I missed it, what happened?
https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-2025-halftime-show-review-1dc2bce615ebfba0c8af0ea7c3ce4b9d
Dancers dressed in red, white and blue joined Lamar. But even in their patriotic colors, they were labeled “too loud, too reckless, too ghetto,” by Jackson’s Uncle Sam, who reminded Lamar to “play the game.” Then, he launched into “Humble.,” “DNA.,” “Euphoria” and “man at the garden.”
“Score keeper, deduct one life,” Jackson interrupted again.
It wasn’t anything blatant but it definitely goes against the messaging of the current administration
It wasn’t anything blatant but it definitely goes against the messaging of the current administration
He said things like “the revolution will be televised, too bad you chose the wrong guy”
My bar for blatant is so low at this point.
Only way he could hit it was taking a picture of trump out, defecating on it, light it on fire then scream “this shit stinks!”
Thank you for the in depth response I appreciate it!
I tried searching it online without having to sit through the actual full show and all I could find was a really vague statement “the revolution is about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy” and I was left feeling like all of the news was grasping at straws.
God I’m getting old and out of touch. That might have been the weirdest halftime show I’ve seen
Kendrick’s performances usually have a lot of layers to them that aren’t immediately visible to everyone and people eventually discover and break them down, but I can see how things might look weird if you’re out of the loop on anything.
One example is Serena crip walking, given her prior relations with Drake.
Another is the Gil Scott-Heron quote and the split US flag.
I’m assuming he had to dial back as well to get approved given the lyrical censorship, I’m surprised the Uncle Sam bit got approved. Also hilarious how the dude waving the Palestinian flag wasn’t on TV.
Basically it was a follow-up to the biggest diss track drop of our generation. There were a insane amount of drops during the performance to people who have been following the Kendrick x Drake beef as well as Kendricks follow though as a performer. Lots of political commentary and visual representations of the current climate as well as references to his previous works.
Basically if you have been following the modern music industry for the past year or so then it was insane.
If haven’t followed it then it was probably at least relatively entertaining as a side show if not then a bit confusing.
What was weird about it?
Damn I was drunk but I though is was a damn good performance. I might go watch some kid on YouTube break it down for me tomorrow as I’m 43 going on 44.
