Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show was one big tease

Music correspondent

“I want to play their favorite song … but you know that they like to prosecute,” said Kindrik Lamar, a few minutes at his width at the end of his first half.
Everyone knew what he was referring to. Not like us, the brutal removal of his rival rap Drake, one of the breaks last year, was received by one billion currents on Spotify and five Grammy Awards, including the year of the year.
But there were questions about whether Lamar would play her – or even could play her – in Super Bowl, then Drake filed a defamation suit For the words that you described as sexual predators, which is what he denies.
Lamar bowed to the dilemma, and the song was repeatedly repetition during his collection, before the audience finally gave what they wanted.
When the song was finally played, Kendrick made the self -assembly of the most controversial songs, called Drake “adopted a homosexual.”
But he looked directly to the camera with a harmful smile, as Drake called; Selima left the reputable double song: “Try” to hit a chord and it may be that minor“
This lyric repeated the SuperDome Caesars in Louisiana, indicating that there is no legal procedure that can hope to reduce the popularity of the song.
In her game, Lamar was expected to reach more than 120 million television viewers who seized them to see the heads of Kansas City City taking over the Philadelphia Eagles.
The performance was further increased due to the appearance of tennis star Serena Williams, who walked CRIP Walk – a notorious dance step in Los Angeles – where Lamar was wandering in the theater.
Drake’s lawyers sued the Music Music Group Universal Label collection, accusing her of trying to “create a viral blow” from a song that made “wrong realistic allegations” around the star.

On Sunday, the first time that individual rapper occupies the title of Super Bowl, and Lamar brought a detailed stage, full of dancers, fireworks and distinguished guests.
But the words of the rapper have always explored the contradictions between the ego and the self -doubt, and the Super Bowl group put this struggle in the spotlight.
He performed on a giant panel and Crosses, where he was turning between the deep authoritarian cuts (it is usually displayed inside XS) and the hiring graphical hoop strikes (which occurred in the operating system).
Actor Samuel Jackson, who was wearing uncle Sam’s clothes, was an EMCEE – wandering in Lamar when he became indulged in himself, praising his dioxus with the R&b Sza singer.
“This is what I am talking about,” Jackson said, after the duo performed all the stars, a song of soundtrack to Marvel’s Black Panther.
“This is what America wants, nice and quiet.”

But whatever Lamar’s performance, the energy was electrified.
It included modest early points and DNA, both of which were taken from the album of the award -winning rapper Politzer, which rocked tectonic strikes around the stadium.
Group, It is available for watching on YouTubeIt also included scales, a man in the garden and another Drake Des, euphoria.
Unlike most Super Bowl artists, Lamar is not a big driver, but he had an attractive choice walking in a step with his dancers; The smart gradual gave the momentum – especially on the corner nerve paths such as Picabo.
Sza also gave an elevator group, with elastic singing and flexible flexible dance design that helped reduce the most modern Lamar instincts.


Likewise, we were not a doubt, but Lamar took a bosom on the western anthem TV, where he boasted. “Yes, someone should do that“.
The song producer, who held football, joined him as he was wearing the most large jeans in the world – before Lamar referred to a fake dimension control device in the camera and “the game”.
For the masses, it was a strong performance, full of Easter eggs – including an excerpt from the bodies of the songs that were not released.
The ordinary viewers may have agreed more with the call of Samuel Jackson for Lamar to keep it light; Especially since some of his written words have become incomprehensible by the cavernous echo of the stadium.
It was noted that Lamar had deleted that the anthem of his civil rights playing is fine, in a year in which the American Football Association chose to remove the phrase “end of racism” from the end of the football field.
The phrase has been in Super Bowl since 2020, amid Black Lives Matter’s protests – which became a good company in informal soundtrack.
Many expected Lamar to make a larger statement, especially with the attendance of the president Donald Trump, but the star’s performance remains controversial – unless your name is of course Drake.
Protest

However, Lamar’s offer was elegant and simplified – as many fans expected, after that The sound of the support path was leaked Thursday.
The only interruption came at the height of the 13 -minute group, when a protester rose to the top of the Black Boyx in Lamar and separated from the joint Palestinian and Sudanese flag, before security officers were treated.
The American Football Association later said in a statement that the protester was part of the 400 -member actors’ crew, who participated in the show.
What songs did Kendrick Lamar play?

The professional extended group ranked 11 songs in 13 minutes. This is what Kendrick played.
- Bodies
- Outbreak
- modest
- DNA
- trance
- Garden
- Peekuboo
- Luther (with sza)
- All stars (with sza)
- Not like us
- TV off
Taylor Swift is watching from the side lines

Before the show, it was rumored that Taylor Swift might turn from her VIP suite to join Lamar on the stage.
The couple rotated on a remix of her bad blood in 2015 – and fans expressed their contemplation to perform it for the first time in Super Bowl.
In the end, Swift chose to watch the show, along with the other attendees, including Paul McCartney, Stormzi, Lady Gaga, Jay Z, Ice Tourab, Duchi, Paul Road, Bradley Cooper, and Winnie Harlo.
Perhaps it was for the better: Some reports suggested that Swift had been formulated on the field, where he supported nearly 80 % of fans, Philadelphia Eagles, instead of her friend Travis Kelos team.
The sudden performance of Lady Gaga

Before the match started, Lady Gaga appeared on Bourbon Street, in the middle of the historic French district of New Orleans.
The star, who played her exhibition at the end of time Super Bowl in 2017, played an influential show for her song holding my hand, and honoring the victims of the terrorist attack on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people in the city.
Gaga was surrounded by two first respondents because she played the big black piano in the middle of the road.
“Here on Bourbon Street, the heart and spirit of New Orleans, this year began with a terrorist attack that tried to break his soul,” said former American soccer player Michael Strohan during the bankrupt part.
“But the flexibility of New Orleans corresponds to the determination of our country.”

The musical performances before the game also included the R&B Ledisi artist, who performed every voice and singing, often referred to as the Black National Anthem, which was joined by 125 members of the youth choir.
The musician Troy Andrews, popularly known as Trumbon Shurti, and the singer and Christian song writer Lauren Diegel, beautiful America-gave the path in Libyi New Orleans.
Before the game started directly, John Batist sang his compatriot in New Orleans, the American national anthem, adding some jazz of the large multicolored piano.
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2025-02-10 04:41:00