Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show performance at Super Bowl LIX marked a victory lap, placed right in the middle of the Philadelphia Eagles’ resounding win over the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night (Feb. 9). One week after sweeping all of his Grammy nominations and earning his first career wins in the general category, the superstar MC was once again back in the spotlight, performing on the biggest stage in the world while surrounded by some famous friends.
And while viewers around the globe were able to watch Lamar perform his biggest hits and invite SZA, Mustard, Serena Williams and Samuel L. Jackson onto his halftime show field, some of the nuance of his fast-moving, visually daring showcase were understandably lost in translation. Viewers within the Superdome watched his majesty unfurl live for 12 minutes, as Lamar’s flow never flagged and the stage around him constantly shifted.
Movement is key to any Super Bowl halftime show, but Lamar’s performance combined quick-twitch changes with stadium-sized hooks, as A-listers popped up around him, dancers lunged into place and the star at the center of the show remained effortlessly charismatic. In what ultimately functioned as a preview of his upcoming stadium tour alongside SZA, Lamar delivered a live experience that left the Superdome crowd roaring in appreciation.
So what details of the halftime extravaganza could only be seen and appreciated by those in attendance? Here are 10 details of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance that TV viewers didn’t get to fully see:
