Super Bowl 2025 may have been more of a beatdown than an exciting football game, but luckily, Kendrick Lamar was around at halftime to provide some much-needed drama. You probably need some backstory, too. From “Uncle” Samuel L. Jackson providing a preemptive critique of the show from “mainstream” America, to Serena Williams crip walking for more total yards than the Kansas City offense (also, when your ex-girlfriend dances to the tune of the guy publicly humiliating you, it’s never a good thing), to all the Drake-baiting, plus some provocative, timely questions about what “America” means anyway, all of it performed in front of the sitting president himself, it was a lot. Here are some of the easter eggs/hidden meanings in the show. Apparently, MAGA had a meltdown?

I loved the scope of the choreography, but I honestly don’t find Lamar particularly musical.

For those of you who watch the Super Bowl for the commericals: The best (and worst) Super Bowl commercials this year. It’s missing the Nike So Win ad that was in my top three.

Lastly, the new scorebug was bad in so many ways.