At Super Bowl LIX, which will be held in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025, Louisiana native Lauren Daigle will perform “America the Beautiful” during pregame festivities. The award-winning Christian singer-songwriter will be accompanied by Trombone Shorty, a brass-playing legend in the Crescent City.
In an announcement this week, NFL head of music Seth Dudowsky said the lineup celebrates “the rich musical legacy of New Orleans and the entire state.” He added, “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.”
New Orleans native Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem, and Ledisi, who’s also from New Orleans, will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The halftime act for the big game is rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Lauren Daigle To Perform at Super Bowl
Daigle, 33, was named Billboard’s top Christian artist of 2023. The two-time Grammy winner was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, grew up in Lafayette, and attended Louisiana State University. Then she headed to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a music career.
At the beginning of 2020, Daigle left Tennessee for New Orleans. “I remember dreaming as a child, ‘Someday I’ll move to New Orleans,’” the singer recalled last year. “It’s the place that just makes me come alive. So New Orleans is home.”
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.”
During the pandemic, while suffering from panic attacks and migraines, Daigle was also “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 Shines Through Lauren Daigle’s Music
For her fourth album, titled “Lauren Daigle,” the singer wanted to incorporate the city’s sounds. She brought her producer and co-writers to New Orleans for a few days so they could “understand where I came from, why I love this culture, why these musicians are so special to me.”
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That two-part album, which released last year, features the hit single “Thank God I Do.” Its video, shot partly on New Orleans streets, has a theme of rebirth. “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.”
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