Super Bowl halftime show highlights: Kendrick Lamar set list from powerhouse performance

There was more than a fair share of mustard in the Super Bowl 59 halftime show.

When the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs headed to their respective locker rooms on Sunday night, Kendrick Lamar took the stage for an electrifying performance as the headlining act for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

Lamar was already on a proverbial heater. Fresh off winning five Grammy awards, the Compton native took his talents to the bayou alongside SZA. He performed some of his biggest and most recognizable rap hits, including “Not Like Us,” the Drake-aimed diss track that blew up radios and streaming services in 2024.

In total, Lamar performed five songs from “GNX,” his latest album that released in November. He also performed “HUMBLE.” and “DNA.” off of 2017 album “DAMN.”

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R&B singer-songwriter SZA joined Lamar on stage in New Orleans for two of the songs they collaborated on as well: “luther” from “GNX” and “All the Stars” from 2018’s Black Panther soundtrack.

USA TODAY Sports covered all the highlights from the halftime show below, from the lead-up to the reaction and review. All times are Eastern.

Kendrick Lamar halftime show reactions

There were hundreds of thousands, if not millions of reactions to Lamar’s halftime show on social media. Here were some of the best ones: