Lady Gaga belted out a rousing, well-received — but slightly long — version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday ahead of Super Bowl 50.
The Manhattan native, in a shiny red suit and red glitter eye shadow, “singlehandedly won the whole game,” tweeted Ayesha Curry, a Panthers fan and wife of Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry.
By repeating the final words, “the brave . . . the brave!” Gaga clocked in at 2 minutes, 21 seconds — longer than the last 10 Super Bowl anthems’ average (1 minute, 57 seconds) and bookmakers’ over/under (2 minutes, 20 seconds).