If there may be anybody Kendrick Lamar ought to examine in with earlier than his Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency, Usher could also be simply the man.
Throughout an look on “The Jennifer Hudson Present” on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 46-year-old singer, who handled viewers to an epic halftime present in Las Vegas final yr, shared some recommendation he would give Okay-Dot forward of his huge efficiency.
“The one factor I’d say is savor the second ‘trigger you get obsessed in attempting to construct the very best efficiency however you don’t understand that it’s actually about having fun with it,” he stated after noting he himself edited his personal present roughly 100 occasions.
“It may not be good, all the pieces could not go precisely the way in which it’s purported to however in case you are in your thoughts and like caught attempting to make one thing good, you’re not going to lookup and scent the flowers,” he continued. “And understand, ‘Wait a minute, I’m right here and I get an opportunity to have this second and I’m not going to get it once more, I’m not going to get this second again.’”
Many could recall that Usher celebrated his Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency by tying the knot at a drive-thru chapel together with his longtime girlfriend the identical night time earlier than hitting up a star-studded after-party.
Usher defined whereas he hasn’t had an opportunity to meet up with Lamar personally, he has truly chatted together with his inventive group behind the upcoming present.
“I haven’t had the possibility to meet up with him and inform him, one, how excited I’m. I’ve talked to all people round … I’ve talked to all of the producers, his inventive group,” he stated.
Talking about Lamar, Usher added some excessive reward for the “Not Like Us” rapper.
“There’s rather a lot that may very well be stated,” the “Good Good” singer stated. “There’s rather a lot to be stated for the place hip hop has come from, there’s rather a lot to be stated for that younger man and the way he’s fully been an unbelievable benchmark for what it’s to be an artist.”
Usher additionally added how he appreciates the way in which Lamar “stands up for our tradition.”
The interview comes simply days after Lamar’s viral smash hit “Not Like Us” swept the Grammys, successful in all 5 classes during which it was nominated. It additionally arrives simply days earlier than Lamar is about to carry out his extremely anticipated halftime present throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, the place the defending-champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will play towards the Philadelphia Eagles, in a rematch of Tremendous Bowl LVII, the place the Chiefs had been victorious.
