Current:Home > MarketsBeyoncé introduces Team USA during NBC coverage of Paris Olympics opening ceremony: Watch -Infinite Profit Zone
Beyoncé introduces Team USA during NBC coverage of Paris Olympics opening ceremony: Watch
View
Date:2025-04-26 12:34:29
"YA YA." Beyoncé is teaming up with Team USA for the Paris Olympics.
The music megastar introduced American athletes set to compete at the 2024 Olympic summer games during NBC's primetime coverage of the opening ceremony, which took place on the southern bank of the Seine River.
“That pride, and that joy, that’s what gets me about this team. And that’s what makes me believe in this team. And that’s why I can’t wait to see what they pull off over these next 16 days. America, give it up for Team USA, the very best of who we are," the "Texas Hold 'Em" crooner said in her narration.
In a dazzling leotard emblazoned with Team USA, Beyoncé performed a patriotic rendition of her "Cowboy Carter" hit "YA YA" featuring Simone Biles alongside the women and men's Olympic gymnastics teams. She called out Simone Biles, swimming star Caeleb Dressel, and track and field world champions Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles.
“America, give it up for Team USA, the very best of who we are," Beyoncé said, as the video featured other sports stars including flag bearers Coco Gauff and LeBron James as well as Katie Ledecky, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Simone Manuel, Gabby Thomas, Ryan Murphy, Grant Holloway, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Kate Douglass, and Shaine Casas.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
In the video, she called Team USA "a vision to behold" and "a team to believe in," adding that America is "a big, bold, complicated nation."
NBC should have benched Kelly Clarkson,Peyton Manning as opening ceremony co-hosts
Beyoncé introduces Team USA amid recent album success, allowing Kamala Harris to use her song in campaign
The Destiny's Child alum is having a patriotism-peppered year. In March, Beyoncé released her eighth studio album "Cowboy Carter." The album is a twang-tinged departure from her previous records inspired by her family's Texas roots and a fractured personal history with the country music industry dating back to the 2016 CMA Awards.
This week, she also granted permission for Vice President Kamala Harris to use her 2016 song "Freedom" in her Democratic presidential campaign for president. The song was used during a visit to her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday and is the soundtrack to a popular promotional video released by the Harris campaign Thursday.
Contributing: Caché McClay
veryGood! (752)
Related
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Brittany Cartwright Admits She Got This Cosmetic Procedure Before Divorcing Jax Taylor
- MLS playoff clinching scenarios: LAFC, Colorado Rapids, Real Salt Lake can secure berths
- Drake London’s shooting celebration violated longstanding NFL rules against violent gestures
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- Martha Stewart Claims Ina Garten Was Unfriendly Amid Prison Sentence
- Tupperware, company known for its plastic containers, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- What NFL games are today: Schedule, time, how to watch Thursday action
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Autopsy finds a California couple killed at a nudist ranch died from blows to their heads
Ranking
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Jon Gruden wants to return to coaching. Could he find spot in college football?
- Drake London’s shooting celebration violated longstanding NFL rules against violent gestures
- These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Horoscopes Today, September 18, 2024
- 8-year-old who drove to an Ohio Target in mom's SUV caught on dashcam video: Watch
- Almost 2,000 pounds of wiener products recalled for mislabeling and undeclared allergens
Recommendation
Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
Nearly 138,000 beds are being recalled after reports of them breaking or collapsing during use
Elle King Reveals She and Dan Tooker Are Back Together One Year After Breakup
Texans' C.J. Stroud explains postgame exchange with Bears' Caleb Williams
Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
High School Musical’s Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens' Relationship Ups and Downs Unpacked in Upcoming Book
Asteroid to orbit Earth as 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months: When you can see it
USWNT loses to North Korea in semifinals of U-20 Women's World Cup