Monday morning pop quiz: What do you picture when you hear the words Beyonce, black power and the Super Bowl halftime show? That’s right! Bill Gates.
The Microsoft co-founder and world’s richest man had his name shouted in front of more than 100 million people Sunday night as Beyonce debuted her new song “Formation,” with lyrics containing a nod to Gates and his immense wealth.
Standing at midfield at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Beyonce raised her fist in front of her team of black-leather clad dancers and sang, “You just might be a black Bill Gates in the making!” The pop star joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars as part of the halftime show, and her Gates shoutout comes at the 1:50 mark of this NFL.com video.
The video for “Formation” was released on Saturday and features, along with that Gates lyric, imagery tied to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. A young boy in a hoodie is seen dancing in front of a line of police officers and Beyonce, when not dancing herself, is shown hanging out of a car driving in circles.
In keeping with finding the tech angles in Beyonce and her Super Bowl appearance, the singer shared a photo on Facebook on Monday in which she apparently gives thanks to Airbnb for her weekend accommodations. We’re just going to let you imagine Beyonce showing up at your door to get a tour of your apartment before you hand her your keys.
It was a Super weekend Airbnb
Posted by Beyoncé on Monday, February 8, 2016
