Adele Turning Down the Super Bowl Halftime Show Proves She’s the Perfect Pop Star
Aug 15, 2016, 10:53 PM
Adele's recent announcement, onstage at one of her concerts, that she had been offered the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show but turned it down, is the ultimate pop-star power move. By saying that the show, the most visible stage in all of culture, was "not about music," she differentiates herself from Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry—recent halftime headliners who used flash and spectacle to make their tunes sparkle for TV's biggest audience.