The NFL has tapped Katy Perry for the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime show.
Bob Costas confirmed Perry's performance during NBC's "Sunday Night Football" game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 23. She will play at the University of Arizona Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, on Feb. 1 on NBC.
"My band is in the other room screaming at the TV (and each other) over this Cowboys-Giants game. Can't wait for February 1st..." Perry tweeted.
She already has a number of ideas. Perry debuted a few of them in a new video produced by Pepsi, the official sponsor of the halftime show.
"The Dark Horse" singer was reportedly working out a deal to perform on the big stage as of last month, according to Page Six.
The NFL also had its sights set on Coldplay or Rihanna for the show. The league may ask Perry and future performers to pay for their performance, unlike in previous years where the acts simply played for nothing more than a potential career bump.
"While notifying the artists' camps of their candidacy, league representatives also asked at least some of the acts 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," The Wall Street Journal wrote in August.
The best-selling recording artist's decision to play the Super Bowl in spite of the NFL's payment proposal comes after Perry scoffed at the idea on ESPN's "College Gameday" in October.
"I'm not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl," Perry said during the Oct. 4 broadcast.
Bruno Mars' performance last year attracted a record-setting 115.3 million viewers, beating out Madonna's 114 million viewers in 2012. The 2014 Super Bowl attracted 111.5 million viewers for the whole game.
