Tremendous Bowl LIX is shaping as much as be one for the books.

Kendrick Lamar was introduced because the halftime headliner for Feb. 9's recreation again in September. On Thursday, official halftime present sponsor Apple Music revealed by way of a cheeky teaser trailer for the efficiency that Grammy winner and frequent Lamar collaborator SZA will be a part of the rapper on stage at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome.

Within the clip, Lamar paces round a greyscale soccer subject, idly chatting on the telephone with a buddy. "This subject loads larger than what it seems," he remarks. Unbeknownst to the Compton-born musician, SZA creeps up behind him, shouldering a sloshing watercooler. She then dumps the glowing blue, Gatorade-like contents of the cooler onto Lamar with a mischievous grin.

That is Lamar's first time headlining a Tremendous Bowl halftime present, but it surely isn't his first time performing in a single. He appeared as a particular visitor throughout Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's 2022 West Coast-themed Tremendous Bowl spectacle. He and SZA additionally aren't the one introduced performers.

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The NFL has tapped 4 Louisiana natives to fill out the evening's festivities: jazz singer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste will carry out the nationwide anthem; Christian singer Lauren Daigle and jazz musician Trombone Shorty will carry out "America the Stunning"; and R&B legend Ledisi will carry out "Carry Each Voice and Sing."

There are probably loads of shock visitors to return, however for now, right here's the complete slate of introduced performers set for the 2025 Tremendous Bowl.

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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar had one of many greatest years of his profession in 2024. He achieved a powerful victory over Drake in one of the crucial vicious rap battles within the style's historical past, launched a track that stayed on the prime of the charts for months and that's now led him to a number of Grammy nominations, and he launched his sixth critically-acclaimed album, GNX, in November. Headlining the Tremendous Bowl halftime present is as a lot an auspicious begin to the brand new 12 months as it’s a victory lap for the embellished rapper and musician.

"Rap music remains to be probably the most impactful style so far," Lamar mentioned in a press release shared with Leisure Weekly in September. "And I'll be there to remind the world why. They received the correct one."

In a video coinciding with the Sept. announcement, Lamar stands earlier than an enormous American flag, feeding footballs right into a throwing machine. "My identify is Kendrick Lamar, and I'll be acting at Tremendous Bowl LIX. Will you be pulling up? I hope so," he says to digital camera.

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SZA

If Kendrick had a stellar 12 months, SZA's 2024 was super-galactic. The St. Louis-born musician born Solána Imani Rowe spent the 12 months touring her acclaimed, Grammy-winning album SOS, which received her three Grammys. She launched the deluxe model of that album, titled Lana, full with a music video starring Ben Stiller. She additionally equipped for her performing debut within the Issa Rae-penned, Keke Palmer-costarring One of Them Days, which took the No. 2 spot on the MLK weekend home field workplace.

She and Kendrick additionally maximized their joint slay threefold, collaborating on three songs throughout their respective new albums ("gloria," "luther," and "30 for 30"), saying the joint-headlining "Grand Nationwide Tour," and, in February, taking the Tremendous Bowl by storm collectively.

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Jon Batiste

One other Tremendous Bowl performer plucked straight from the 2024 Grammys (six nominations, however sadly no wins), Jon Batiste has been chosen for the distinguished honor of performing the nationwide anthem at Tremendous Bowl LIX. Batiste succeeds American sweetheart, The Voice coach, and famous survivor Reba McEntire , who sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" eventually 12 months's Tremendous Bowl in Las Vegas.

Batiste was born and raised in New Orleans, and belongs to a locally-revered household of jazz greats, together with Milton Batiste, a former trumpeter within the Olympia Brass Band, and Lionel Batiste, the previous assistant chief of the Treme Brass Band. His first album, launched when he was solely 17, known as Instances in New Orleans. Batiste launched his first solo live performance tour in 2024, dubbed "The Uneasy Tour." His Tremendous Bowl efficiency shall be accompanied in American Signal Language (ASL) by the actress Stephanie Nogueras.

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Ledisi

Like Batiste, R&B mainstay and Grammy-winning singer Ledisi was born and raised in New Orleans. She additionally hails from an influential household within the native jazz scene, and commenced singing within the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra when she was solely eight. She's gone on to launch 11 albums, win main business awards, tour the world along with her band, and earn her spot as one of many biggest vocalists within the historical past of the style, alongside Patti Labelle, with whom she starred within the documentary American Soul, and Mahalia Jackson, who she's appeared on display screen as twice, in Ava DuVernay's Selma and Keep in mind Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story.

Ledisi has been tapped by the NFL to carry out the track "Carry Each Voice and Sing." Colloquially often known as the "Black nationwide anthem," the track was written by writer and NAACP chief James Weldon Johnson in 1900, however was taken up as a rallying cry in the course of the Civil Rights motion.

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Trombone Shorty

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is one other New Orleans native. The world-touring trombonist has been performing for the reason that age of 4 when he made his debut on the metropolis's annual Jazz Fest accompanying Bo Diddley. Shorty attended the New Orleans Heart for Artistic Arts with Batiste. The 2 will reunite at Tremendous Bowl LIX, however Shorty is performing with the Christian recording artist Lauren Daigle, who will sing "America the Stunning."

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Lauren Daigle

Lauren Daigle is the ultimate Louisianian within the introduced group of Tremendous Bowl LIX performers. Born in Lake Charles and raised in Lafayette, Daigle rose to prominence in 2015, when her debut album, How Can It Be, topped Billboard's Christian albums chart. She's since change into one of the crucial profitable up to date Christian recording artists in America, with two Grammy awards. She’s going to sing "America the Stunning" in the course of the Tremendous Bowl pregame lineup, accompanied by Trombone Shorty.

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Tremendous Bowl LIX airs on Sunday, Feb. 9 on Fox and streams on Fubo and the Fox Sports activities app. Kickoff is scheduled for six:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, with the halftime present more likely to start between 8 and eight:30 p.m. ET.

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