# Would rap/hip hop/KL fans explain the Superbowl halftime show to me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 10, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131 "2025-02-10T13:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131/2 "2025-02-10T14:01:04Z")
You really aren’t into modern Superbowl halftime shows! > [@Rihanna halftime show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rihanna-halftime-show/979715): > > The halftime show has been referred to in a couple of other threads, but I wondered it it might merit a separate thread. I’m wondering what folk thought of it. Was it great? So so? Just a typical halftime medley? I’m not a consumer of Rhianna’s music, tho I was aware that she was a BIG STAR. I didn’t recognize any of her songs, so I just sorta viewed it as a spectacle. The floating stages kinda impressed me at first, but then it seemed like a “one-trick.” That and the masses of white cla… > [@Superbowl halftime discussion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-halftime-discussion/932460): > > Wondered if anyone was up for discussing yesterday’s halftime show. Apologies if this is nothing other than an old guy observing how out of it I am. And I acknowledge the inherent challenges of halftime shows. I had heard of “The Weekend” previously from when he performed on SNL, but I had no recollection of him. I expected him to be a rapper. His music was more appealing to me than most rap, but was pretty unmemorable. Impressed me as just generic dance music. Nothing about his voice/mov… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131)._