--- title: Super Bowl 50: Celebrities React to Lady Gaga's National Anthem description: Call her 'Slaaaaydy Gaga.' canonical: https://time.com/4211560/lady-gaga-national-anthem-super-bowl-2/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-08T02:56:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:51:20.999Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrities React to Lady Gaga Singing the National Anthem og:description: Call her 'Slaaaaydy Gaga' og:url: https://time.com/4211560/lady-gaga-national-anthem-super-bowl-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8210897f6f7f92f2/69887c858e0601ea644647d6/gettyimages-508982466.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lady Gaga Sings The National Anthem At Super Bowl 50 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities React to Lady Gaga Singing the National Anthem twitter:description: Call her 'Slaaaaydy Gaga' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8210897f6f7f92f2/69887c858e0601ea644647d6/gettyimages-508982466.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrities React to Lady Gaga Singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl 50 by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Feb 8, 2016 2:56 AM UTC  Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.Matt Cowan—Getty Images by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Feb 8, 2016 2:56 AM UTC You knew Lady Gaga was going to bring it after calling the chance to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl 50 “one of the highest honors of my career” — and bring it she did. The Grammy-winning singer, American Horror Story: Hotel star, and Oscar nominee performed a stripped-down but stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday, and many of her fellow entertainers took to social media to praise her. 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