Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show: Twitter Fan Reaction
By Jenn Reid
Fans and haters react to Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
After slaying the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl, Lady Gaga is back and ready to tackle the prestigious half-time show. Only the musical elite are invited to perform for an audience of approximately 120 million viewers worldwide, and Lady Gaga is set to join the ranks of previous performers like Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Prince and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
Considering Gaga is an unconventional performer (to say the least) who’s live shows could include anything from performance art culminating in her fake onstage death and hydraulic musical equipment to stripped down, elegant duets.
Her millions of fans, or Little Monsters, have been ready for whatever Gaga has been preparing for months.
me waiting for the super bowl pic.twitter.com/ccmbFV7vMT
— Gaga Daily (@gagadaily) February 2, 2017
There has been a lot of talk about politics, and whether or not Gaga will use this massive platform to speak about President Trump. Gaga was an outspoken Hillary supporter and Trump protestor and has been a long-time LGBT advocate, but said she would not be making the show anti-Trump and stick to the theme of “inclusion”. Rumours were flying that the NFL has Gaga under contract not to say anything inflammatory, but that she might be planning something to surprise everyone — especially with VP Mike Pence confirmed to attend.
if u think @ladygaga is going to behave @ #SuperBowl may I just remind u she menaced Trump's house on election night w a garbage truck pic.twitter.com/qnro6JPrlE
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) February 4, 2017
With all that pressure mounting, Little Monsters were ready to finally see what their Mother Monster would do. She finally took to the stage tonight and performed a medley of her biggest hits from “Just Dance” to “Million Reasons,” after an insane stage dive and a little tribute to America, calling us all “indivisible.”
So how did Gaga do? Did she please her fans, or disrupt her haters? Check out some of the best tweets about Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
FUCK YEAH LADY GAGA SINGING BORN THIS WAY AT THE SUPERBOWL. GAY STRAIGHT OR BI LESBIAN TRANSGENDER LIFE.
— Lauren Collins (@Lauren_Collins) February 6, 2017
✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️💛💚💙💜
Did you not hear the lyrics to Born This Way? https://t.co/jT8vXFFVmk
— Joshua Yehl (@JoshuaYehl) February 6, 2017
Lady Gaga was shredding the keytar while a dancer was posing and holding her microphone for her. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/HELbNfmvCZ
— little miss popular (@evilfosa) February 6, 2017
Somewhere in Oklahoma an 8 year-old queer kid felt SEEN during that halftime show and that's political enough for me. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇸🏳️🌈
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) February 6, 2017
Mike Pence sits watching motionless, one tear rolls down his cheek. For the first time he's realized he will never feel joy.
— anne t donahue (@annetdonahue) February 6, 2017
Boom! #Superbowl pic.twitter.com/vCYJ31nAD0
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) February 6, 2017
While Twitter can only speculate as to what Vice President Mike Pence thought, Gaga got high praise from former Vice President Joe Biden.
Incredible performance from my friend @LadyGaga. You amaze me — and not just onstage. Proud to work with you to end sexual assault. #ItsOnUs pic.twitter.com/ZOva2lpAOZ
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 6, 2017
More importantly, she’s birthed a new meme.
Jumping in those DM's like... pic.twitter.com/NLWY9jEA6u
— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) February 6, 2017
Everybody else's songs/albums right now on the charts after Lady Gaga's #SuperBowl #PepsiHalftime performance: https://t.co/jcdHwqyf4F
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 6, 2017
Me jumping to conclusions pic.twitter.com/CVdnX6rJ7D
— MAMA MARS (@HeyPariss) February 6, 2017
Next: Biggest OMG Moments From Lady Gaga's Halftime Show
And that’s a wrap on the Super Bowl Halftime show! Time to start speculating on who will perform in 2018.