Lady Gaga wowed fans with her Super Bowl LI half-time show at NRG Stadium in Houston.
With New England quarterback Tom Brady cutting a frustrated figure as Atlanta Falcons led 21-3 after the second quarter, the veteran singer and performer raised the roof by jumping off it to start the half-time show.
She began with a few lines from God Bless America and Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land from the roof of the stadium to a backdrop of drones displaying the American flag.
Gaga, who had messaged her fans before the half-time show to announce that she would have no guests during the 13-minute performance, dropped jaws as she then leapt into a thumping rendition of Poker Face to kick off a lively half-time show.
Her eclectic performance had gained more than four times as many mentions on Twitter than Tom Brady by the end of the extended half-time slot.
Born this Way and Telephone followed as the pyrotechnics pulsated around the pop legend and her on-stage dancers, staying true to her word to give fans anything but a mid-game dip in excitement in Texas.
The lack of a support act or cameo granted Gaga the opportunity to squeeze in three more of her own songs as the show climaxed with a trio of Just Dance, Million Reasons and a heart-pumping Bad Romance to wrap up.