The Paris Olympics closing ceremony was stuffed with surprises on Sunday and featured performances by Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R and Phoenix.
Phoenix, initially from France however now primarily based within the U.S., kicked off the present with their 2009 hit “Lisztomania,” as athletes danced and sang alongside to the indie traditional. Their set featured shock appearances from French synthwave artist Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle for a rendition of “Nightcall,” identified from the Drive soundtrack (the unique model featured CSS singer Lovefoxxx as an alternative of Angèle).
Rapper VannDa joined in for “Funky Squaredance” and fellow French indie icons AIR carried out their tune “Playground Love” with Phoenix. One other shock was Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, who carried out “Tonight,” his collaborative monitor with the band. The set ended on a candy notice with frontman Thomas Mars leaping off the stage to mingle with the Olympians within the crowd.
After the handover for the 2028 Summer season Olympics in Los Angeles, H.E.R. took the stage to carry out the nationwide anthem. Tom Cruise made a dramatic entrance, diving from the Stade de France onto the stage and shaking palms with athletes as H.E.R. performed a bluesy guitar riff. Simone Biles, who received gold throughout her triumphant return to the video games, then handed Cruise the U.S. Olympic flag, which he positioned on a motorbike earlier than driving away.
A pre-taped clip, soundtracked by the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers, confirmed Cruise driving his bike via Paris, boarding a airplane to L.A., and skydiving to the Hollywood Signal. As beforehand reported by The Hollywood Reporter, The section was shot by Fulwell 73, the manufacturing firm co-run by James Corden and identified for Hulu’s The Kardashians.
To commemorate the handover to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics, among the metropolis’s most famous artists carried out dwell from Will Rogers Seaside. The Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers performed their 2002 monitor “Can’t Cease,” and Billie Eilish carried out “Birds of a Feather” from her current album Hit Me Exhausting and Mushy. Snoop Dogg, who has been serving to NBC with primetime protection all through the Video games, marked his homecoming by performing two of his largest hits, “Drop It Like It’s Sizzling” and “Gin & Juice,” with a visitor look by Dr. Dre.
The ceremony concluded with French singer Yseult performing “My Means,” popularized by Frank Sinatra however initially carried out by Claude François and translated to English by Paul Anka.
