I loved it. Rihanna's songs are amazing; though I agree that at times the sound quality of the half time show's audio left something to be desired; sometimes that's an unfortunate reflection of the televised sound carry-through versus how it sounded in person at the event, But still, I could hear most of her lyrics; but then, I know her songs. Some of her songs are pop music; some are more hip-hop. I think people in our generation would like current pop music, in general, more than hip-hop.
Whether or not she was lip-syncing (as has been claimed to have occurred with a number of prior super bowl halftime performances), Rihanna is a wonderful singer and performer; which is why she's been a star for two decades - starting when she was a teenager - and is the second best selling female artist of all times.
The choreography done by the large number of dancers was intricate, very exertional, very skillfully done; and amazingly synchronized. I'm amazed that anyone who would watch the dancing objectively would not agree with this.
I have always followed whatever is current pop, and I love most of it; it is melodic, musical, catchy, and rhythmic. (A good source is Pop Culture Radio, available on Amazon Echo, etc; ask Alexa to play 'current pop'). Our age group needs to be more open to it, and is missing out on decades of a lot of good music. (As distinguished from hip-hop, rap, and current R&B, most of which I don't like; a problem with our generation is that many people, because they listen mostly to oldies, and stopped listening to current pop music long ago, lump all of these genres into the term 'pop' music, and think that all pop music sounds like rap/hip-hop).
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Last edited by Freeda; 02-15-2023 at 09:43 AM.
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