Kendrick Lamar And Timothée Chalamet Team Up Ahead Of Superbowl Halftime Show
There is nothing but aura between these two artists, who are set to collide in a one-on-one conversation ahead of the Super Bowl Halftime Show performance in New Orleans on Sunday, February 9.
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The stars are aligning ahead of the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show for the collab we did not expect to see: K-Dot and Lil’ Timmy Tim.
Apple Music has a special treat for fans: a full interview with Kendrick Lamar by Timothée Chalamet, dropping on February 7 on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football. “I’m most looking forward to, at the Super Bowl halftime show this year, seeing Kendrick, seeing which songs he chose […],” Chalamet says, surely trying to hide his major fanboy moment with a deep voice.
In a preview of the interview, the American rapper promises fans and viewers a performance on storytelling, “I think I’ve always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music. And I’ve always had a passion about bringing that on whatever stage I’m on,” Lamar shared at a press conference hosted by Apple Music.
Lamar is set to become the first solo hip-hop artist to headline the iconic Halftime Show after previously being a guest performer in 2022 alongside Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and others. This comes just days after sweeping several awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including taking home Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Not Like Us.”
Meanwhile, American singer-songwriter SZA is set to join Lamar as a featured guest, ahead of the Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. The pair are also set to co-headline their ‘Grand National’ Tour in April, which will see stops across the United States and Canada. The tour is in support of Lamar’s sixth studio album, GNX.
Chalamet — an aspiring rapper himself and known fan of rap icon, Kid Cudi — is on an interesting run himself, especially with his press tour for A Complete Unknown, the Academy Award-nominated biopic he stars in as Bob Dylan. Previously, Chalamet went by the name Lil’ Timmy Tim in high school and appeared as a rapper alter ego, SmokeCheddaThaAssGetta, in a 2020 Saturday Night Live segment with Pete Davidson, Questlove, Ego Nwodim, and Punkie Johnson.
