“That troupes of Black dancers in red, white and blue spew out of Lamar’s GNX like a cool retro clown car and form the US flag for G-funk opener ‘Squabble Up’ is the most forthright finger in Trump’s face from a proud and unbroken Black America,” he wrote.
“But that the show then throws these citizens into a series of America-coloured Squid Games in light-up arenas of cubes and crosses – to the brutal yet haunting ‘DNA’, a track about the multitudes contained within Lamar and his heritage – is a metaphor for the exploitation and manipulation to come, which will likely have bounced straight off Trump’s impervious skull.”.
R&B star SZA, who was featured in the “All the Stars” track and joined Lamar for the halftime show, saw her streams go up by 80 per cent in the US.
Fans had been waiting to see if Lamar would perform “Not Like Us”, which features brutal lyrics about Drake including allegations around his conduct with younger women.
While “Not Like Us” saw the most streams, the nine other songs he performed at the show also registered major spikes, according to data released on Monday morning.
