Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty ImagesKaty Perry has seemingly confirmed what many have been speculating for months: the 29-year-old pop star is set to perform at the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show.
Days after Billboard announced that the "Roar" singer will take the stage at the Super Bowl XLIX, which is expected to take place on February 1, 2015 at the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz., the raven-haired beauty took to Twitter to seemingly confirm the news.
"Ahh, Sunday...Nothing but sitting on the couch, watching my new favorite sport..." she tweeted yesterday afternoon, adding a football emoji to her telling post.
Perry, along with Coldplay and Rihanna, was previously established as a frontrunner to perform at the big game back in August. Less than one month later, Rihanna was presumably removed from the mix after she tweeted "f--k you" to CBS after her hit song "Run This Town" was pulled from the Thursday Night Football lineup in the wake of the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal.
Ahh, Sunday...Nothing but sitting on the couch, watching my new favorite sport... ??
? KATY PERRY (@katyperry) October 12, 2014In addition to revealing the frontrunners the Wall Street Journal also reported in August that artists, in an unprecedented move by the National Football League, have been asked to pay to play the iconic gig.
WSJ reported that, upon informing the musical acts of their candidacy, the NFL also asked the hitmakers' representatives if they would be willing "to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league, or if they would make some other type of financial contribution, in exchange for the halftime gig."
While the terms of Perry's deal are unknown—artists have never previously paid to perform at the annual championship game and likewise, musical acts have never received any monetary compensation from the league—the "Teenage Dream" singer did address the pay-to-play rumors during an appearance on ESPN's College Game Day just over one week ago.
"I'm not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl," the recording artist said.
In August, NFL spokeswoman Joanna Hunter told E! News that the only goal is "to put on the best possible show."
"Our contract arrangements with artists are confidential," Hunter said.
Last year's Super Bowl XLVIII game, which saw the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos, was the most-watched game ever, bringing in 111.5 million viewers.