Jason Derulo was seen dancing alongside robotic canine in a live performance forward of the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday (February 12).
The singer was performing as a part of the TikTok Tailgate occasion that takes place simply exterior the State Farm Stadium the place the sport is later held. While singing the David Guetta-assisted track ‘Saturday/Sunday’, Derulo was seen flanked by animatronic canine which moved in lockstep with him and the music. Watch footage from Derulo’s set beneath.
Aquí tenemos a Jason Derulo en la previa de la LVII Super Bowl, a escasas dos horas del inicio del partido entre los Philadelphia Eagles y los Kansas City Chiefs. ¡Este tío estuvo actuando en la Plaza Mayor de Valladolid hace apenas cinco meses! pic.twitter.com/G0ifxf8Z5c
— Arturo Posada (@arturoposada) February 12, 2023
Social media customers had been fast to touch upon the robotic canine, which some known as “creepy”, and “weird”. Others made comparisons to the dystopian sci-fi sequence Black Mirror.
Umm Jason Derulo pre sport efficiency…ya it was okay. However, I may do with out the creepy robotic canine as backup dancers 😩
— Devo Brown (@devobrown) February 12, 2023
WHY DOES JASON DERULO HAVE THE WEIRD LITTLE ROBOT DOGS DANCING pic.twitter.com/zOHFM3U43X
— delcomrade (idc, go birds) 🔪💚 (@delcomrade) February 12, 2023
Jason Derulo utilizing Boston Dynamic canine as backup dancers. This is the way it begins. pic.twitter.com/T0NAsK2WBY
— Green Light with Chris Long (@greenlight) February 12, 2023
Oh god they’re normalizing robotic canine within the tremendous bowl pre-show factor pic.twitter.com/BwqVJoefoK
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) February 12, 2023
this Jason Derulo preshow efficiency with the Black Mirror robotic assault canine 🥴 pic.twitter.com/Hmjw3KzVZF
— Jake M. Grumbach (@JakeMGrumbach) February 12, 2023
Derulo opened the pre-Super Bowl present with the ‘Tattoos’ single ‘Talk Dirty’. Derulo, who carried out on the identical occasion final 12 months, was joined on the TikTok Tailgate invoice by fellow headliners The Black Keys, who carried out their 2022 ‘Dropout Boogie’ single ‘Wild Child’, amongst different tracks.
Rihanna later took to the stage because the headliner of the Super Bowl LVII halftime present. The singer’s career-spanning set marked her first stay efficiency in seven years, and included smash hits like ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’, ‘We Found Love’, ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Pour It Up’. Other highlights from Rihanna’s halftime present included the choreography throughout ‘Rude Boy’, and the finale track ‘Diamonds’, which noticed the singer carry out on the stadium’s rafters as followers shone their telephone torches.
Most notably, Rihanna used the opening track to disclose a child bump, with representatives later confirming that the singer is pregnant along with her second baby.
Rihanna beforehand turned down a proposal to headline on the Super Bowl halftime present in 2019 in a present of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback who was the primary NFL participant to take a knee in protest of police brutality in 2016.