On Sunday night, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars joined Coldplay for the Super Bowl 50 halftime show and, frankly, ruled the show.
Not that we'd expect anything less from Queen Bey, a seasoned halftime show veteran herself.
In fact, about 20 seconds into Beyoncé's performance of her new song "Formation," we momentarily forgot that Coldplay was tonight's headliner.
Naturally, Twitter has a lot of strong feelings regarding Martin's presence amongst Bruno and Bey:
"Oh you're Shawn's friend! I didn't know you were in a band!" - Beyoncé to Chris Martin— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 8, 2016
"IM IN THE CREW! PART OF THE TEAM!"
"Hahaha, ok Chris Martin."#HalftimeShow #SB50 pic.twitter.com/dkcb6L4fxL— The Levine Machine (@Eitanthegoalie) February 8, 2016
wish chris martin would have consciously uncoupled from that— steve rousseau (@steverousseau) February 8, 2016
Beyonce with her hand on Chris Martin’s shoulder like ‘it’s ok you can walk with us”— Jon Caramanica (@joncaramanica) February 8, 2016
When your really embarrassing friend insists on hanging out #SB50 pic.twitter.com/YAvU4EAHF2— Mashable GIF (@mashablegif) February 8, 2016
Chris Martin was the Left Shark of this year's halftime show pic.twitter.com/MWV9B0VkcK— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) February 8, 2016
Even Chris Martin is like, what am I doing here?— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 8, 2016
Beyonce smiling next to Chris Martin is every woman who's ever had to momentarily dim her shine to work alongside a mediocre man #SB50— Anna Drezen (@annadrezen) February 8, 2016
Coldplay performing their hit song "When Does Beyoncé Get Here?"— John Moe (@johnmoe) February 8, 2016
Like Bono would've tried to hit the quan or something but Chris Martin respected royalty and acquitted himself quietly and with dignity.— Sara Benincasa (@SaraJBenincasa) February 8, 2016
The Make-a-Wish Foundation outdid themselves with Chris Martin. He'll never forget that.— nicwegener (@nicwegener) February 8, 2016
"Please clap." - Chris Martin— Tricia Gilbride (@tricia_gilbride) February 8, 2016
Being on stage with Beyoncé and Bruno Mars makes Chris Martin look like he won a contest from Bud Light. #SB50— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) February 8, 2016
As someone who has been booked as a headliner only to have the audience enjoy other performers more, I deeply relate to Coldplay.— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) February 8, 2016
Bless Chris Martin trying to poke his lil head in there.— roxane gay (@rgay) February 8, 2016
Chris Martin kind of looks like the guy who sings with the band at his own wedding.— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) February 8, 2016
Thank god Chris Martin jumped back in we were all like MORE COLD PLAY #SB50— Moshe Kasher (@moshekasher) February 8, 2016
Are the non-Chris Martin members of Coldplay always the same or do they get subbed out like menudo?— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 8, 2016
When you're trying to have a party and then Chris Martin shows up pic.twitter.com/Pb28Ot4Jfy— Ray Rahman (@RayRahman) February 8, 2016
Chris Martin shows up to the Beyoncé-Bruno Mars duet like a math teacher to the club— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) February 8, 2016
A gang of screaming fans running right past Chris Martin says so much.— Dave Holmes (@DaveHolmes) February 8, 2016
you can’t spell macklemore without chris martin*
* maybe true?— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) February 8, 2016
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BONUS: Forget the Puppy Bowl. This is Hamster Bowl 2016.