Alicia Keys made headlines after her performance during Usher’s halftime show at the Super Bowl on February 11. Opening with a portion of her 2003 song, ‘If I Ain’t Got You’, Keys’ voice cracked while singing the opening lyrics, “some people want it all”. Although she went on to sing on-key, fans quickly took to social media to take note of Keys’ shaky opening moments.
Now, in a version of the performance uploaded to the National Football League’s official YouTube page, Keys’ off-key moment appears to have been edited out. The alleged pitch-correction was discovered in a now-viral post shared to Twitter. “Last night Alicia Keys’s voice cracked (first video),” social media user Robert Komaniecki wrote in the tweet alongside a side-by-side comparison of the two clips. “Fascinatingly, the official NFL YouTube channel appears to be attempting to erase that little moment.”
The NFL has not responded to the claims of pitch-correction. Keys was one of multiple guests to appear during Usher’s halftime show, with H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris each taking to the stage to perform hits like ‘OMG’ and ‘Yeah!’. Usher’s halftime show also included a roller-skating rendition of ‘Bad Girl’, and a tribute to the late Aaron Spears, Usher’s longtime drummer who was honoured in the form of an empty drum kit on stage.
Ahead of the Super Bowl, Usher dropped a brand-new album, ‘Coming Home’. The record arrived on February 9 and featured the likes of Burna Boy, Latto, and Jungkook. The R&B star will also be heading out on a summer tour of the US. In other Super Bowl news, Taylor Swift attended the game to support her boyfriend Travis Kelce, tight-end of the eventual winning team Kansas City Chiefs, making headlines after downing a beer and reuniting with Paul McCartney
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