THE WEEKND's Super Bowl Performance was INCREDIBLE!! | REACTION!!! 

Every weeknd fan had the biggest smile watching this

That transition from House of balloons to Blinding lights was lit asf

When i heard house of balloons transition I LITERALLY SCREAMED

Was NOT expecting house of balloons last night

I truly don’t know why people are hating, it’s is admirable how he pass from homeless to the Super Bowl. He sings soooo goooddd. He deserve this

1st thing I thought when I saw the performance was: “I wonder when Jon is gonna drop the reaction...”

you noticed some of the "After Hours" beat in the beginning of "Can't Feel My Face"?

The ending to Earned It was other fucking worldly

It's so ridiculous people saying he lip synced when he's straight up doing improv on his songs, it's unique and doesn't sound like studio versions at all. Like just pay attention hahaha

I feel like abel only threw in house of balloons/ glass table girls for the actual xo's :)

This comment section is the only one that's cheering me up. Today I've seen alot of hate comments on Abel's performance. They just don't understand his narrative.

People are only bashing this performance because it was far more detailed and focused than their used to... people don’t like to be challenged seeing something this unique, they’d rather have something simple, plastic shoved in their face. Abel is one of those artists who puts his all into his work, and there were certain elements of the after hours story even put into this performance.

The house of balloons. I just. It stirred many emotions in me. Made me so happy for him and for al of us OG’s. That gave me such mad goosebumps. So proud of him and what he was able to accomplish!!!

the crazy thing about this performance is that "Earned It" isn't even the end. the way he hits that last note feels like an epic ending, but no THERE'S MORE

It’s heartbreaking that people really thought it was bad

I'm amazed there's still people bashing this performance hard. I thought he absolutely killed it.

A lot of people are giving him a lot of hate about the performance. I think the performance was incredible and the people who really understand the performance are the ones who have been following his journey and story. It has been an extremely rough year and not to mention we haven’t had an concerts in the last year. I don’t understand why the need to complain about it just enjoy it.

The crowd was at a third capacity while the rest of the seats were filled by cardboard cutouts

The only “critique” I’d say is that maybe he could’ve benefited from featuring one guest appearance. However, when you look at After Hours, it had no features and this entire After Hours era has basically just been him alone doing a one man show. And so, I have to admire and respect that even at the super bowl, he did things HIS own way. 20 years from now he’ll look back and be happy he did it his own way. XOTWOD🐐

That house of balloons part was unreal

Abel's meme face on the green screen got me cracking up lmao

Ok, quick things to consider after this badass show: 1. It's never easy to put on a 14 min medley when you have so many hits and good songs and you wanna merge them perfectly together 2. The opening with the choir was insane 3. Considering that the arena was basically empty (maybe 7k people in there) the idea to put the stage on the standings was nice and made the show more tv-oriented 4. Please notice how, during blinding Lights, even the camera crew is dressed in red and black so you don't notice them too much 5. Maybe people was too used to flashy and exaggerated halftime shows that now underestimate this performance (personally I think Abel kinda wanted to take the same approach Prince had in his halftime show, giving all the space needed to his character and the music) 6. Never seen Abel so happy on a stage, don't take this for granted

Don’t know why everyone is hating this was a fantastic performance. Is your hating it’s simply because your a hater.

Man I can’t BELIEVE the portion of people hating on this in the comments of the original video. This was AMAZING

Abel also put in $7mil of his own money into the production of this halftime show and for that (and many more reasons) we stan

Homeless to Forbes list, to the Superbowl. HOB was a shoutout for og XO!

He actually sang house of balloons!!! It was amazing 💯

I enjoyed the performance but did it seem like the music was louder than his vocals throughout it?

I think I understand why the "hating" and the critics about this performance and it's mainly because all the past superbowl performances were a lot of dancing, big effects and lot of PERFORMERS combining both of these things with them and people get used to it, and I'm not tryin' to be offensive at all, just objective but The Weeknd barely dances and when he does, he is very Michael Jackson's moves so here is where it comes the hating (confusion) thing and critics, the same happened with Maroon 5, but for those people who don't understand that, he is NOT a performer like Shakira, Beyonce, JLo, Gaga or Michael Jackson, he is an INTERPRETER, and an interpreter sings live! so he doesn't need to dance or be this big expectations where a lot of people got confused, mainly because they don't know how to relate this things with him and a lot of those people saying that were kinda out of the place. He is a visual/theme singer and artist, and with After Hours, he proved that so they need to stop relating two different sides of a performance. This performance was legit and amazing btw.

Grammys: haha guys we did a lil opsiee

You know you're smashing it as an artist when you deliver the most incredible performance and people are genuinely sad they didn't hear more of your voice

I stayed up until 4 AM last night to catch this live. It was absolutely worth it. (I live in Ukraine) That House of Balloons into Blinding Lights transition completely blew me away. *XOTWOD*

It was such a classic performance. That’s why people hate on it. There wasn’t no fancy outfit switches , no insane crazy props, no guests. Just Abel and his amazing voice. His vocals and style with such emotion considering where he came from to where he is now is what made it powerful.

People are talking about this like it was horrible. It wasn't. I thought he did great.

God damn something about him walking out on the field with House of Balloons playing gives me chills EVERY TIME

The Hills is starting: Abel throws away them shades Jon: Hold on, I can't actually listen to this song without the shades.

Prince, The Weeknd, Michael and Beyoncé.

The Weeknd Is The G.O.A.T

"i think there's a spider in my glasses" had me worried

When Covid ends,Abel needs to perform again and show the world he is creative and mind blowing.This one was banger and it has lots of likes on youtube but some boomers think it is boring..

Abel pulled this one off effortlessly despite of the circumstances, what more without the pandemic?! XO

this performance gets better every time I watch it. I keep finding new messages and symbolism, and I get emotional thinking about how far he has come to take on such a huge stage. The presence and energy he gives off is amazing.

Incredible performance, don’t understand some people saying it was bad! What are they hearing?!

This performance was absolutely insane, the visuals as well as vocals were so good. Great reaction Jon!

Even the grammys got trending for tweeting about him and his performance.

25,000 people were allowed in and about 7,500 were healthcare workers who were given free Super Bowl tickets

this performance combined with what you said about hob, the music, the hard year, him meant to be there, i could not resist the tears. thank you Jon, and thank you Abel. xotwod

i cant believe how just about EVERYBODY it feels like completely shit on this performance. it was absolutely amazing and better than many other half time shows

You can hear the entire stadium singing along at the end...

Me: I need to take a shower Jon: uploads Me: I guess I can smell a little bit longer

Imagine witnessing that shit live

The Grammys lookin real dumb now...

Fun fact is 7th february in toronto city will be known as the weeknd day

i literally stood up and started clapping at the end he was made for this

He put his soul into his voice and he did incredible in his performance, love him so much and soo proud of him! Xotwod 💕💕🎶

Perfection.. No need to say more Fuck haters If it ain't xo then its gotta go

I thought it was amazing I cant understand people hating on it.This year's show only had 25k people due to Covid.Weeknd did what he could do best and it was incredible.Top 5 for sure

So different to the usual half time show. No special guests, just The Weeknd showcasing his unique artistry.

Haters...smh oh well they can’t appreciate how well he did and the story behind...also remember this is still during Covid where the crowd has lesser of a influence yet he managed to hype them... and still he puts in a bit of HOB...sheesh I’m just proud and happy for him

The show was incredible especially the final

As a lifetime Bucs fan, couldn't have been happier with last nights game and this performance was just a cherry on top. Alot of people say there were problems with the audio mixing but im unsure as to whether or not we were all watching the same broadcast lol. Loud and clear on my end. Amazing performance and I cant wait to see his streaming numbers blow up in the coming days.

No one is talking about his band? They deserved major props! They were sooo good 😌

Only The Weeknd can perform one of his first SoundCloud songs at the Super Bowl 😤🔥

Was waiting for this!!! Keep it up JD

Abel DID say that this SuperBowl performance would have a Hidden Message for XO fans if they're paying attention and I think that the hidden meaning behind this Super Bowl performance by The Weeknd; is trying to simply explain Hollywood itself, all of the theories that everyone has that they're being controlled in a way where at certain times they aren't in control of themselves, but then afterwards taking the one doing normal things that they do in their normal life. Most of those people got Fame/Fortune for a reason and yes while most of it had to do with hard work, it wasn't luck, it's more like a curse they all have to abide by a certain rule and they all have to hide behind a mask not being insane for their real self but for the image that they've projected for themselves that's why you can see an angel falling from heaven, the angel falling from heaven can explain normal people losing their faith and turning towards the darkness when they choose a life that is so called heaven for normal citizens. and the army of masked up red suit Marchers in the performance, that is probably a little nod to the fact that all of them (Celebrities in/of Hollywood) are working towards/for something, and they are being hidden while doing so.

The transition from House of Balloons to Blinding Lights gave me so much chills..

i wouldn't imagine what's gonna be his performance if we do not have a safety protocols or just a normal world

Amazing production, amazing performance. Congratulations to whole XO team. but maaan.. Hearing House of Balloons got me so emotional I can't explain. What a journey!! Watched the whole thing like 100x but I got goosebumps everytime I hear that.

If nobody else can see MJ vibes from this performance especially the army style choreography on the pitch.

The transition between House of Balloons and Blinding Lights is amazing.

React to The late late show with The Weeknd. Is hilarious.

XO - our boy made history last night 🖤

I think all the real fans got emotional throughout this performance

The amount of shit I've seen on twitter about people saying it was shit is unbelievable. The performance was absolutely stunning and took some of his songs to levels i didn't even know they could go to. Couple tears rolled down my face as I'm so proud of this man. XO

I think just because there was no crowd and people actually had to watch him, of course since there’s no other performances right now, people held this to such a high standard. I personally loved it. My favorite from the past few years

2022 Can’t come quick enough to see this man.

His parents must be soooooooooo...... proud omggggg I wish I would be related to him 😭😭

The hob to blinding lights transition got me screamin

Loved the overall production and I may be alone in this because I feel like few are looking at it constructively. The performance and production was madly let down by the audio levels and quality which was drowning out what would have been a perfect execution and performance by The Weeknd #XOTWOD

Greatest performance ever !!!

I personally loved the halftime show. The man has amazing vocals. House of Balloons transitioning to Blinding Lights was EPIC. That fact that he played a song from his first mixtape & then right after to his greatest record breaking hit just showed that he did this performance for his fans and his XO fam only. He really cares about his fans & I will always respect him for that.

Even this show deserves Grammys 😁

He will be remembered as a legend. Like Lana. They both manage to produce classics! ♥️

legitemately worst snub of grammy history. worse than dark twisted fantasy

House of balloons pulled the whole performance together so well

Who else is going to the AFTER HOURS TOUR NEXT YEAR 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

Tbb i genuinely dont understand people hating on the show. Like ik im biased coz im a weeknd fan but surely I can't be that far off in thinking this was at the very least a really good show.

It’s the OG/ REAL Abel fans that understand this performance and what it means to him, his team and all of us out here than have been following him. He was homeless on the streets of Toronto free styling, doing drugs in his tiny apartment making music as a faceless, nameless artist making music that pierced the souls of the people listening and understanding what he’s really saying. From the beginning of the performance with all of the robot faces representing all of his fans and his presence that only exsisted on the internet to a choir of people singing along with him and cheering him on. To when he’s signing “I can’t feel my face” stumbling around the lit up hallway of mirrors and lights when he really blew up and became more “mainstream” where everyone was saying he got swallowed up by the fame to 7:42 when when he’s LITERALLY on top of the world singing “I feel it coming”. To the FUCKING HOB moment on the field (I know we all lost it at that moment) with what looked like hundreds of faceless Weeknd copies marching and singing along with him directly into “Blinding Lights”. Where he started to where he is now. Incredible. I’m sure there’s more that I missed or interpreted differently than others. Would love to hear others thoughts!

Oh my I just noticed he re-created the After Hours album cover after the conclusion of Blinding Lights

Omg I literally cried omg omg

Loved his performance! If more people didn't know about the weeknd they sure as hell do now lol

Jon Denton: There's a spider in my glasses Weeknd: There's a couple spiders parked in my garage 😂

when he was performing I had TEARS in my eyes literal TEARS

This is the best performance I've ever seen

abel killed it imo! i was sooo glad when he pulled up hob for the og XO fans! he's grown so so much!

People complaining about his performance not being enough. HAVE YOU HEARD THIS MANS VOCALS?!? That’s talent enough! Anything else he does is bonus

The biggest artist of our age. Simple as that.

Just bought my Amsterdam After Hours Tour ticket for freaking October 2022, still stocked tho. Can't wait, what a performance!

XO did that brother !! Thank you for always fan girling over The Weeknd with us😂🙏🏽 XO

My jaw dropped when he was singing HOB, it was the most iconic moment of the performance. From Homeless to the super bowl, he never fails to impress me. XO