Usher made a visitor look on the Black Eyed Peas’ Tremendous Bowl halftime present in 2011, and bandleader will.i.am says he was joyful to return the favor Sunday.
Will.i.am carried out “OMG” — which he wrote and produced — alongside Usher at each occasions.
“How can I clarify it? There’s no phrases to essentially clarify that,” he informed LeslyNewsMagazine after the efficiency. “Now 13 years later, it means one thing completely totally different. It’s stunning. It was fantastic. It’s implausible.”
As they carried out “OMG,” curler skaters danced and flipped onstage. “The rationale I say our part was essentially the most ‘What the F?’ is as a result of we’ve by no means seen curler skating at any kind of massive world stage like that. It felt just like the city Olympics. He introduced the city Olympics to the Tremendous Bowl.”
“There have been loads of OMG moments within the present. There have been so many OMG moments that 60 seconds of ‘OMG’ was all you wanted as a result of the present was ‘oh my gosh,’” he provides.
One other favourite second? “That one time when he chest bare onstage,” he stated, laughing. “That was loopy.”
Usher’s efficiency additionally featured Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Lil Jon, H.E.R. and Jermaine Dupri, and the Grammy-winning star ran by hits like “U Acquired It Dangerous,” “Love on this Membership,” “U Don’t Need to Name” and “Yeah!”
Usher did so effectively that can.i.am didn’t notice the singer was 45 years outdated: “Rattling, I didn’t know Usher was 45. I believed he was at the least 33.”
The dance-flavored “OMG” was launched in 2010, topped the all-genre Billboard Scorching 100 chart for 4 weeks and reached 8x-platinum standing, which is equal to promoting 8 million singles.
Will.i.am says when he composed the music he knew it “was going to be a smash.” He stated he created the music after the success of the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” which options the lyrics: “Exit and smash it, like, ‘Oh my God.’”
“‘OMG’ is due to ‘I Gotta Feeling,’” he defined. “‘I Gotta Feeling’ was the ingredient. It was the DNA.
“Working with Usher has been superior,” he added. “I wish to work extra with him sooner or later. I’m actually pleased with his [new] album Coming House. It’s wonderful. I’m pleased with his efficiency now.”