The NFL premiered the video in September, but on Sunday it was the first time that many viewers saw Alicia Keys’ touching performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, often referred to as the black national anthem, since it aired again before Sunday’s Super Bowl LV. “Singing this song leaves me totally at peace!”, The singer wrote on YouTube about the touching point in her initial release. “You mean a lot to me! We are strong, resilient and powerful.”
Key’s performance joins a night full of music, starting with Super Bowl release sets like “America the Beautiful” by HER and Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan in “The Star-Spangled Banner”, not to mention the next performance of The Weeknd break and Miley Cyrus’ TikTok tailgate concert.