Duca
3x Platinum Member
Joined: January 2013
Posts: 3,137
|
Post by Duca on Aug 24, 2017 13:05:23 GMT -5
Justin Timberlake headlines Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime ShowGlobal superstar Justin Timberlake will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show on NBC at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, it was confirmed tonight. A multi-talented actor and musician, Timberlake has won ten Grammys and numerous other awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he rapidly became a highly respected musician, winning two Grammys for his debut solo album, "Justified." He's been recognized for a range of performances, including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording and Best Music Video. Timberlake was most recently nominated for an Academy Award® for the song "CAN'T STOP THE FEELING!" from the film Trolls for which he won his 10th Grammy.A gifted actor, Timberlake has appeared in diverse films including: Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Inside Llewyn Davis and The Social Network. He has also won four Emmys for his appearances on "Saturday Night Live.' Timberlake is a co-star of the upcoming film Wonder Wheel, which opens later this year.This will be Timberlake's third time performing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, giving him the distinction of having the most appearances by an individual entertainer. He previously performed at Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII.This announcement is just the beginning. Leading up to Super Bowl LII, fans may visit Pepsi.com for behind-the-scenes looks into Timberlake's journey to the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, as well as other surprises along the way. Timberlake joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts including Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, U2 and more. The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show is the most-watched musical event of the year. Last year's show was the most-watched musical event of all-time across all platforms and the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime performance in history through broadcast and digital channels, reaching more than 150 million unique people, garnering more than 80 million views and totaling 260 million minutes watched. Super Bowl LII and Halftime Show will be broadcast by NBC from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. Super Bowl LII marks Pepsi's sixth year as title sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show and 16th year as an NFL partner. Pepsi and the NFL have teamed again to provide fans with a halftime experience worthy of pop-culture's biggest stage. The Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show is an NFL Network Production and will be executive produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Visit Pepsi.com leading up to Super Bowl LII to see what this historic Halftime Show has in store for fans. For more information about Super Bowl LII, visit SuperBowl.com.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 13:23:00 GMT -5
Boo.
|
|
Disco🌶️📖
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,879
|
Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Aug 24, 2017 13:39:49 GMT -5
As much as I love Justin and would like to see him do a high profile performance of this nature, I don't think it would be appropriate given the firm stance the organization took about allowing him to perform before. I wonder if he gave them some money or really begged and pleaded to do it? Or did Jay-Z help lobby on his behalf and made a "donation" and it helped sway things. Perhaps that's why he might be involved in the show as a 'thank you.'
Given the backlash Justin has faced in many circles over his white privilege and mediocrity, I don't think his performance will be accepted. Social media will rip him apart. During The 20/20 Experience era I think Justin could have done it as he was on a real career high at that time, before the backlash.
I wonder what the NFL and performance committees' thought process is regarding who they choose to do the show. Given the state of music and the industry right now, there are only a handful of artists out now that I think have the stage presence to carry a show of this nature whereas others would just totally be lost in the situation.
I think the NFL and the committee should seriously reconsider having them.
|
|
Linnethia Monique
Diamond Member
Still 100% Snackable
🗣 NOW GET YOUR BOOTS AND YOUR COAT FOR THIS...
Joined: December 2004
Posts: 24,208
|
Post by Linnethia Monique on Aug 24, 2017 13:50:35 GMT -5
I could see this turning out REALLY, REALLY bad for Justin, the NFL, and Pepsi if he were to be given the slot considering the current social climate.
|
|
Ling-Ling
Diamond Member
Kill Kill Kill Kill! Die Die Die!
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 13,436
|
Post by Ling-Ling on Aug 24, 2017 13:56:50 GMT -5
This really does rub me the wrong way, especially with how everything went down with the Janet Jackson Super Bowl controversy. And if he does do it, he deserves any negative press he gets for it.
But who am I kidding? It's Justin Timberlake, he really is America's unexceptional golden boy. It'll probably get great ratings and reviews, launch his album to a solid start and VSB will write a blistering 100% accurate critique that will only be read by people who pay attention to this kind of hypocritical bullshit.
So no, I'm not here for it, but I have a feeling most people are.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 15:17:58 GMT -5
Justin could in theory pull it off without pissing off anybody by having Janet show up as a surprise guest and "accidentally" tearing his shirt to reveal his exposed nipple underneath. Make light of the situation - but more importantly, show the world that the SB committee has 'forgiven' them both, and not just the white guy. Unfortunately neither Janet nor Justin strike me as having the levity to pull that off. And Janet got skewered because people didn't think her apology was "genuine" enough, while Justin damn near went on a door-to-door campaign trying to convince people he was sorry. So he/his fans/the Super Bowl committee will be able to spin it as letting bygones be bygones. Objectively, we already know it will be a good show.
Weirdly, I'm actually more bugged that Jay-Z is only getting a potential shot at the show as a tag-along. Jay is the ONE hip-hop act who can and should be allowed to headline the show on his own. But I think this says more about how I'm so conditioned to expect black women to be disrespected/ignored that I can't even be bothered to get mad that a black woman is about to be disrespected/ignored yet again. In other news, it's Thursday.
|
|
Spidey
Diamond Member
Catch me or I go Houdini
Joined: July 2008
Posts: 16,660
|
Post by Spidey on Aug 24, 2017 15:39:00 GMT -5
Ew.
|
|
Caviar
Diamond Member
Queen X
Joined: October 2003
Posts: 30,816
My Charts
Pronouns: He/his
|
Post by Caviar on Aug 24, 2017 15:46:49 GMT -5
Black Twitter will erupt and spill over into the mainstream media once this is officially announced. White America will accept it (Justin's portion). This could cause Janet's concert sales to increase and her streaming to go up but that's about it. This is the Trump world we live in now.
|
|
MilesW1998
3x Platinum Member
Banned
#1 Song: Bad At Love by Halsey (1st Week)
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 3,713
|
Post by MilesW1998 on Aug 24, 2017 15:58:28 GMT -5
Are people still bitching about the whole incident from years ago? People, it was over a decade ago, get over it and move on! I don't really care about this whole controversy, because it's fucking stupid. Just let JT perform, and forget the whole incident, it's not like the world ended just because of it. It's either you let JT perform, or try to find someone else to perform, like Taylor Swift, or Maroon 5, Hell you could even have P!nk for crying out loud. I don't care I just want to see a good pop star perform at the Super Bowl, without any controversy, or incident, without having to hear people bitch and complain about the dumbest shit all the fucking time.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 15:58:44 GMT -5
I like Justin, but I think it's fucked up that he's welcome back but Janet is still banned. I doubt it's gonna happen but I'd love it if Justin invited her as an FU to them.
|
|
Juanca
Diamond Member
Enjoying work, family/personal life with partner and doggies, and music. I couldn't ask for more :)
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 11,069
|
Post by Juanca on Aug 24, 2017 16:00:00 GMT -5
Firstly, I'm not sure I'm aware of Justin's backlash "over his white privilege and mediocrity" post-20/20. I mean. I thought that backlash already started with the 20/20 era, but his live performances helped him cement his status as good performer.
Secondly, what kind of BS is this when HE exposed Janet's tits? Janet's already been the most affected of that situation, but having JT as a performer--hell, even having him as a candidate-- adds insult to injury. TBH I don't believe exposed breast is something to condemn but if they decided to be so strong, don't support this for JT only. This should only happen if Janet also comes back!
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 16:08:07 GMT -5
Black Twitter will erupt and spill over into the mainstream media once this is officially announced. White America will accept it (Justin's portion). This could cause Janet's concert sales to increase and her streaming to go up but that's about it. This is the Trump world we live in now. Nah, don't put this on Trump world (for once) - things would have gone down exactly as you said in Obama's America too (and somehow Obama would have been blamed for it by somebody lol). People liked to pretend that racism and/or misogyny and/or misogynoir didn't exist anymore in Obama's America, while Trump's America no longer lets us ignore this, is all.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 16:10:48 GMT -5
Jay Z? YES!
|
|
Disco🌶️📖
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,879
|
Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Aug 24, 2017 16:15:56 GMT -5
Are people still bitching about the whole incident from years ago? People, it was over a decade ago, get over it and move on! I don't really care about this whole controversy, because it's f**king stupid. Just let JT perform, and forget the whole incident, it's not like the world ended just because of it. Doesn't it bother you that a woman had her career totally destroyed because of something a man did? It is and was totally messed up that Janet was treated like she was the whore of babylon for something that Justin did. He is the one who pulled the fabric off of her costume exposing her breast. It's not her fault that her breast got exposed. Her only fault was being there in the wrong place and the wrong time and Justin grabbed too much. Janet's career was irreparably destroyed after that and Justin was too concerned about any possible fallout from this incident spilling over onto his career and ruining it. He did everything he could to get back in everyone's good books as soon as it happened. It doesn't really matter that Janet had an album with sexually explicit songs coming out a short time after that. Janet's All For You album era had been massive. She was very successful at that time. The linking of her exposure to her music being too sexy and then people suddenly hated her and thought she blinded the world with her booby was messed up. Men can sing and rap about all their pimping, their hoes and numerous sexual conquests on their songs but if a woman sings about even wanting to show her body and dance the night away or if she wants to even hold a man's hand, people come out with the pitch forks and torches and cry "WHORE! WHORE! WHORE!" This double standard is completely f**ked up and wrong. And to make matters worse, Justin shaded Janet and mentioned her in that song he did with Timbaland called "Give It To Me". He mentioned her during his verse: Could you speak up and stop m-m-mumbling I don't think you're getting clear If you're sitting on the top, it's hard to hear you from way up here I saw you trying to act cute on TV, just let me clear the air We missed you on the charts last week Damn, that's right, you wasn't thereThis is why we have a problem with him being chosen for the performance.
|
|
Glove Slap
Administrator
Sweetheart
Downloading ༺༒༻ Possibilities
Joined: January 2007
Posts: 29,474
Staff
|
Post by Glove Slap on Aug 24, 2017 16:20:05 GMT -5
Are people still bitching about the whole incident from years ago? People, it was over a decade ago, get over it and move on! I don't really care about this whole controversy, because it's f**king stupid. Just let JT perform, and forget the whole incident, it's not like the world ended just because of it. It's either you let JT perform, or try to find someone else to perform, like Taylor Swift, or Maroon 5, Hell you could even have P!nk for crying out loud. I don't care I just want to see a good pop star perform at the Super Bowl, without any controversy, or incident, without having to hear people bitch and complain about the dumbest s**t all the f**king time. The marginalization, dehumanization, and inequality of Black Americans, and especially Black Women, is not "the dumbest s**t". That said, I was fully expecting him to be the headliner in 2014, and assumed that it was the nipplegate ripple effect that was the reason it didn't happen. Now...I guess I should care more? I don't think Janet would be down to reappear here, especially since it took her so long to get any kind of upward mobility in her reputation after that. She still hasn't fully recovered imo, and chances are she never will, but I don't think that her appearing on this would really do much aside from memes and a hashtag that would be gone in less than a week. It would be a troll move that would never do anything permanent more than anything else, and I don't see why Janet should be put through that. Regarding the potential reaction...I mean the morbidly obese editors and writers of Jezebel will complain, and the morbidly medicated editors and writers of Pitchfork will complain, but again, will any of that damage either of them (Justin and Jay)? I don't think it will. I can see the "Jay-Z turned his back on Black America" headlines too, but they'll be replaced by kittens falling asleep in frisbees or some s**t. If the performance itself is well done, it'll overcome whatever will be levied at it in time. Simply, I don't think enough people care about what happened back then to bring it back in a way to make it stick, especially against the two of them. I'm just upset that the guest won't be Kanye rising up on a glass vagina in a Trump wig with both his hands on white female crotches while a high pitched voice yells out "I am culture, I am hip-hop" over and over.
|
|
Caviar
Diamond Member
Queen X
Joined: October 2003
Posts: 30,816
My Charts
Pronouns: He/his
|
Post by Caviar on Aug 24, 2017 16:29:35 GMT -5
RIGHT!
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 17:06:49 GMT -5
That said, I was fully expecting him to be the headliner in 2014, and assumed that it was the nipplegate ripple effect that was the reason it didn't happen. Now...I guess I should care more? I almost wonder if his name being 'leaked' as the halftime performer is the SB testing the waters again. I know this is about the time of year the performer's name usually trickles out but the official announcement doesn't usually come until late September/early October - and I'm not sure I ever recall HDD being the ones to first report the news. If the immediate reaction to the rumor is bad enough then they can walk away and move on to someone else quickly. Also just to clarify I don't think Janet 'officially' got banned from the SB, though it's kind of a given that she was never going to be invited back. She got banned from attending the Grammys the next week - she was basically blackballed out of the industry overnight which is why her career went down so rapidly.
|
|
Disco🌶️📖
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,879
|
Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Aug 24, 2017 17:37:50 GMT -5
Some on Twitter are trying to get BuzzFeed and Jezebel's attention to write a scathing SJW thinkpiece to prevent Justin from performing.
|
|
DJ General
5x Platinum Member
Dupe
Joined: March 2010
Posts: 5,932
|
Post by DJ General on Aug 24, 2017 17:58:41 GMT -5
as of right now, I think this would be a cool setlist. obviously not full song lengths, etc. And to bring Janet out for a quick re-do and have her do a little sample of Nasty would be fun lol. This would be my picks
SEXYBACK WHAT GOES AROUND MIRRORS SUIT & TIE (Jay-Z) HOLY GRAIL (Jay-Z) EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (Jay-Z) ROCK YOUR BODY (JANET JACKSON) NASTY (JANET JACKSON INTERLUDE) CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! [FINALE]
|
|
14887fan
Diamond Member
Joined: November 2013
Posts: 11,250
|
Post by 14887fan on Aug 24, 2017 18:59:31 GMT -5
Honestly, truly expected it to be Pink or Rihanna this year.
|
|
Disco🌶️📖
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,879
|
Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Aug 24, 2017 19:18:22 GMT -5
I am genuinely surprised they haven't considered having a Bro-Country-themed Superbowl show with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, etc. yet because it seems super obvious that they would.
|
|
14887fan
Diamond Member
Joined: November 2013
Posts: 11,250
|
Post by 14887fan on Aug 24, 2017 19:20:00 GMT -5
I am genuinely surprised they haven't considered having a Bro-Country-themed Superbowl show with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, etc. yet because it seems super obvious that they would. No it doesn't, and no they wouldn't.
|
|
pnobelysk
Diamond Member
Joined: November 2009
Posts: 10,088
|
Post by pnobelysk on Aug 24, 2017 20:09:34 GMT -5
I am genuinely surprised they haven't considered having a Bro-Country-themed Superbowl show with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, etc. yet because it seems super obvious that they would. The half time show should try to appeal to a demographic not already targeted but the game itself
|
|
fearlessarrow
Moderator
Now a 7x PMA winner!
Joined: June 2015
Posts: 24,142
My Charts
Pronouns: he/him/his
Staff
|
Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 24, 2017 21:12:30 GMT -5
As much as I love JT, I don't like the idea of having him on the Super Bowl Halftime Show because of the reasons some of you mentioned above (the whole Janet thing and how the white guy gets a pass whereas the black woman who didn't do anything wrong in the first place is the one that has to bear the burden of the incident).
That being said, I don't really know how much backlash he'll get for this. I expect criticism, but I'm inclined to think that it won't really hurt him in any way because the people who are going to call him out probably already were aware of the implications of the 2004 Super Bowl were for Justin and Janet. And I'm not really expecting the general public to care or want to think about this (which I think is one reason why the marginalization of black people [and minorities in general] won't stop and will keep being perpetuated everywhere)...
|
|
Revelry
2x Platinum Member
Joined: June 2008
Posts: 2,160
|
Post by Revelry on Aug 25, 2017 8:42:22 GMT -5
Pass.
This should be P!nk's year. She's built for this type of thing.
|
|
franklin
9x Platinum Member
Joined: April 2010
Posts: 9,635
|
Post by franklin on Aug 25, 2017 13:29:36 GMT -5
|
|
Choco
Diamond Member
lavender haze
Joined: February 2009
Posts: 26,884
My Charts
Pronouns: he/him
|
Post by Choco on Aug 25, 2017 13:57:11 GMT -5
What a boring choice but I'm sure he'll do fine if this is true.
|
|
Music Fan
5x Platinum Member
Imma Be Boom Boom Pow because I Gotta Feelin' I'm Alive
Joined: April 2008
Posts: 5,245
|
Post by Music Fan on Aug 25, 2017 15:52:31 GMT -5
I am genuinely surprised they haven't considered having a Bro-Country-themed Superbowl show with Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, etc. yet because it seems super obvious that they would. I was really hoping for Carrie Underwood. She has the appeal towards many of those already watching the game and can surely bring other eyes onto it.
|
|
Au$tin
Diamond Member
Pop Culture Guru
Joined: August 2008
Posts: 54,493
My Charts
Pronouns: He/his/him
|
Post by Au$tin on Aug 25, 2017 22:05:32 GMT -5
I am so uninterested in this pairing.
|
|
Disco🌶️📖
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,879
|
Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Aug 25, 2017 23:21:27 GMT -5
Chances are that if we do get Jay-Z, we'll probably be getting Beyonce too.
|
|