“America, give it up for Team USA, the very best of who we are.” -- Beyoncé
Click Here to Watch the Spectacular Introduction Set to Smash Hit “YA YA”
July 26, 2024
- Global superstar Beyoncé introduced Team USA during NBCUniversal’s primetime coverage of the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony earlier tonight. The spectacular 2:30-minute video aired on NBC and Peacock just before Team USA was introduced during the parade of athletes on the River Seine.
- Set to her smash hit “YA YA,” from her globally lauded album, COWBOY CARTER, Beyoncé begins the introduction on camera wearing a stunning patriotic ensemble featuring bespeckled white cowboy boots; a red, white, and blue USA body suit; a flowing a red, white, and blue cape; and blue cowboy hat.
- The video features dozens of Team USA athletes in action and posed, including Olympians Simone Biles, Caeleb Dressel, LeBron James, Katie Ledecky, Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sha’Carri Richardson, and many more.
- On camera and through narration, Beyoncé says, “That pride, and that joy, that’s what gets me about this team. And that’s what makes me believe in this team. And that’s why I can’t wait to see what they pull off over these next 16 days. America, give it up for Team USA, the very best of who we are.”
- She concludes the introduction with, “What a vision to behold. What a team to believe in. What a night to celebrate.”
- In an unprecedented Opening Ceremony, Paris 2024 organizers turned one of the world’s most famous waterways, the River Seine, into the world’s biggest theatrical stage with a flotilla of nearly 90 boats carrying thousands of athletes from around the world past hundreds of thousands of spectators.
- Primetime coverage for the west coast begins at 8 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT on NBC and Peacock.
- Replays of the primetime’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony will be available on Peacock following the conclusion of tonight’s west coast program.
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