Queen Bey is coming house for the vacations—and he or she’s buying and selling the Tremendous Bowl stage for an NFL Christmas Gameday spectacular.
Beyoncé will headline the halftime present through the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens recreation on Dec. 25, streaming stay on Netflix from NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston.
The occasion will mark Beyoncé’s first stay showcase of tracks from her Grammy-nominated country-infused album, Cowboy Carter. Launched earlier this 12 months, the file broke boundaries by topping each the Billboard 200 — marking her eighth consecutive number-one album — and Prime Nation Albums chart.
Netflix teased the efficiency with a cinematic preview: Beyoncé, draped in patriotic Western apparel, perches atop a glamorous classic automobile adorned with purple roses. An a cappella rendition of her monitor “AMERIICAN REQUIEM” performs as she effortlessly catches a soccer.
Cowboy Carter lately earned 11 Grammy nominations, marking her debut in a number of nation classes. These embody Finest Nation Solo Efficiency for “16 CARRIAGES,” Finest Nation Duo/Group Efficiency with Miley Cyrus for “II MOST WANTED,” Finest Nation Music for “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” and Finest Nation Album. She additionally obtained nods for Finest Americana Efficiency for “YA YA” and Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency for “LEVII’S JEANS” with Put up Malone.
Beyoncé’s return to an NFL halftime stage follows her memorable Tremendous Bowl performances in 2013, the place she reunited with Future’s Baby, and in 2016, when she joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars.
Because the Wall Road Journal reported, Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday marks a primary for the streaming platform, that are paying about $75 million a recreation in what’s the firm’s highest-profile live-sporting occasion.
The Christmas Day doubleheader kicks off with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs dealing with the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, adopted by the Texans vs. Ravens recreation at 4:30 p.m. ET. Each video games and Beyoncé’s halftime present will stream stay on Netflix, with regional broadcasts and cell entry by way of NFL+.
