It's been a few days since Kendrick Lamar hit Caesars Superdome for an instantly iconic Super Bowl halftime show, and can you blame us for still talking about it? He gave a cinematic, thought-provoking performance that will definitely go down in pop culture history.
But the unexpected star of the show was the pair of flared Celine jeans he rocked on stage. Someone even referred to Kendrick's 13-minute performance as the “best ad for jeans I’ve seen in a while,” and Launchmetrics revealed that Celine earned $2.3 million in media impact value, so...yeah!
That being said! There was almost a universe where K-Dot didn't even don the denim. According to Page Six, the jeans were originally meant to be worn by Timothée Chalamet, as he and Kendrick share the same stylist, Taylor McNeill.
A source told the outlet that Taylor had “pulled a bunch of denim” for Kendrick's Grammy and Super Bowl appearances, and the pair he ended up wearing for the halftime show were “size 29 Celine women’s pants that hugged the rapper’s hips perfectly, despite his size 33 waist.” The more ya know!
As for the length of Kendrick's jeans at the Super Bowl—the “Not Like Us” rapper stands at 5'5" while Timmy is famously 5'10" but the internet agrees: The baggy fit worked.
The duo actually linked up ahead of Kendrick's performance for an interview with Apple Music, where the A Complete Unknown actor rapped along to Kendrick's “The Heart Pt. 2” and “Kush & Corinthians.”
Timmy even gushed about Kendrick's career, saying, “Just being a fan of your music forever and knowing like, look where you’re at now, man...it’s just crazy, Super Bowl halftime show. And you just keep climbing, bro. It’s like, amazing.”
If you need me, I'll be over here waiting for Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants starring Kendrick Lamar and Timothée Chalamet.
