Andra Day singing at the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024.Photo:CBS
CBS
Andra Daytook the crowd even higher with her pregame performance.
The Grammy winner, 39, sang the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead ofSuper BowlLVII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Andra Day performing at the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024.Jamie Squire/Getty
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Daylooked stunning in a sleek, beige suitfeaturing an oversized blazer, matching trousers and suede, heeled booties. She wore her red braids pulled back half-up-half-down.
Andra Day performs at the 2024 Super Bowl in las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024.Ethan Miller/Getty
Ethan Miller/Getty
Prior to the performance, Day joined other Super Bowl performersPost Malone,Reba McEntireand halftime show headlinerUsherfor a conversation withApple Music’s Nadeska Alexis.
The host referenced the song as “the Black National Anthem” and asked the “Rise Up” singer how it felt to prepare “such an important piece of our culture with the world."
“More than anything, it’s an honor. It’s exciting,”Day replied. “And it feels intentional. I like to do things with intention and with purpose.”
She added that she had recently spoken to her mother about the upcoming performance and that the pair agreed that the “song is a hymn.”
“It’s a hymn of triumph, and that’s what I want people to encounter when I sing this song. I want them to know that we have victory and we have peace already… It feels like there’s an honor,” Day continued.
Andra Day at the Recording Academy Honors in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
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Day alsotold the Associated Pressthat performing this song is “inspiring” her. “I’m looking forward to the day that the Black national anthem, or anthems that represent other people, or a universal anthem that represents everyone,” said Day. “Where everyone feels represented and loved is not such a conversation but it is the future’s norm.”
Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day attend the Super Bowl LVIII Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show press conference at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Feb. 8, 2024 in Las Vegas.Kevin Mazur/Getty
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Usher will be the headliner of the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers face off in Super Bowl LVIII, airing on CBS on Feb. 11.
source: people.com
