NEWS: Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance is projected by Fox to be the most-watched halftime performance in Super Bowl history. Expected to top 130 million viewers for the performance when the final number comes out.
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I missed Mr. Lamar's performance because, well, the Super Bowl... which is an exercise in rich White power and control. But I have seen videos of Prince's half time show from I don't know when and, really...
I got in the house after work at 8:21pm, immediately turned on the tv hoping I didn't miss Kdot. Turned off the tv when the announcer said "Thanks for watching the Apple music halftime show"
Game over.
I'd be curious to know how the numbers compare to the first and second halves of the game. I'd love it if folks tuned in for Kendrick and tuned out immediately afterward.
It enrages me they will
profit off of his genius while leaning every ounce of their might into making America inaccessible to him & artists like him. Fury.
My Nana loved the halftime show. She really enjoyed seeing “that fellow from Reading Rainbow” perform. She also thought the costumes were very appropriate for a football game. “Sneakers and loose trousers are so much more sensible than a bunch of nincompoops prancing about in high heels.”
I’m not a rap music fan & hadn’t really heard of him. BUT, I loved the show! I found myself appreciating the culture of black Americans. The music, the dance, the words. It was something to behold & realize how great their contributions to this country are. Sad so many others can’t see it.
That my Friends is Influence, I hope we all understood the messages, there were a few! I encourage everyone to back and listen again, His performance was a calling for us to RISE. The symbolism was on point!
I admit I'd heard his name but nothing about him. So it was a great introduction and experience. This is the same reason I watch the Grammys, to see the musicians whose music I listen to.
Sorry, I WISH it were true- but the crowd was much more mixed than a lot of the videos show. This vid just isn't convincing. Snopes says Trump got both cheers and boos.
LOVE the heckler/patriot tho ☺️👍🏻👏🏻
It was horrible! Couldn’t make out what he was saying. Caught every 5th or 5th word he said. Do better NFL!! National Anthem was awesome!! Great job Jon!
Not my genre, but whatever. I find the same is true with other genres sometimes too. If you're not a fan and aren't familiar with the piece sometimes words/lyrics are hard to follow
I recommend searching up the lyrics, he says some very deep stuff, stuff that makes you think. You might like the message more once you’re able to understand it.
If you didn't like it because rap and hip hop isn't your cup of tea, is all good.
But if you're whining calling it a DEI show and that 90% of people don't even know Kendrick.
Get ya hearing checked then. If his words were inaudible or incomprehensible it would not have been possible for the entire audience to chime in. Your hot take is invalid.
I didn't watch the game or the show but after hearing all the comments watched in on youtube this even and I am an 80s and 90s metalhead and not a rap fan but wow that show was way beyond almost any other that I have seen in my 61 years. What a message. I loved it.
Wait until you sit with it another 24 hours. It keeps getting better and better the more you think about it. And it has been on my mind nonstop today! It was just total perfection.
Well, I can certainly appreciate the statement and enjoy the music, don’t care for his voice, though, I really think it was a boring halftime show in regard to the entertainment itself.
Not all of us. It wasn’t about Trump they only showed him once.The end racism sign gone not surprised about that one.Between the commercials, Kendrick all the entertainment and Jalen Hurts winning the superbowl that’s what it was about! Go Eagles
ADDENDUM: Trump and his motley crew of miscreants and ne'er do wells continue to insist it was boring and the worst HTS ever, just in case anyone was worried they stopped being insecure micropeened cucklings.
Apple Music is a good place to watch it because you can actually hear the audience for the people who claimed no one like it or it was the worst half time show 😂
But, but. but! People online said it was awful, made no sense, the worst!!!! How could it draw so many people to watch it when "most of America" didn't think it was respectable? Head scratcher for sure!! 😕
Tbf... It was a little rough if that's not your vibe. I didn't really enjoy it. But, I like some of meaning behind the performance. F*ck Trump. F*ck Nazis. We need to come together and stop the hate.
I had to go watch on YouTube to see what the deal is. I had been told "It was a disaster". I am not a fan of Hip hop but just as a performance piece; it was brilliant. Samuel L. Jackson is always 10/10!
Hip Hop, as a general thing, is not my cup of tea. But there are a ton of Hip Hop songs out there that do hit all the right buttons, ring the bells, and make me grin.
Anything that makes me think is good. Anything that makes me grin is good. And that performance was awesome.
i recommend Kendrick as an artist to get into if “hip hop isn’t your thing” he uses a lot of jazz influences in a lot a lot a lot of his work. many of his songs have meaning/stories/layers to them.
Listen while reading lyrics, but there’s still a lot of symbolism you might not get. Some of the posters on the Kendrick subreddit have great posts breaking down lyrics and videos.
Art goes over their heads. So much symbolism that was just masterful. And they are of course also racists as well as pedos. Hearing “not like us” with a whole stadium screaming “a minor” can’t feel too good for those guys 😂😂
Trump said his j6 choir is more popular than Taylor Swift. Trump was at the Superbowl. He should have butchered the nation anthem and thrown some Hitler Salutes... get some
And apparently a record number of people stopped watching the Super Bowl after that halftime show was over.
I was almost one of them. The halftime show was my last hope at something interesting, and once it was over all that was left was a really bad football game.
Like I said, those talking about a citizen uprising or resistance movement need only watch how many Americans are willing to sacrifice one game, let alone the concessions and discomfort required for an effective resistance.
It's entirely in our hands and we're still fckd. The blame lies with us.
A halftime performance is unlikely to wake anyone up. The Democrats should be coordinating an ongoing media blitz as if every year was an election year.
I did watch that (most of it anyhow) - did not watch very much at all of the game itself. Was surprised at the partial comeback. Only about a 2:1 spread in the score.
The game peaked at 137+ million viewers in the 2nd quarter; it dropped to 133+ during halftime.
133 is not 140.
The halftime show literally dropped viewers, plus people tuned out for the second half because the first half sucked, which brought the average down.
Keep things in context.
It's also the only Super Bowl halftime show to be performed by a Pulitzer recipient.
In fact, Kendrick Lamar has one more Pulitzer than Donald Trump.
You know that chaps the man-child's ass.
Sadly a good amount of those views are coming from narrow minded people who heard about how “racist the halftime show was”. 🙄 I hate bitter white people.
You should see all the nasty comments on FB. I got into some fights with the trumplikkkans there yesterday.
They’ve also doubled down on all their support for what musk is doing to the government. They are relishing the coup.
My cousin literally called it "the gayest halftime show ever." Naturally, I haven't spoken to him directly in quite some time.
Honestly, I never listened to much rap, but that was without a doubt one of the best and SMARTEST halftime shows ever. The symbolism behind everything was perfect!
I had a vague understanding of the Kendrick × Drake beef, but I never put much thought into it. After doing some research... HOLY SHIT! Drake and those associated with him will NEVER socially recover from this, and "Not Like Us" is a legitimate ANTHEM. Kendrick earned a new fan after that show.
same, the only ads i watched were the Snoop one and only as an embed in an article about it. Watched the halftime show on Apple TV+ as a standalone stream
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Like some kind of oligarch controlled propaganda machine?
But Kendrick's half time show was over 25 M views in 1 day on YouTube. That's outside of the real time show.
I haven't check today but maybe double?
Just guessing.
Game over.
profit off of his genius while leaning every ounce of their might into making America inaccessible to him & artists like him. Fury.
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LOVE the heckler/patriot tho ☺️👍🏻👏🏻
But if you're whining calling it a DEI show and that 90% of people don't even know Kendrick.
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How many of the LIX half0time shows have you watched?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/super-bowl/most-memorable-super-bowl-halftime-shows/6141206/
But you say what you need to say to justify raising ad prices next year!
Anything that makes me think is good. Anything that makes me grin is good. And that performance was awesome.
It’s like doing poetry/lit analysis.
EXACTLY!
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I was almost one of them. The halftime show was my last hope at something interesting, and once it was over all that was left was a really bad football game.
It's entirely in our hands and we're still fckd. The blame lies with us.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2BskbLS/
What terrifies Trump and his minions: people tuned in just to see Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick: 140 MM
133 is not 140.
The halftime show literally dropped viewers, plus people tuned out for the second half because the first half sucked, which brought the average down.
Keep things in context.
Not just well done, but a well crafted idea, done well and with obvious passion.
In fact, Kendrick Lamar has one more Pulitzer than Donald Trump.
You know that chaps the man-child's ass.
They’ve also doubled down on all their support for what musk is doing to the government. They are relishing the coup.
Amazing performance 👏👏
Too bad.
Honestly, I never listened to much rap, but that was without a doubt one of the best and SMARTEST halftime shows ever. The symbolism behind everything was perfect!
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So that means nothing.
I'm traumatized by it.
Traumatized.
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