On Sunday, Feb. 9, 65,719 individuals piled into Caesars Superdome in New Orleans to look at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl 2025, in line with the venue’s official depend. The Philadelphia Eagles dominated, 40-22 over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, however the true victor of Tremendous Bowl LIX was Serena Williams.
An enormous swath of the Tremendous Bowl’s viewers might take or depart the sport itself—they’re on this factor for the camaraderie, the adverts, the halftime present, the drama. We knew the final class would supply, by advantage of getting two of the world’s most-discussed people, Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, in attendance, however all-time tennis nice Williams can add an accolade to her resume, proper alongside these 23 profession Grand Slams.
Serena Williams performs in the course of the Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present at Caesars Superdome on February 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.Kevin Mazur/Getty Pictures
Williams made an immediately iconic shock look on the sector throughout Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency, providing up a scene-stealing C-walk whereas he carried out “Not Like Us.” It was a reprise of kinds for Williams: Lamar’s fellow Compton native did the identical dance to rejoice her 2012 Olympic gold medal win at Wimbledon after she bested Maria Sharapova. Williams was criticized on the time for the transfer, also called the “Crip stroll” for its affiliation with the gang of the identical title, nevertheless it has change into a standard hip-hop dance transfer. “It’s only a dance,” Williams emphasised in a press convention in 2012. She hasn’t forgotten the backlash: In a video posted to social media after her efficiency Sunday, Williams commented, “Man, I didn’t crip-walk like that at Wimbledon. Oh, I might’ve been fined.”
After which there’s the Drake of all of it, which might be summarized as “salt, meet wound.” Lamar’s music, which scooped up 5 Grammys per week in the past, is, amongst different issues, a diss observe in regards to the Canadian rapper. In a efficiency filled with Taylor Swift-worthy Easter eggs referencing Drake, Williams was one.
Williams and Drake had been rumored to have been a pair in 2015, although they by no means publicly confirmed it. Drake was noticed at a number of of Williams’ tournaments all through that season, and has stated that his music “Too Good” is about her, and he additionally known as her husband Alexis Ohanian a “groupie” on 2022’s “Center of the Ocean.” Lamar’s “Not Like Us” drops the road “higher not converse on Serena.”
“I died a bit,” Williams wrote in a tweet of her Tremendous Bowl look.
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