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People Didn't Love Maroon 5's Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance
People Didn't Love Maroon 5's Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance
Next time, more SpongeBob.
byraffy
February 03 2019 8:57 PM EST
November 08 2024 5:04 AM EST
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People Didn't Love Maroon 5's Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance
Next time, more SpongeBob.
So Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Outkast's Big Boi performed the halftime show at this year's annual NFL Super Bowl. We didn't know what to expect, but besides the literally seconds-long clip of cartoon classic SpongeBob SquarePants, many people weren't happy about the performance...at all.
\u201cThat was one of the worst halftime shows I\u2019ve ever seen. Uninspired. No energy. Levine was completely off key. Maroon 5 looked like they were having a garage band practice. \n\nLiked The Way You Move & Levine singing.\n\nThat\u2019s the biggest show of your career! How does that happen?!?\u201d— Kevin McCarthy (@Kevin McCarthy) 1549243704
None— Jan (@Jan) 1549243722
\u201cWardrobe malfunction in the midst of the worst halftime show during the lousiest #StuporBowl in history\u201d— Sandra Bernhard (@Sandra Bernhard) 1549244292
\u201cMarie Kondo was last seen throwing away that halftime show.\u201d— ya girl (@ya girl) 1549244242
\u201cThis entire Superbowl game including the halftime show, has to the most boring shit ive ever seen. Kinda sad to watch #SuperBowl\u201d— aidden (@aidden) 1549244277
\u201cIf gentrification were a Super Bowl halftime show ...\u201d— Jemele Hill (@Jemele Hill) 1549243248
Some people pointed out how lame it was to tease fans with a .00002 second snippet of SpongeBob's iconic "Sweet Victory" performance, especially since people were campaigning for the whole thing to be performed as a tribute to SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg, who passed in late November of 2018.
\u201cI think the worst part about the halftime show's little troll moment, is that the reason why THOUSANDS of people wanted this song played was so it could be dedicated to Stephan...\n\nInstead they used this man's death as a way to get us to sit through their lame performances.\u201d— John Guerra (@John Guerra) 1549244195
\u201c#SuperBowl53 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! NO SWEET VICTORY?! OMG I FEEL SO BETRAYED IN MY LIFE! Worst Halftime Show EVER!\u201d— Briayan the Omnipotent Lord (@Briayan the Omnipotent Lord) 1549243627
None— Blue Beefalo (@Blue Beefalo) 1549252394
\u201cThis is literally what the Halftime Show did to us\n\n#HalftimeShow #SuperBowl\u201d— \u2728Roya Shahidi || story artist looking for work\u2728 (@\u2728Roya Shahidi || story artist looking for work\u2728) 1549244823
\u201cWhen they don't play Sweet Victory at Halftime. #SuperBowl\u201d— Rachel Manz (@Rachel Manz) 1549244388
\u201cto all of us who wanted this to happen #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow\u201d— Rio (@Rio) 1549244310
So what did YOU think of this year's Super Bowl halftime show performance? Let us know in the comments and on Twitter!
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.