows. It’s obvious that she was very excited to perform at the super bowl this year, and I think she kind of talked up her performance too much in advance though.
If Shaggy and Scooby had dropped acid at the beach, this is the show they would have seen. This is where the phrase “tripping (giant) balls (with faces) comes from. Those sharks were hilarious. Shark Sinister is now legend. It was just bizarre. Missy was awesome-hope this means new music is coming to us from her!!!!
Yeah it was great if you were 10 years old.
My daughter is almost 10 and even she was like…’meh whatever’. LOL!
You are a good parent
If you mean how was Missy Elliot’s half time show? Then it was fantastic the rest eh it was entertaining.
You know I liked how sort of ‘family friendly’ it was and the throw back with Missy made it pretty awesome. She did good. Bruno was pretty epic though.
Maybe it was because I was sitting with my 6-yr old daughter (who loves KP, sigh) I thought it was good and entertaining. I absolutely loved the shark craziness — it was cheesy, sure, but different from what you usually see. She didn’t take herself so seriously and it worked.
It’s funny because I was under the impression that she took this SUPER SERIOUSLY. She looked so into herself and what she was doing but she couldn’t even dance or get down with any soul or rhythm that it ended up looking like an SNL skit with too much fireworks.
I finally watched it and it wasn’t horrible but she relied too much on props. The only thing that would’ve made Missy Elliot’s more amazing than it already was was if that girl from her videos came out with her lol.
Here’s an update on the girl from the Missy Elliot videos!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/heres-what-that-little-girl-from-the-missy-elliott-videos-lo?utm_term=4ldqpia#.xq8Wm4mXy
I didn’t watch it this year, so I have no opinion other than I hate the Patriots guts.
Your comment made me laugh, thanks for that.
I thought the lion was really cool and I love Roar so I got excited thinking “Oh this is gonna be great” but…. then it started going downhill. Once we got to the dancing shark I just had to laugh at how bad it was.
This shows my age (33)But I didn’t even watch Bruno Mars last year because his music is sooo overplayed on the radio and Beyoncé’s was mediocre (I just don’t like her music either too overplayed also). Katy’s was ok compared to the three, but again, she’s simply ok in my book, too overplayed on the radio as well. Maybe that’s what Super Bowl watchers want, I dunno. But I say the best Super Bowl shows were U2 and the absolute best was Prince!
You should watch Bruno’s. HIs was so great because of the performance and his backup group on stage. A-plus performer. He is a showman through and through and brought it.
I am pretty unbiased, because I am not a fan of any of the past Super Bowl performers. I don’t own any of their music.
That said, I had to watch Katy’s performance twice, to make sure I wasn’t just low on energy myself. Then I watched Beyonce and Bruno Mars. Bruno was fabulous without big theatrics and Beyonce had a good mix of the two, without the crazy, unnecessary wardrobe changes.
Katy Perry was definitely very boring. I loved Missy Elliot’s performance and agree that Katy shouldn’t have tried to get in mix. That was the real high point for me on both viewings. And, I can’t even call myself a Missy Elliot fan. But, the energy was there and it was fun!
For all those saying that Katy Perry was family friendly….do you listen to her lyrics? I had to speak to a mother at our lodge for letting her 11 year old daughter sing California Girlz and Last Friday night at karaoke. All of our mouths dropped to the ground and we all turned to the mother who was clapping for the 11 year old.
Katy did a horrible job at lip-syncing. At least make it more believable. She didn’t even dance really, so it wasn’t like she shouldn’t be able to pull off one song live. The last song she wasn’t live either, that some fans try to say was live, because she had her live vocal low in the mix, not in the forefront, with the pre-recorded vocal still being the predominant vocal,. And like the other ones she completely lip-synced too, but it was way too obvious. The show seemed kid-like in places. She’s 30. LOL
I enjoyed some of the songs though, some fun pop songs. Katy is always perky, so you can’t hate her. At least it wasn’t the Black Eyed Peas. They were horrendous.
Best halftime shows were all live vocals and great shows also.
U2
Prince
Bruno Mars
I agree, live is way better. McCartney’s was good as well.
Is he that guy that Kanye made famous?
It was about what I was expecting. Meh. Not horrible. I think it really comes down to are you a fan of her and/or her brand of pop music or not. I was mostly disappointed in that Lenny Kravitz was relegated to lip synching a Katy Perry song and bouncing around pretending to play guitar for a few seconds.
MADONNA.
Please. The entrance alone.
Madonna’s Vogue entrance and choreography and costumes was truly spectacular, and I loved Like a Prayer with the choir at the end. A stunning ending.
Unremarkable singer. Nice career though.
It was an elaborate production, and it went off without a hitch. I thought both women pulled it off nicely from an entertainment perspective. It must have been a sight to see if you were actually in the stadium.
her “roar” face was so bad-a$$!
Katy Perry was bad enough as it was, then there was Missy Elliot?? Lenny Kravitz??? what in the world? is it 1997 all over again????
Terrible all around, and again, Missy Elliot? my husband i looked at each other and laughed and said “are we back in high school?”
I wish I was back in high school cuz Missy Elliot is everything.
mimif, i’m assuming you’re a huge fan of hers, i never liked her music even from back in the 90’s…i was too much into my Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins phase lol…
Missy Elliott was a revelation. Lenny Kravitz needed more to do. Katie was meh. I also wish the Patriots had not won (being cheaters and all).
My sixty-one year old father is now Katy Perry’s biggest fan. I am not kidding.
All I could think of when I saw that lion was Ghostbusters. ZOOOOOOOOOL!!!!
As far as half-time shows go – it was majorly “meh” in my opinion. It was like a weird Disney explosion on stage. I did not get the dancing sharks and carrots and whatever else. Let’s just say, it was NOT Bruno Mars and Pitbull.
and it wasn’t Taylor Swift….she would have been awesome rather than mediocre…..Katy had the energy of Dionne Warwick.
Her voice was worse than I expected, and I already knew she can’t dance, by her videos. I was ready to feel embarassed by the sharks, but they were adorable! Missy is Missy, nothing to complain about! Lenny is overrated, period.
Well Lenny was good and so was Missy. I’d rather have seen Taylor Swift than Katy. Taylor would have turned it all the way OUT!!!!!
Omg Josh Horowitz has the best tweets about it!
Wow wow even her prerecorded vocals were TERRIBLE! She is really a mediocre singer at best. She also has minimal dancing ability… for a pop star she really is pretty bad.
Katy Perry can’t sing. At least the pre-recorded voice can’t sing.
When she came in on that giant walking monster and out of her month was flat off key tones, I was outta there.
How someone can perform at the superbowl on top of a huge silver horse and bellow off key is beyond me. Who picks these performers anyway?