Twitter does not want Luke Bryan to ‘Play It Again’ during the NFL Draft
Apr 25, 2020, 1:41 PM | Updated: 1:42 pm
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 22: Country artist Luke Bryan performs at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 22, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Country singer Luke Bryan was trending on Twitter on Saturday.
Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with him. But it wasn’t anything particularly good, either. The singer performed during the NFL Draft and lots of viewers were less than thrilled about it.
Bryan played “Play It Again” as part of his Pay It Forward campaign with Verizon to try to raise money for small businesses as part of COVID-19 awareness.
The #PayItForwardLIVE initiative is a noble cause, and ESPN had a couple performers on during its airing of the draft Saturday.
But a lot of folks on Twitter weren’t thrilled with Bryan’s appearance.
Me: “Nothing can stop me from watching this draft. Nothing!”
ESPN: Here’s Luke Bryan performing his new song
Me: pic.twitter.com/D78KWmQT2c
— Jonathon Kamuf (@JonathonKamuf) April 25, 2020
"Luke Bryan is about to play a song for us"
NFL fans: pic.twitter.com/zxyJg94eLm
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) April 25, 2020
Imagine getting drafted while Luke Bryan sings a country song over zoom
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) April 25, 2020
Jaylinn Hawkins showing this clip to his grandkids someday as the biggest moment of his life with Luke Bryan randomly popping on to play a song makes me laugh. #NFLDraft2020 pic.twitter.com/32nDzBGLT4
— William MayfieId (@Coach_Mayfield) April 25, 2020
I’d trade a draft pick to get Luke Bryan to not play a song.
— Matt Conner (@MattConnerAA) April 25, 2020
ESPN is about 10 picks behind discussing players but at least we all got that Luke Bryan song.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) April 25, 2020
Some people on social media stood up for Bryan, though, and another one pointed out that this distraction is probably pretty small in the scheme of the big draft weekend.
Me when I saw that Luke Bryan was trending only to find out it’s a bunch of football fanatics whining bc their 7 hour long draft was interrupted by a 3 minute performance. pic.twitter.com/evbJ1M9czy
— s. (@AlwaysTeamLuke) April 25, 2020
