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If there’s one factor Kendrick Lamar needs followers to remove from his Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present, it’s “storytelling.” On Thursday (Feb. 6), the 22-time Grammy winner sat down with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden and Nadeska Alexis to speak about what to anticipate from his long-anticipated efficiency, together with the company.
“I believe I’ve all the time been very open about storytelling via all of my catalog and my historical past of music, and I’ve all the time had a ardour about bringing that on no matter stage I’m on, whether or not it’s a world tour or whether or not it’s 500 folks at Key Membership,” Lamar mentioned of what viewers can anticipate halfway via the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles’ face-off.
The Compton emcee additionally teased that he’s bringing a variety of “LA power” to the Caesars Superdome on Sunday (Feb. 9). “That’s one thing that I need to carry over to New Orleans and for the world to see,” he mentioned. “I need that power to, , ooze out into the televisions and to the folks that’s within the constructing.”
As for the particular company, the one confirmed act that followers know of is SZA, whom Lamar admitted he hasn’t even “had an opportunity” to talk with in regards to the halftime present. “All the things has been transferring quick,” he detailed earlier than noting, “She all the time had it, and I am simply honored to be subsequent to her expertise.”
If Lamar’s set follows the blueprint of previous Tremendous Bowl performances, followers can doubtless count on him to run via classics like “HUMBLE.” and “Alright.” There’s additionally a powerful probability he’ll slip in not less than a small snippet of “Not Like Us” — considering all of the Drake jabs, after all.
Later in his sit-down with Apple Music, Lamar opened up in regards to the artistic course of behind GNX for the primary time. “I considered, ‘D**n, what I used to love as a child?’ Laborious raps, good beats that is smackin’, proper? It was an ideal transition from [Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers] as a result of that was my most intimate [project],” the “Poetic Justice” artist mentioned.
Notably, the 12-song LP arrived with no warning in November 2024. It housed “luther,” “wacced out murals,” and “television off,” in addition to visitor appearances from Roddy Ricch, SZA, Lefty Gunplay, and AzChike, to call a couple of.