Usher surprised the entire Super Bowl when he brought out Alicia Keys as the first special guest of his highly anticipated halftime show performance.
When a massive red cloth was pulled back, it unveiled the part of the stage where Keys--wearing a bejeweled red enable-was waiting for her solo with a red piano.
However, it was not the singer's outfit or stunning piano that caught people's attention, it was her voice crack at the very start of her singing her hit song "If I Ain't Got You."
"Alicia needed to find the key!" One joked.
"Oof."
"It's hurting me that she straining so hard and still off-key. Like 'WHY DO WE REHEARSE'," another added.
"This woman has a voice, but always off key..."
"That first note."
Alicia Keys Recovers From Voice Crack
On the other hand, while there were many who clowned the singer's voice crack, many still lauded her and praised the rest of her performance.
"Aside from that one note, she ate," one said.
"Well it's okay to do mistake sometimes but the slay thing is how she overcome it later on. [sic]"
"She was in the right Key her voice was just cracking."
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Usher, Alicia Keys' Super Bowl Duet Raises Eyebrows
Keys' voice crack was not the only one that the Super Bowl viewers clocked in during their performance.
Many pointed out that during their duet of their collab song "My Boo," Usher and the "Empire State of Mind" singer were getting a little too close for comfort.
According to reports, the "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" singer enveloped Keys in a back-hug, which raised some eyebrows.
Many thought it was a little disrespectful to their respective partners, "Swizz Beatz watching Usher dance with Alicia Keys,' one pointed out, referring to Key's husband.
"I know Alicia got butterflies when Usher hug her from behind," another remarked.
The singer is married to producer slash DJ Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Daoud Dean.
They have been together for years; they announced their engagement in May 2010, followed by their wedding in July of the same year.
However, it seems like the thing netizens are speculating between Keys and Usher are unfounded because the singer has always gushed about being married and about her husband.
"That time together with you and your partner is so priceless. And to carve out that time and to make that important, as important as those daily things, I think it really pours back into the relationship... You remember why you are in love, you remember why you just like each other, what's interesting about each other."
