Beyoncé is coming to Netflix. The singer will perform live during the halftime show during the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens Christmas Day game, which is going to be streamed on Netflix as part of its recently minted three-year deal with the NFL.
"Your early Christmas wish has been granted as Beyoncé will perform during Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on Netflix this December 25," Netflix shared in an announcement.
The streamer will broadcast live two games on Christmas. First, the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Pittsburgh Steelers, which will be live at 1 p.m. ET. Then comes another great game of the Baltimore Ravens against the Houston Texans, live at 4:30 p.m. ET: there's Beyoncé in the halftime show.
The production will also feature songs from the country album "Cowboy Carter," which she has never performed live so far. The album broke 11 Grammy nominations this year, making it the most nominated album of all time. To ignite the hype, Beyoncé also revealed something about the concert by unveiling the first song of the album, titled "Ameriican Requiem," through a video teaser online.
The details on her scheduled performance are kept under wraps, but the production house Netflix said she's "expected to feature some special guests who are featured on the Cowboy Carter album," which could range from Dolly Parton to the country sensation Shaboozey.
This technically marks the third halftime show Beyoncé has performed, after taking the stage at two Super Bowl games. Her latest performance will give Netflix a chance to redeem itself after the glitches that took place this weekend during its livestream of the boxing match between YouTuber Jake Paul and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
According to Netflix, 60 million households streamed the live fight and it came pretty quickly in the match that was a test of its livestreaming infrastructure. Above 1 million reports from across 50 different countries flooded Downdetector which provides a window into telecommunication outages and the event also saw the trending of the hashtag #NetflixCrash on X. It was a mess for Netflix last year when its livestream of the Season 4 Reunion of "Love Is Blind" crashed and went on hours late. While that is a problem, credit where due, to date, it has notched up successes in live streaming major award ceremonies and sports matches. First live events since the Paul-Tyson match will be the NFL Christmas Day games next month.