Here Are the Most Fire Memes About The Weeknd's Super Bowl Performance

The Weeknd’s performance is up for debate.

Yesterday, people around the world pressed pause to get a glimpse of the Super Bowl halftime show in the US (only to switch channels again after the performance lol).

This year, The Weeknd performed eight of his most popular songs, with the fan favourite "Blinding Lights" performed at the very end.

The 14-minute show featured some men in red jackets, blinding fireworks and a whole lot of dancing to keep spectators entertained.

Honestly, I'm just impressed that the dancers managed to have some physical distancing, or wear masks where social distancing wasn't possible.

No way was COVID-19 gonna stop this show.

As usual, the performance blew up on Twitter where fans could tear apart some of its funniest moments (we all remember Lady Gaga's jump from the ceiling in 2017).

Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl jump #GifLegends pic.twitter.com/pVM6YTXSUn

— Harper ✨ (@drunktweetn) December 4, 2019

If you haven’t seen the performance, you might want to catch up here first, so you can understand how *chefs kiss* these tweets really are.

This year, Twitter could not let us live without roasting The Weeknd for that awkward lights maze scene and its subsequent chin shots, thanks to his handheld camera work.

What my coworkers see on zoom meetings when I think my camera is off #PepsiHalftime #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/J8I9bmk4XI

— Meggy (@MeggyNikirk) February 8, 2021

Me trying to find the bathroom at the club after 6 or 7 #PepsiHalftime #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/T2tleRUbR7

— Dj 112 (@DJ112sa) February 8, 2021

Me running to my charger because I’m on 1% & still tweeting pic.twitter.com/xeXVmRtlNC

— Nina Parker (@MzGossipGirl) February 8, 2021

*5 year old me in the grocery store looking for my mom* #PepsiHalftime pic.twitter.com/eY7MNcKeoj

— Glizzy McGuire (@jameswalls71) February 8, 2021

Me as a kid playing with photo booth on my moms mac #theweeknd #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/g9hGioDk2t

— ryan (@sexitopaz) February 8, 2021

Same energy #TheWeeknd #SuperBowl #HalfTimeShow pic.twitter.com/llEVtRbgaK

— Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen 🥇 (@Mike_Kowal16) February 8, 2021

Outside of those uncomfortable few seconds, the performance was actually pretty good, or at least some of us thought that. People seem to have different opinions on it.

"The Weeknd's Superbowl performance was tras–" pic.twitter.com/5X6xVQ4xJ7

— ً (@weekndlustt) February 8, 2021

The Super Bowl half time show was trash @theweeknd

— ap. (@aprildaijaj) February 8, 2021

When someone says The Weeknd's SuperBowl Halftime performance was trash : pic.twitter.com/Wo5Iju4rmf

— Real Music OG✨🎶🇿🇦 (@lizwesplaylist) February 8, 2021

Trash. #SuperBowl #TheWeeknd

— Joseph Avila (@Joseph_Avila28) February 8, 2021

Meanwhile, other viewers simply fixated on those damn red jackets.

my red blood cells working together to supply oxygen throughout my body #Abel #theweeknd #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/UTx3NU23pI

— the 12th slug (@burningred1213) February 8, 2021

Halftime show = the movie Us #SuperBowl #TheWeeknd #usmovie pic.twitter.com/DZ7sdvpuK1

— Chelsea (@quesochelsea) February 8, 2021

wait i think i picked the wrong channel- pic.twitter.com/XfwnU2t1Za

— Dora The Fadplorer (@fadplorer) February 8, 2021

With the quality of the performance up for debate, many fans pointed out that The Weeknd was robbed by the Grammy Awards, after recieving no nominations this year.

The Grammy's after seeing #TheWeeknd at the #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/wzvGTUinDY

— Ale 🐺 (@wolffsupremacy) February 8, 2021

The Grammys rethinking their nomination process #SuperBowl #TheWeeknd pic.twitter.com/3DDhl2HyUv

— Mathushan (@Mathushan_S) February 8, 2021

And the rest of Twitter was just a tad confused.

So proud of @theweeknd for winning the super bowl!!!

— kina 👀 (@peachyykinaa) February 8, 2021

Congratulations to the weeknd on a great Super Bowl half time performance pic.twitter.com/1p9sv2iIge

— Unreal MMA Channel☘ (@UnrealMMA) February 8, 2021

The event was also celebrated with a performance by Miley Cyrus at the pre-game show, and the game was won by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who smashed the Kansas City Chiefs 31 – 9.

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