In the past, many viewers instituted the Super Bowl, not only for the athleticism and excitement of football, but also to enjoy the spectacle of advertisements being broadcast during one of the most popular sporting events in the United States.
Those who follow the Super Bowl can also add memes to the night’s entertainment.
On Sunday night, amid a series of commercials and a break-up performance by singer The Weeknd, many memes flooded social media.
Whether it was Twitter frustrating the nostalgia of 3D Doritos or getting motion sickness from The Weeknd’s performance, there are plenty of laughs online.
Here is our summary of the best memes of Super Bowl LV.
Oatly’s CEO and that bizarre ad
Advertisements are regularly fed for memes and there is no better time to remember them than during the Super Bowl.
Those who stood out on social media sang Oatly CEO Toni Petersson in a field about the company’s oat milk product. The bizarre song Petersson wrote, according to Adweek himself, contains lyrics: ‘It’s like milk. As made for people. Wow. “
Immediately, the ad on social media started to trend with people saying they never want to buy Oatly again, because of the place where it is creepy.
“The CEO of oatly is now my sworn enemy,” tweeted author Marissa Kabas.
“The ad was so bad I would never buy Oatly milk,” tweeted Joseph P. Huber, community strategist at Social Sprout, a social media software industry.
Comedian Caleb Hearon tweeted that he was not sure how the ad originated, but he was regardless.
“Either they forced the CEO of oatly to do it, or he wanted to and will not make me happy either,” Hearon said tweeted.
Drake’s swollen State Farm ad
Another ad that fascinated the internet was a State Farm ad featuring rapper Drake as a hit on the face of insurance company, “Jake From State Farm.”
Although the light-hearted ad, which also features comedies from actor Paul Rudd and Aaron Rodgers’ quarterback Green Bay Packers, was generally well received, many used the ad as an opportunity to praise Drake, who looks striking. and to praise. on the spot.
“Hahahaha I swear the first words out of my mouth ‘DRAKESWOL IS HE NOT !!?!?’ ‘ tweeted user Hana Williams.
“Drake really slowed down his album to make a State Farm ad,” user @Three_Cone tweeted.
‘Nothing has been the same since @Drake Of @StateFarm drop, ”tweeted Republic Records, Drake’s record label, along with a photo of Drake from commercial photo shopping on an album cover.
Others said the ad was now one of Drake’s biggest hits.
“Drake of State Farm” is already platinum, “tweeted CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez.
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle hailed the ad as the best of the evening.
‘@Drake of @StateFarm really won for me this evening, ”Ruhle tweeted.
The Weeknd’s half-time performance
The most striking moments of the night probably come from The Weeknd’s rest time performance.
The Weeknd, real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, performed a medley of his hits, including ‘Blinding Lights’, ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ and ‘The Hills’, in front of a crowd of robotic choir singers.
At one point during the performance, The Weeknd entered a golden corridor and appeared to be filming himself crossing the corridor confused. Social media quickly took a 3-second clip of The Weeknd running through the golden hall, while the camera trembled while the singer thought disorientation.
“I’m trying to follow the hostess to my table at the Cheesecake Factory,” wrote Conor Ryan, a Boston Sports Journal writer. Just after 9pm Sunday, Ryan’s tweet had 49,000 preferences and it increased rapidly.
Emily C. Singer, a reporter for the American Independent, tweeted that the 3-second clip reminds her of a very familiar feeling.
“If you lose your phone in your home and it’s in silent mode,” Singer wrote.
Others joked that the rugby dancers from The Weeknd, who were wearing medical casings on their faces, looked like an image of Spongebob Squarepants, in which the character was wearing underwear on his head.
While the short track has turned into countless memes and made some jokes about the appearance of the backup dancers, others refer to the 2019 movie “Uncut Gems,” which features a cameo from The Weeknd.
“Oh, the man of uncut jewelry,” tweeted New York Times reporter Astead Herndon as the performance began.
New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff tweeted a photo from the film in which The Weeknd kicked Sandler’s character out of a club, adding: “can not believe they will not allow Sandler into this.”
Some grabbed photos of the performance and chose moments that displayed the camera’s confused blur and compared it to what happens when children get hold of a smartphone.
“Kids run the second time they pick up your phone,” Jasmine Watkins tweeted. Others shared images their children accidentally took of Watkins in response to Watkins, proving what the two images looked like.