Every moment from the Super Bowl 2024 that has us crushing on Usher like it's 2000

Publish date: 2024-06-01

The R&B singer Got Us Fallin' In Love with his Halftime show performance

Usher had audiences shouting 'OMG' as he packed 30 years of R&B hits into a 13-minute performance at the Super Bowl LVIII Apple Halftime Show on Sunday night. 

When a disclaimer appeared before the R&B legend's performance warned against possible "Singing, dancing, sweating, gyrating," and "possible relationship issues," we knew we were in for a treat. 

WATCH: Usher performs at the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Sure enough, the Texas-born singer brought everything from acrobatics to break dancing, ballads and a rendition of 'My Boo' to the Allegiant Stadium, lighting up NFL's grandest stage with a host of special guests.

The eight-time Grammy Award winner didn't take to the stage alone of course, calling in help from will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Ludacris... and a pair of roller skates to add an unexpected spin on his greatest hits.

Eight minutes into the performance, Usher wasted no time in recreating one of his most-iconic moments from the 2000 Teen Choice Awards, showing off his shirtless physique to a rapture of screams from fans who were instantly transported back to the noughties. 

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Fans on X, formerly Twitter, had the best reaction to Usher's costume (or shall we say lack of costume) change. "Usher understood the assignment," penned one fan, as another wrote: "This is so important to me as someone who had the shirtless centerfold of Usher from magazine taped to the ceiling of her bottom bunk at summer camp."

The 45-year-old singer and rapper worked up a serious sweat under those Super Bowl stadium lights! 

Did Usher pay tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson with his singular sparkly glove? With his Moonwalk-esque footwork and a cameo of the Jackson 5 song 'Can You Feel It,' fans seemed to think so.

Usher reunited with Alicia Keys to sing a verse of their ballad “My Boo” and things got seriously steamy. 

“THE CONTENT I NEEDED TO SEE,” gushed an X user after their loved-up embrace.

This moment would so be a pull-out poster in if it was 2000.

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