Kendrick Lamar and Sza performed during this year’s Super Bowl 59 halftime show. Notably, it is now the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show, with 100,00 more views than Michael Jackson’s in 1993.

But what does it all mean?

Kendrick starts his performance with a quote saying, “The revolution will be televised,” which is a quote from Gil Scott Heron’s song called “The revolution will not be televised,” which in summary is Gil Scott Heron saying the revolution won’t be handed to black people for them to watch, it will be done when black people go out and do it themselves. by Kendrick saying it will be what does it mean by The viewer is watching it.

He also says, “You picked the right time but the wrong guy”

Some other symbolism appears when Samuel Jackson plays Uncle Sam, who is used as the face of America, telling Kendrick he is “too loud, too reckless, too ghetto, do you really know how to play the game, then tighten up.” which is in reference to the game of America were you need to be quite tight and humble. The whole set has a game theme to it, having the layout of a PlayStation controller.

When Sza comes on, they play Luther and All the Stars, which leads to Uncle Sam saying That’s how you play the game. saying people want love songs, not loud songs.