The star enlisted Shaboozey, Publish Malone, and her daughter Blue Ivy to debut tracks from the acclaimed nation album
It’s a Cowboy Carter Christmas miracle. Eight months after its launch, Beyoncé has delivered the first-ever reside performances of music from her nation opus for the primary time. The musician took the stage at halftime throughout Netflix‘s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Beyoncé kicked off the nine-minute-long set with “16 Carriages,” showing on stage using a white horse whereas a show of Cowboy Carter lit up within the background. She transitioned to a revelatory supply of the Beatles traditional “Blackbird,” whereas flanked by Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, who all characteristic on the rendition
The star additionally delivered electrifying performances of “Ya Ya” and “Riverdance,” earlier than being joined by Shaboozey for his or her collaboration, “Candy Honey Buckiin’” and Publish Malone for “Levii’s Denims” — denim-covered truck included. After belting out “Jolene,” her tackle the 1973 Dolly Parton track of the identical identify, Beyoncé carried out “Texas Maintain ‘Em” for the primary time, whereas declaring: “It’s solely proper that we do ‘Texas Maintain ‘Em’ for the primary time in Texas.” Her daughter, Blue Ivy, took her mom’s facet for the celebratory second, sporting a Cowboy Carter sash.
To shut out the sensational set, Beyoncé was lifted excessive into the air with a “Bang” (symbolized by a large flag) and wished everybody a “Merry Christmas.”
The efficiency brings the presentation of Cowboy Carter full circle. In February, Beyoncé introduced the album and shared lead singles “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” throughout Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The reveal got here by way of a commercial with Verizon, the place Beyoncé referenced numerous occasions when she has successfully damaged the web. The second in and of itself joined the record as she declared: “Drop the music.”
What adopted was a history-lesson of epic proportions. Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé later explained in a press release, was “born out of an expertise that I had years in the past the place I didn’t really feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t.” She appeared to be referencing the 2016 CMA Awards, the place she carried out the Lemonade nation minimize “Daddy Classes” for the Nashville viewers. “However, due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of Nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive,” she continued. “It feels good to see how music can unite so many individuals world wide, whereas additionally amplifying the voices of a number of the individuals who have devoted a lot of their lives educating on our musical historical past.”
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She added: “The criticisms I confronted after I first entered this style compelled me to propel previous the constraints that had been placed on me. Act ii is a results of difficult myself, and taking my time to bend and mix genres collectively to create this physique of labor.” Cowboy Carter featured visitor appearances from Shaboozey, Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Publish Malone, and extra.
The halftime present was produced by Beyoncé’s Parkwood Leisure and Jesse Collins Leisure. The musician has beforehand carried out throughout two Tremendous Bowl halftime reveals, together with a headlining efficiency at Tremendous Bowl XLVII in 2013 and her iconic look throughout Coldplay’s Tremendous Bowl XV halftime present in 2016.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter halftime efficiency will likely be accessible to rewatch on Netflix for as much as three hours after the conclusion of the Ravens-Texans sport. Worldwide viewers will retain entry to the livestream for twenty-four hours.
