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“The Nupes won the Superbowl”: Darryl D. Hill, left and Havier D.H. Roller, right , take the stage behind Usher and produce ‘achievement’ during the Superbowl LVIII Apple® Halftime Show.
invited to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show. They flew us out to Las Vegas for two weeks. Every day was challenging. Every day was pressure. Every day was something new. McMikle: That’s awesome. A small group of us knew that you were going to have the opportunity to get out there. So I’ll share that once the first half of the game ended, I was watching with eager anticipation as to what part of the per- formance you were going to make your appearance during the halftime show. So I can only imagine what
was going through your mind as you were sitting there waiting for your part to come. So explain to us what was going through your mind once the halftime show began as you were sitting there watching the show before you. Help us understand what was going through your mind at that time. Hill: For me, it was nerves for sure. We rehearsed it at the stadium before we did the real thing. But when you rehearse it, that’s one thing. It’s a bunch of empty seats. Even with the little bit of people that are there that are working the Super Bowl,
you know, it’s nothing like that moment. When Sunday came, we walked out into the field. We got one minute, one minute, literally. That countdown… my heart’s beating fast, like oh my God… I couldn’t see the field yet. I could just hear the countdown and then finally, I walked out there and when I looked around, it was a lot to take in. But the thing about it I think Hav used that word ‘pressure.’ We just had to tap in and just lock in and get the job done. It’s what we were made for. I had to channel that energy, those nerves, that anxiousness,
and utilize them as fuel to get the job done. Roller: I was fired up man. I just understood the pres- sure. I understood that it was bigger than us. I kind of had to set myself aside and just say, ‘They gonna get it! They don’t know what they’ll get but we have to give it to them.’ I was telling DJ, ‘Bro, it’s us against the world! Bro, we got to do it! We got to go out there and we got to represent! Bro, we got to give it the best that we got!’ We were going over small parts in the tunnels before we were led to the field and just repeating it in our heads.
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