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Usher won’t be alone in the course of the 2024 Super Bowl halftime present as he belts out a few of his largest songs.
“I would be a fool to not play ‘Yeah!’ let’s just start there,” Usher, 45, quipped to Entertainment Tonight in an interview printed on Thursday, February 8. “It would be foolish to make it all the way to Las Vegas, Jon is here, Luda’s here and not play ‘Yeah!’”
One of Usher’s early hits was 2004’s “Yeah!,” which was a collaboration with rappers Lil Jon and Ludacris. The trio then joined forces once more on 2020’s “SexBeat.”
“It was a collective of all of our process, like I can remember Luda … working with Poon Daddy and Lil Jon was working at [record label] So So Def and that was the all-star city’s DJs,” Usher recalled of assembly the pair throughout a 2020 interview on SiriusXM. “We always tried to support each other in Atlanta. I think at some point [it was a producer,] who thought it was a really great idea to bring Lil Jon and myself [together], and then Luda was the icing on the cake.”
If there’s one query going into Super Bowl 2024 — in addition to “how many times will the NFL show Taylor Swift in the stands?” — it’s “who is Usher going to bring out during his halftime show?” Ever since Usher, 45, was named the headliner for the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show, followers have […]
Lil Jon, 53, introduced “Yeah!” to Usher and Ludacris, 46, earlier than they recorded and launched it and it turned an enormous hit.
It was introduced in September 2023 that Usher would headline the halftime present at Super Bowl LVIII earlier than followers began speculating what songs could be included within the musician’s 15-minute set and if any shock company would make an look. Ludacris even pitched himself for a cameo.
“If he makes that call, cool. I’m not gonna say no to that,” Ludacris instructed ET in November 2023. “That’s a great opportunity and that’s my friend. We’ve been friends for a long time. If he makes that call then, of course, I will. That would be crazy.”
Before Usher takes the Allegiant Stadium stage on Sunday, February 11, he’s made certain that the present will likely be one to recollect.
“It’s just reinvigorated my brand, my energy, my excitement about music,” Usher gushed to ET on Wednesday. “I love the energy, I love the people more than anything. I remind myself to smile. Most of the time you get so caught up in being serious and making certain that everything is perfect and has a certain intensity. Every day I come in, I try to give positive energy. No matter how tired I am, no matter how much the day before me will drain me right, I’m smiling. Because I’m here.”
He continued, “We work to be here and everybody that is here deserves to be. Sometimes we need to be reminded that we deserve to have what we have. And we’re so caught up in trying to hold on to it, we don’t enjoy it. So I really want to enjoy this moment, smile and enjoy.”
Usher has additionally made certain that he’s at his “healthiest” for the large day, telling ET that he’s minimize out gluten, sugar and alcohol from his food plan. He additionally hasn’t “had a cigar or anything” throughout his preparations.
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