• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    One theme was that Kendrick’s life is like a video game so I’m pretty sure it was just the PlayStation buttons.

    In a way, there were two themes: Kendrick rapping about his life while the choreography and Samuel Jackson as Uncle Sam making a statement that “The flag and America don’t belong to fascists.” (I guess a third theme was “Fuck Drake” but he couldn’t just not play the biggest song of the year that just won 5 Grammy Awards and has over a billion plays on Spotify.)

    I’m probably reading too much into it — if that’s even possible with Kendrick — but a lot of what he criticizes Drake about applies equally to Trump. “Certified loverboy? Certified pedophile.” “I hear you like 'em young / You better never go to cell block one.” Kendrick obviously didn’t know Trump would be there when they planned the show but even if it was unintentional, I like that Trump and his ilk got to find out one of the most popular artists in America won a rap battle by mocking an adult for fucking teenagers.

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      3 days ago

      One theme was that Kendrick’s life is like a video game so I’m pretty sure it was just the PlayStation buttons

      I’m not a fan of Kendrick’s music and I barely ever watch TV, so I’m not up to date with things like Squid Game and the like. I knew it had to be something, but I do remember watching the show, seeing the symbols, and at least briefly thinking “Did Sony pay for this halftime show?”.