Billboard praises Justin Bieber’s Fifa World Cup Halftime performance:
Justin Bieber took the opposite route from nearly everyone else on the bill. Armed with an acoustic guitar, he delivered a stripped-back version of "Everything Hallelujah" that leaned into intimacy rather than the usual spectacle. It was a sharp tonal pivot in the middle of a halftime show otherwise built on maximalism, but that contrast gave Bieber's moment its own kind of power. With no giant theatrics to lean on, he let the song do the work - and in a setlist full of visual overload, the restraint stood out”