It was a white Christmas on Wednesday as Beyoncé returned to Houston in classic Texas style.
Dressed in all-white, the 32-time Grammy Award winner entered NRG Stadium on a white horse, performing “16 Carriages” and her Beatles song “Blackbiird” to kick off Christmas Cowboy Carter NFL halftime show of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens game.
Taking to the field with a group of white-clad dancers and a band, she continued her songs “Ya Ya” and “Riverdance” before being joined by Chabuzi. She went on to produce Sweet Honey Buckin' and Levi's Jeans, where Post Malone joined her.
Beyoncé then sang her version of Dolly Parton's “Jolene” while sitting on top of the back seat of a moving convertible, before taking the stage and singing the lead single from her debut country album, “Texas Hold 'Em.”
“I am honored to be in Texas now,” she said. “It's only right that we play 'Texas Hold'Em' for the first time in Houston, Texas on Christmas.”
The performer was then joined by her 12-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, who joined in to square dance with her mother.
Although Jay-Z did not join the family, Bey's halftime performance comes after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell previously addressed the league's partnership with Roc Nation amid the rape allegation against her husband.
“We are aware of the civil allegations and Jay-Z's strong response to them,” he said in a press conference this month. “We obviously know that litigation is happening now. But from our perspective, our relationship with them will not change, including our preparations for the next Super Bowl.”
The 24x Grammy winner was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 in a recent re-filing of a civil lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
