Justin Bieber turned down the offer to perform with Usher at the Super Bowl 2024, and Usher has said that he “understands” why. Usher played a 13-minute medley of tracks for this year’s Halftime Show in Las Vegas, Nevada last Sunday, and prior to the event, it was rumoured that Bieber would be among the “important guests” that Usher had teased in the lead-up to his Super Bowl gig.
Usher was pivotal in launching Bieber’s music career after signing the then-teenage singer to his record label in 2008. They also collaborated on the latter’s 2010 hit ‘Somebody To Love’. However, the ‘Sorry’ star did not appear at the Halftime Show, with it later being reported that he turned it down because he “wasn’t feeling it”. Following the Super Bowl, Bieber took to social media to praise Usher’s set.
In a clip from an upcoming episode of The Breakfast Club, Usher was asked why the live collaboration with Bieber didn’t work out. “I honour and recognise that, my brother… I think that it might’ve been the fact that he’s just wanting to tell a different story right now. And I understand that,” he responded. “We’re gonna do something else in the future. No love lost or anything like that. I think that it’s a lot of pressure for the Super Bowl, obviously.”
Usher went on to say that he’d “reached out to everybody” about a potential guest spot in the Halftime Show. “Justin wasn’t the only person that I actually spoke to about doing the Super Bowl, but the moment was maybe for later,” he explained. “He’s gonna play the Super Bowl – I’ll go ahead and give you that – in the future. He has a career that deserves it. It just didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to.”
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