{"id":549860,"date":"2026-07-20T02:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549860\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:24:11","slug":"justin-bieber-gives-haunting-performance-at-fifa-world-cup-final-amid-rumored-madonna-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549860\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber Gives \u2018Haunting\u2019 Performance at FIFA World Cup Final Amid Rumored Madonna Feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first-ever halftime show for the FIFA World Cup Final<\/a> on Sunday, July 19 was a star-studded affair that drew mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

Madonna<\/a> kicked off the show<\/a>, entering New York New Jersey stadium singing her 2000 hit “Music,” flanked by Brazilian soccer legends Ronaldo<\/a> and Ronaldinho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Muppets continued the show with the White Stripes anthem “Seven Nation Army,” which led straight into BTS<\/a> and their hit, “Dynamite.”<\/p>\n

Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis<\/a> and Brendan Hunt<\/a>, in character, then introduced the next performer. “We need some heart. You know, someone that has soul. Someone who can bring the love,” said Sudeikis, before summoning Justin Bieber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“All right young man, let’s go. It’s your big shot,” Sudeikis counseled the pop star. “Don’t be nervous. Nobody’s watching.”<\/p>\n

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David Ramos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bieber then played an acoustic guitar while singing his song, “Everything Hallelujah.”<\/p>\n

“BTS delivering a banger performance then Justin Bieber comes out and genuinely puts me to sleep,” complained one fan on X<\/a>, while another noted<\/a> that the “Justin Bieber interlude was beyond bizarre: quite a haunting song for\u2026a World Cup final, and then he just sort of walked off on his own, half the length of the pitch, as though they’d completely forgotten about him.”<\/p>\n

But Beliebers were thrilled, commenting with heart emojis and praise. “I actually love that Justin Bieber takes every live performanceo opportunity he gets these days to just be a musician,” one fan wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But despite his low-key performance, there was drama behind the scenes<\/a> between the “Baby” singer, 32, and the Material Girl, 67, according to a Daily Mail<\/a> report on July 19.<\/p>\n

“Neither wants to walk away feeling like they played second fiddle,” a source told the outlet, adding that the show’s organizer, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin<\/a>, has been left to sort out the “tension behind the scenes.”<\/p>\n

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Lars Baron\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

One fan’s solution? “Could’ve just had Shakira<\/a> and that’s it. She was the most entertaining part of the show as usual,” a commenter wrote on X of the “Hips Don’t Lie” star, who was joined by Burna Boy<\/a> to finish out the show with a high-energy performance of their World Cup anthem<\/a> “Dai, Dai.”<\/p>\n

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