Michael Bublé admitted that opening for the FIFA World Cup nearly got the better of him and his wardrobe choice helped him hide how nervous he felt. During a recent appearance on the “Jonas Brothers’” podcast, he reflected on the pressure he felt while kicking off the world’s biggest sporting event. “I opened up the...
Michael Bublé admitted that opening for the FIFA World Cup nearly got the better of him and his wardrobe choice helped him hide how nervous he felt.
During a recent appearance on the “Jonas Brothers’” podcast, he reflected on the pressure he felt while kicking off the world’s biggest sporting event.
“I opened up the World Cup,” Bublé said before describing the moment as “so scary.”
The Grammy winner explained that he was unsure whether artists rely on live performances or prerecorded tracks at such a major televised ceremony.
“I don’t know how many people go to playback, and I don’t know how many sing live, but I’m going to guess that not many sing live,” he explained. “If I could go back, I might have done playback because, although it turned out well.”
He was confident before the performance, but panic soon set in. “You’re like, ‘I’m going to kill this. I’m going to crush this,'” he recalled. “And then, at some point, when I finished, I was like, ‘I am happy I wore black pants so no one could see how much that means.'”
After the performance ended, relief washed over the artist. “When it was done, I was like, ‘Oh my God, thank you,'” he added.
The “Feeling Good” singer opened the World Cup ahead of Canada’s match against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Toronto Stadium.
Fans were surprised to hear him sing a live rendition of Sam Cooke‘s classic, “Bring It On Home to Me.”
Most people associate him with the holiday season because Bublé dominated everyone’s Christmas playlists for years, so his performance caught people off guard.
Before he took center stage at FIFA, he spoke to iHeartRadio and said: “I am gonna crush it.”
“I am obviously a super proud Canadian, but I am also an Argentinian. You know my kids are Argentinian passport holders and I am friends with guys like Dibu, the goaltender,” he continued.
Bublé also joked that “FIFA brings that magic of the World Cup and brings us all together until Ryan Reynolds buys it, which will happen at some point.”
