Chainsmokers to Play Halftime Show at Chiefs/Rams Game Tonight
The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini are set to perform their hit song ‘This Feeling’, during tonight’s Monday Night Football Halftime Show, as the 9-1 Kansas City Chiefs take on the 9-1 Los Angeles Rams in what is being called a potential “Super Bowl Preview”.
With their massive worldwide fan base, The Chainsmokers were rumored to be contenders to play the Halftime Show in the 2019 Super Bowl. Many are referring to tonight’s Monday Night Football Matchup as a “Super Bowl Preview” due to the caliber of the teams playing. The LA Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs are arguably the two hottest teams in the NFL this season, and both are led by Quarterbacks under 25 years old. Chiefs QB, Patrick Mahomes, has thrown for 3150 yards and 31 Touchdowns, while Rams QB Jared Goff has thrown for 3134 yards and 22 Touchdowns.
The Monday night showdown was originally supposed to take place in Mexico City at Azteca Stadium as part of the NFL’s International Series, however due to poor field conditions the game was recently moved to the Ram’s home stadium, The L.A. Memorial Coliseum. The game and halftime performance will provide some much needed entertainment for the recently tragedy plagued state of California. To show appreciation to those who have helped during the mass shooting and forest fires, the Rams have allocated thousands of tickets to First Responders.
We’ll have to wait for tonight to see who will win, however being LA residents, its safe to assume who Alex and Drew are rooting for. The game will broadcast live tonight on ESPN. Kickoff is at 5:15 PST/8:15 EST.
Tickets are more information are available here:
https://www.therams.com/tickets/chiefs-vs-rams-game-details
Dance duos playing NFL halftime shows used to be rare
Getting an EDM act on national football broadcast halftime is honestly still not that common — this stuff is usually reserved for classic rock acts or whatever pop star’s biggest right now. The Chainsmokers landing this slot says a lot about how far mainstream the duo had pushed dance-pop by 2018. ‘This Feeling’ with Kelsea Ballerini was already a genre-crossing hit, blending EDM production with a country-adjacent vocalist, which honestly made it a pretty natural pick for a crowd that’s mostly there for football, not a rave.
A rough year made the timing matter more
The nod to California’s “recently tragedy plagued state” wasn’t just filler — 2018 had been brutal for the state between wildfires and the Borderline Bar shooting, and moments like this halftime show carried a little extra weight because of it. Handing out tickets to first responders wasn’t a huge gesture in the grand scheme of things, but it’s the kind of small detail that shows the game organizers were at least trying to read the room during a genuinely hard stretch for a lot of people watching.
