Yahoo Lifestyle Was There a Secret Message in the Brooches Jon Batiste Wore to Sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl?
More than 123 million people watched the Super Bowl last year. Were they all focused on jewelry? Perhaps not. But there is a Super Bowl jewelry story beyond that coveted ring. Some cheer with their choices—note Taylor Swift’s custom charm with Travis Kelce’s jersey number. Some take advantage of the advertising opportunities—remember Bruno Mars's pinky ring to announce his Vegas club of the same name? Some choose epic jewels to match epic performances—Usher’s enormous brooch comes to mind.
Tonight, as he sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl LIX inside Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana-born Grammy and Academy Award winner Jon Batiste wore two Tiffany Bird on a Rock brooches.
The design, an icon of a house founded in New York City in 1837, has become one of the most recognizable pieces in modern jewelry history. It was designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany in 1965. The first, created for Schlumberger's great friend and patron Bunny Mellon was a canary and white diamond bird with an emerald eye atop a cabochon lapis rock. The design has more recently been seen on everyone from Odell Beckham to Jeremy Allen White to Lady Gaga. The Birds Batiste wore were created with a white diamond and a citrine. In some ways, it is a completely natural choice. The singer and songwriter has worn Tiffany & Co before, most recently at the 2024 Golden Globes. And Tiffany & Co has custom designed the Vince Lombardi trophy, awarded to the winning team, every year since 1966.
But we couldn’t help but wonder: Was there a secret message in his Super Bowl brooch selection? The Kansas City Chiefs are playing the Philadelphia Eagles. Does Batiste's choice of jewelry have anything to do with which team he is betting on to win? To misquote the Eagle's anthem here: Fly, Bird on a Rock, Fly!
Or maybe it was just the citrine and the diamond.
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