Super Bowl halftime show 2017: 7 things you missed from Lady Gaga’s performance

Lady Gaga’s halftime performance at Super Bowl 51 was fantastic. It featured her jumping from the roof of the building — repeat: JUMPING OFF A ROOF — and then her playing a medley of her greatest hits. Did you remember that Lady Gaga had so many hits? Because man, she really has a lot of hits.

Here’s the best things that happened that you might have missed.

The lights in the sky that the cameras kept cutting to were drones. I didn’t realize it in the moment, but that’s exactly what was reported in the days leading up to the Super Bowl.

That’s what made the American flag, too.

Lady Gaga’s second song — after beginning with “God Bless America” — was “This Land Is Yours” by Woody Guthrie, which has been a popular song for people out protesting Donald Trump’s presidency.

Here’s an example of a protest at JFK Airport where they’re singing it.

Maybe it was a total coincidence, but I don’t buy it. Gaga was surely banned from making any overt political motions, but this was a subtle way to make a statement.

SHE REALLY DID THIS.

Here’s what it looked like from the stadium. She just kinda ... appears. From the sky.

Bad news: she wasn’t actually flying. I apologize if I just burst your bubble. It’s not that she couldn’t, of course, because she’s Lady Gaga. She just chose to use cables and descend by human means this time.

I argued this during the game, and I stand by it. Lady Gaga jumped from the roof of a stadium, did a flip on her way down, and later JUMPED OFF THE STAGE while catching a football.

She wins.