Could Kendrick Lamar lure Taylor Swift to the Super Bowl? Pop Shop Podcast

When it was announced over the weekend that Kendrick Lamar would headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, the announcement raised some burning questions. In the new Billboard Pop Shop podcast, Katie and Keith discuss those questions.

What will he perform? Should his involvement be seen as an “anti-Drake” move following their heated rap battle last spring? And which special guests will join him on stage? He has plenty of options, after all, considering his high-profile collaborations with everyone from Taylor Swift to Beyoncé. If Lamar convinces Swift to perform her 2015 “Bad Blood” remix, it would be her first appearance on the Super Bowl halftime stage, while it would be Bey's third appearance (in 2013 as a headliner and in 2016 as part of Coldplay) if she appears for 2016's “Freedom.”

Listen to the full podcast below:

Also in the show we have chart news about how Sabrina Carpenter’s Short and sweet for a second week at the top of the Billboard 200 album charts and how Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” just won't let go of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 song charts. Also on Monday, the nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards were announced and Beyoncé's country album Cowboy Carter received zero approval. We're talking about the reaction to her rejection.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on the weekly Billboard charts. You can always count on lively discussion of the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music and guest interviews with music stars and people from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard's Executive Digital Director West Coast, Katie Atkinson, and Billboard's Managing Director of Charts and Data Operations, Keith Caulfield, each week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcast or your preferred podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition the show on Billboard.com.)