Super Bowl Halftime Memes: The Weeknd Live Streams A Haunted House

The Weeknd faced particular challenges during the Halftime show for Super Bowl LV Sunday. Due to coronavirus precautions, he performed solo and fans could not surround him on the pitch, as happened in previous games. So he deployed his own tricks and special effects for a performance that made some fans delusional and others confused.

One of the singer’s biggest hits is Blinding Lights, and it actually performed among blazing, blinding lights, on a set that looked like a hall of carnival mirrors.

“The Weeknd looks like it’s live streaming a haunted house,” writer Kristin Chirico tweeted.

The singer has worn bandages and fake blood as part of an established character before, but for the game he didn’t go with any of those accessories. His performance featured a field full of dancers with their faces wrapped in bandages almost like mummies, and otherwise dressed like The Weeknd with black pants and red jackets.

Mom mania

The bandaged dancers drew mixed reviews. “Granted, the Super Bowl halftime show with The Weeknd was pretty colorful and bright,” one Twitter user wrote. “With dancing mummies and less of a stripper party dance show like last year.”

But another wrote, “Ugh. No! The mummy men were so stupid.”

Little dancers

Some people have compared the dancers from The Weeknd to other familiar faces, including characters from Star Wars and Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy.

I dig the helmets a bit @the weekendthe choir was sporty at the start of the #Super Bowl half-time show. Looked like a group of Ultrons

– James LaCombe (@JamesAtGalvNews) February 8, 2021

Striking angles

Others commented on the swirling angles and striking backdrops the musician slipped his way through during a break in the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Part of the performance showing The Weeknd almost looking lost in his own set sparked a lot of jokes.

“I’m trying to follow the hostess to my table at the Cheesecake Factory,” hissed a Twitter user.

And another made a game comparison, writing, “The Weeknd making an impression of the Chiefs, slightly lost and confused.”

It’s 7 years that I look for my mother in the supermarket every time I get lost

– Mrs. Nugget (@msnugget__) February 8, 2021

I wonder where I can go without virus !!!

– Susan (@sueyangel) February 8, 2021

Can you hear me now?

Sound seems to be a vital part of any million dollar musical performance, but many viewers have said they struggle to hear the singer.

NBC presenter Maria Shriver tweeted: “I also can’t hear The Weeknd and my volume is up.”

Another tweet read: “The Weeknd decided to give the best performance he’s ever given and the Super Bowl sound team was like ‘What if we make nobody can hear it?'”

The Weeknd decided to give the best performance he’s ever given, and the Super Bowl sound team was like, ‘What if we make it so nobody can hear it?

– SPORTbible (@sportbible) February 8, 2021

The NFL released the full performance on its YouTube channel right after it aired, so viewers can review and judge for themselves.