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Walking On Air: Katy Perry Promises Jaw-Dropping, Colorful Super Bowl Halftime Show

Super Bowl XLIX halftime show Director Hamish Hamilton said that Sunday's performance "will be modeled" on one of singer Katy Perry's concerts "while still being all-new," according to Mandell & Musulin of USA TODAY. Perry on Thursday promised a "'colorful' halftime show, as well as 'appropriate sexiness.'" Perry joked, "I can assure everyone in here, nothing in my performance will be deflated." In addition to Lenny Kravitz, Perry "confirmed another surprise guest," hinting at a "throwback" choice. Perry: "It will be a real female-fun night." She added, "Jaws will drop, faces will melt." Hamilton and halftime show Exec Producer Ricky Kirshner "have spent a year in development, starting even before an artist was chosen." The halftime team has "grown to about 500 people to help with all aspects -- from setting up the stage to getting the right camera angles" (USA TODAY, 1/30). In N.Y., Joe Coscarelli writes Perry "will bring some whimsy to the Super Bowl." It is Perry's "cutesy, feminine charm" that makes her a "welcome, if somewhat unorthodox, pick for midgame entertainment." Perry "doesn’t have the musical heft or toughness of her immediate predecessors on the Super Bowl stage -- she’s far fluffier than Madonna or Beyoncé, both steely and practiced -- and is known more for shooting fireworks from her chest than the safe, throwback authenticity flaunted by Bruno Mars" (N.Y. TIMES, 1/30).

GRIDIRON GIRL: In N.Y., Melissa Hoppert notes Perry's "dream run in the sports world" started in October, when she "was the celebrity guest picker on ESPN’s 'College GameDay.'" ESPN Senior Coordinating Producer for "College GameDay" Lee Fitting said, "When the show ended, everyone’s mouths were wide open. We were all thinking, ‘Wow, now that’s a professional entertainer.’ You can’t teach that. She just has it.” Perry's manager, Bradford Cobb, said that marketing her to the sports world "was not a conscious strategy, although her management team was already in discussions with the NFL about the Super Bowl." Hoppert writes the “College GameDay” experience "seemed to have prepared her for the media bonanza of Super Bowl week" (N.Y. TIMES, 1/30).

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