Adam Levine Says He Put a Lot of ‘Thought’ Into His Decision to Perform at Super Bowl

For Adam Levine, agreeing to headline the 2019 Super Bowl halftime showwith his band Maroon 5 was not an easy decision.

While the gig has been considered a big honor in past years, it has now been highly criticized in wake of the NFL’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick and other football players, who have decided to take a knee in protest of police brutality and inequality.

“No one thought about it more than I did,” Levine said during an interviewwith Entertainment Tonight Thursday ahead of the big game. “No one put more thought and love into this than I did.”

Many fans have opted to boycott the Super Bowl and the NFL itself in support of Kaepernick, 31, and all players who have been criticized or penalized for taking a knee.

Their feelings and voices Adam said, will not be neglected.

“They will be [heard] — that’s all I want to say because I don’t want to spoil anything,” Adam explained to Entertainment Tonight.

Levine also revealed the performance itself will be a message.

“I think we wanted to make sure we were able to speak once again through the music… once we processed these things, it took a lot of looking inward and introspection and I thought to myself, ‘What is my greatest tool, you know, what is the thing that I can use to express myself… the best way for the band to express themselves, and how are we going to do it this year? What do we owe the people?”

(Excerpt) Read More at: People.com