© Image: AP At least they wore masks? Kinda? Maybe?
Whether you liked it or not — and the social media streets were all over the place — The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime performance brought the best and worst of Twitter reactions, per usual during a sporting event.
It appears The Weeknd isn’t finished with his bandaged performance art he sported at award shows last year. During the performance, the Weeknd was surrounded by masked dancers in tight quarters, all of whom looked like hitmen and or Jabbawockeez duplicates. A close up of him on the Raymond James Stadium jumbotron, surrounded by his masked crew, was the first meme to make the rounds.
Dionne Warwick had some fun on Twitter this past weekend. The singer had some questions about the names of Chance the Rapper and singer The Weeknd and posed them on Twitter - much to their delight. The latest tweets from @theweeknd. 8.3M likes 419,596 talking about this. Official Facebook page for The Weeknd. Here's how Twitter reacted to the Weeknd's show. For more Super Bowl LV coverage visit Arrowhead Report and All Bucs. Madeline Coleman.
Bro, I’m finna be sick... what we doing? pic.twitter.com/Buh8orY3K2
— Michael Grady (@Grady) February 8, 2021How Dads take selfies pic.twitter.com/yLsLbgF3jh
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) February 8, 2021The dancers weren’t exactly wearing N95’s either. They looked like they were given half-finished Punisher masks to wear.
Me pushing my way on to the 4 train at 59 street when going to Yankee Stadium 😂 pic.twitter.com/519AetalAk
— Erika Fernandez (@CurlsAndSports) February 8, 2021THE WEEKND: Gimme a thousand of these pic.twitter.com/edh1jjvJcU
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) February 8, 2021This is literally all I could think about during the halftime show 😂 pic.twitter.com/zfYf9XOcYu
— elyk (@Kcrands) February 8, 2021And then there were others who complained of being unable to simply follow The Weeknd around.
The cameraman trying to keep up with The Weeknd. #SuperBowlpic.twitter.com/JHqfjaV2UN
— ESPN (@espn) February 8, 2021People who suffer from motion sickness watching The Weeknd #SuperBowlpic.twitter.com/5Qu4mshHv0
— Ruben (@twentyonepucks) February 8, 2021And what good is a Super Bowl halftime performance without justifiable complaints over the habitually poor sound production aired on TV? The Weeknd’s performance was no different.
The Weeknd’s performance was pretty solid minus the sound mixing issues but it would’ve been a perfect 10/10 if it ended with Adam Sandler showing up to fight him
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) February 8, 2021I am far too sober for this halftime show. I like The Weeknd’s music...but this is a rough watch. Also I think a 1984 Honda Civic might have a better sound system.
— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownRadio) February 8, 2021At least the performance was more entertaining than the game seems to be so far. If you’re reading this, wake the Kansas Chiefs’ offensive line up.
© Getty Images Dionne Warwick had some good-natured banter on Twitter with Chance the Rapper and The Weeknd.Dionne Warwick had some fun on Twitter this past weekend.
The singer had some questions about the names of Chance the Rapper and singer The Weeknd and posed them on Twitter -- much to their delight.
She began with Chance the Rapper.
'Hi, @chancetherapper. If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name?' Warwick wrote. 'I cannot stop thinking about this.'
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Now we can't stop thinking about it either.
The rapper appeared to be thrilled that the soon-to-be 80-year-old legend even knew who he was.
'Sorry I'm still freaking out that u know who I am,' he tweeted. 'This is amazing!'
Warwick responded, 'Of course I know you. You're THE rapper. Let's rap together. I'll message you.'
'I will be whatever you wanna call me Ms Warwick,' Chance the Rapper tweeted. 'God bless you.'
But there was still more to come.
The rapper responded with three mind-blown emojis after Warwick tweeted this: 'Holy' by Justin the Bieber @justinbieber and @chancetherapper is one of my favorite songs right now.'
Warwick still wasn't done, however, switching to a question for The Weeknd.
'The Weeknd is next. Why? It's not even spelled correctly? @theweeknd,' she tweeted.
She followed that with, 'If you have 'The' in your name i'm coming for you. I need answers today.'
The Weeknd loved it.
'I just got roasted by Dionne Warwick and I feel honored!' he tweeted. 'You just made my day.'
Warwick said she was just having a laugh.
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'It's all in good fun. Of course I am just kidding,' she tweeted. 'Those talented young men were good sports & very respectful! Enjoy your Sunday. Stay kind.'