After months of careful planning, Usher has finally delivered his first Super Bowl half-time show, dancing his way through a medley of songs that were popular in the mid-2000s.

From the moment he was announced as the Super Bowl half-time headliner, the vibe around Usher has been mixed at best. Rightly or wrongly, much of the pre-game curiosity has been fixated on Taylor Swift, who turned up and promptly turned it on.

Meanwhile, some exciting news from Beyoncé at half-time meant that Usher’s performance was relegated to a footnote in a night full of “break the internet” moments.

So perhaps it was inevitable that this half-time performance felt much like watching an Usher residency show at the MGM Grand; slick, faultless, but underwhelming.

Before the show, a disclaimer jokingly warned viewers the performance would feature “singing, dancing, sweating, gyrating, and possible relationship issues”. What it didn’t mention was Usher on roller skates, arguably the high point of an otherwise forgettable 13 minutes.

Dressed in an all-white Dolce & Gabbana get-up and surrounded by his upbeat dancers, Usher emerged on the stage at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and launched straight into one of his best-known songs, Caught Up. Things picked up when Alicia Keys and her futuristic piano joined Usher on stage, Keys belting out a few bars of If I Ain’t Got You, before the pair linked up for My Boo.

For viewers who grew up in the So Fresh era, this was a fun trip down memory lane, but it failed to deliver the kind of moments the Super Bowl half-time show has become famous for. It’s rather telling that even in the lead-up, much of the buzz focused on whether Justin Bieber may join him on stage.

Sadly, there was no Bieber, and instead, we had to be content with Usher on roller skates whizzing through his back catalogue: Burn, U Got It Bad, OMG (with Will.i.am) and Yeah!, featuring Lil Jon who also delivered a rendition of his popular Turn Down for What.