You’ll Never Guess Which Christian Artist Will Sing at Super Bowl LIX

Published: December 11, 2024

You’ll Never Guess Which Christian Artist Will Sing at Super Bowl LIX

By Movieguide® Contributor

Louisiana native Lauren Daigle will perform “America the Beautiful” before the Super Bowl LIX game in New Orleans, Feb. 9.

Trombone Shorty, a famous musician from New Orleans, will also perform with Daigle. Fellow New Orleans locals Jon Batiste and Ledisi will sing the national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” respectively. Kendrick Lamar will perform during the halftime show.

NFL head of music Seth Dudowsky said the performers celebrate “the rich musical legacy of New Orleans and the entire state. This year’s performers will bring the energy, soul, and vibrant sounds of the region to a global stage, as we kickoff Super Bowl LIX with a celebration to remember.”

Daigle previously sang the national anthem at the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship in New Orleans. That same year, Daigle moved to the Crescent City.

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“I remember dreaming as a child, ‘Someday I’ll move to New Orleans,’” she said in 2023. “It’s the place that just makes me come alive. So New Orleans is home.”

ChurchLeaders reported, “That adopted hometown turned on Daigle after she appeared at a Sean Feucht ‘Let Us Worship’ rally during pandemic lockdowns. The city’s mayor strongly criticized Daigle, who said she ‘learned how corrupt things are’ but also discovered ‘there’s a lot more love than hate.’”

Daigle experienced migraines and panic attacks during the pandemic.

She said she was “longing for New Orleans to come alive again. In that longing [was] so much of what I wrote about. The more I sat and just observed, the deeper the places I was able to write from.”

New Orleans had a big influence on her self-titled album, “Lauren Daigle.” She had her producer and co-writers visit the city so that they could “understand where I came from, why I love this culture, why these musicians are so special to me.”

“There’s a lot of culture and a lot of history there,” Daigle told Air1. “But all the music, I mean golly, the music is just powerful. You’ve got Zydeco, you’ve got jazz. New Orleans is like the birthplace of jazz. It’s just really profound how much musical influence was given to me through growing up in that state.”

“The city became such a place of rejuvenation for me, even during COVID and the intensity of that time,” said Daigle. “The sound of silence was absolutely crushing. There’s nothing like that feeling of seeing someone play the trumpet on the corner again. I will never forget the way that impacted me.”

Last week, the singer returned to Nashville to perform a Christmas special at The Ryman Auditorium. She brought some of Louisiana with her, singing “Christmas Time in New Orleans.”

“We thought we’d bring a little of the New Orleans flair to you guys,” she said. “It was the backbone of me making this (Christmas) record all those years ago. I love it so much.”