Kendrick Lamar: It's hard for me to live in the past
Kendrick Lamar has suggested that his Super Bowl setlist will feature lots of new tunes.
Kendrick Lamar finds it "very hard" to "live in the past".
The 37-year-old rap star is preparing to perform the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday (02.09.25), and Kendrick has revealed how he's approaching his 13-minute set in New Orleans, suggesting that he'll focus on his newer music.
Speaking at a pre-game press conference hosted by Apple Music, Kendrick explained: "It's kind of wild and interesting, because it lets you know where you're at and your perspective on how you think about cataloging the music.
"For me, I love being present. I love being present, man. It's very hard for me to live in the past. Very hard. I respect the past wholeheartedly but ... being in the now and being just locked in to how I feel and the energy I have now, that's the Los Angeles energy for me. That's something that I want to carry over to New Orleans and for the world to see.
"This is me, Kendrick Lamar, at 37 years old."
Meanwhile, Usher recently urged Kendrick to "savor" the experience of performing the Super Bowl half-time show.
The 46-year-old singer performed the half-time show in Las Vegas in 2024, and he recently offered some advice to Kendrick ahead of his performance in New Orleans.
During an appearance on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show', Usher said: "I haven’t had the chance to catch up with him and tell him, one, how excited I am. I’ve talked to everybody around ... I’ve talked to all the producers, his creative team.
"The one thing I would say is savor the moment because you get obsessed in trying to build the best performance but you don’t realize that it’s really about enjoying it."
