“Wow, I'm Old” and More of Twitter's Best Reactions to the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, and Anderson .Paak played the Super Bowl Halftime Show tonight and triggered an existential crisis in grandmillenials on social media. The hip-hop legends performed slices of their greatest hits, including Dre's “California Love,” Lamar's “m.a.a.d city,” and Blige's “Family Affair.” Quickly heralded one of the best halftime performances in recent memory, the show humbled a number of 20- and 30-somethings watching at home, who one by one had it hit them, as they cheered for their childhood inspirations: Oh. These people are old. I'm old.

Remember how our parents swooned over Prince and Paul McCartney as they stormed the Super Bowl stages? Friends, we're all closer to that AARP subscription than we believed mere hours ago. Twitter had many thoughts watching tonight's set:

In other words: If you sang along tonight? Never fret—you can purchase your retinol products right here.

Although numerous fans applauded the rousing production shared by icons of the ’90s and 2000s, few would deny that other beloved artists were sorely missed. Among them: Kendall Roy and SpongeBob SquarePants. Maybe next year...

Unfortunately, though perhaps unsurprisingly, the performance—headlined by multiple Black artists—prompted a number of racist responses. Twitter came through with some great clapbacks:

In sum: Legends never die, though apparently they do age. Said legends also headline the Super Bowl and grace the cover of ELLE magazine (hello Mary J. Blige!), so breathe easy. It's not all downhill from here, ’90s babies.

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