--- ---  # Lady Gaga Actually Flew During Her Super Bowl Halftime Show by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 1:38 AM UTC  Lady Gaga performs during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Lady Gaga performs during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas.Kevin C. Cox—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 1:38 AM UTC The halftime show during Sunday night’s [Super Bowl](http://time.com/4660464/super-bowl-photography/) began innocently enough: Lady Gaga, who [headlined the event](http://time.com/4657423/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-politics/), stood atop a building and sang a mashup of various American patriotic hymns against a backdrop of twinkling red, white and blue star-like [drones](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/yes-those-were-drones-at-lady-gagas-super-bowl-51-halftime-show). But then she jumped off the platform and actually _flew_ down to the main stage, suspended by nothing more than two cords as she descended, appearing to attempt to twerk (or something like it) in midair. People were understandably very excited by this. > [](https://twitter.com/mashable/status/828412344241967109) > [](https://twitter.com/alyssa%5Fnovotny/status/828417078474457090) > [](https://twitter.com/kamrunnesa/status/828416567205564420) > [](https://twitter.com/MindOfStranz/status/828413467644293120) > [](https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/828418400200306689) > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/828416935712944128) Super Bowl Halftime Show: Lady Gaga Flew During ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4660665/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-flew/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4660665/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-flew/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga Actually Flew During Her Super Bowl Halftime Show","datePublished":"2017-02-06T01:38:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:08:51.948Z","description":"People were understandably very excited by this","url":"https://time.com/4660665/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-flew/","keywords":["Television","Super Bowl topic","Lady Gaga"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b6ddd913b4d05a/6988b8d7a988ca36af6badf7/gettyimages-633950318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b6ddd913b4d05a/6988b8d7a988ca36af6badf7/gettyimages-633950318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show","caption":"Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show","creditText":"Kevin C. Cox—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4660665/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-flew/","name":"Lady Gaga Actually Flew During Her Super Bowl Halftime Show"}}]}] ```