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Maroon 5 played the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. Did you even notice?

Reportedly a third choice at best to play the Big Game, after Rihanna and Jay-Z turned the NFL down due to the treatment of Colin Kaepernick, Maroon 5 took center field on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and played their hits on a giant M-shaped stage without making much of an impression.

Frontman Adam Levine said in a pre-game interview that he gave the decision to play the Super Bowl a lot of thought ("No one gave it more thought than I did"), but the performance didn't reflect anything particularly thoughtful, and certainly didn't rock any boats. Online petitions asking that the artists take a knee in support of Kaepernick went unheeded, as Maroon 5 were briefly joined by first superstar rapper Travis Scott and then Atlanta legend Big Boi (OutKast). At least Big Boi made an impression, rolling on the field in a Cadillac, wearing a voluminous fur coat. (New York Times)

The artists who took the field before the kickoff of the slog of a game between the Patriots and the Rams fared much better. Atlanta's Chloe x Halle delivered a mellifluous duet arrangement of "America the Beautiful"; and the 74-year-old Gladys Knight, aptly introduced as "the Empress of Soul," brought her trademark smooth power to the National Anthem. (Pitchfork)

Then there were the ads. Cardi B and Lil Jon lit up a diner to shill Pepsi; Chance the Rapper added some flair to the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" (for Doritos); Levine and John Legend went on diaper duty for Pampers; and Bob Dylan's music showed up twice. There was the Budweiser ad featuring windmills and "Blowin' in the Wind," and then there was the Stella Artois clip that featured both Sarah Jessica Parker in character as Carrie from Sex and the City, joined by Jeff Bridges as the Dude from The Big Lebowski as that movie's opening song, "The Man in Me," played in the background. (Billboard)

Rapper 21 Savage apprehended by ICE

21 Savage has been taken into custody by officers from U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement, who say the rapper is a United Kingdom national who's now overstayed his visa by 13 years. He now faces deportation proceedings. His most recent album, I Am > I Was, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 last month, and he's a Grammy nominee for Record of the Year for "Rockstar," his collaboration with Post Malone. (New York Times)

Gordon Lightfoot working on new album

Gordon Lightfoot, the pop-folk performer that Rolling Stone once called "the Top Ten Troubadour" for his string of '60s and '70s hits including "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," says he's working on a new album — his first in 15 years. The 80-year-old Canadian star credits a strict exercise regimen for the longevity that's kept him on the road and in the studio. Over his long and storied career, Lightfoot's songs have been covered by artists including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. (Billboard)

Linda Ronstadt opens up about Parkinson's experience

In a rare and candid interview with CBS Sunday Morning, pop-country star Linda Ronstadt looked back at her incredibly successful career and opened up about her experience with Parkinson's disease, which has left her unable to sing for the past decade. Here's a clip from that interview. (Rolling Stone)

Today's viral clip(s): Waitress musical song takes on a second life as popular cover choice online

Today's viral clip is actually a whole bunch of clips: covers of the same song from the Sara Bareilles Broadway musical Waitress. As the New York Times noticed, the song "She Used To Be Mine" has taken on a life of its own as a popular cover choice of both pros and amateurs for a wildly diverse range of backgrounds. Bareilles says the song's wide appeal came as a surprise to her, since the regret-tinged ballad seemed so specific to the Waitress character that Bareilles found it strange for even her to perform in concert.

Among the popular covers of the song are one by Tiffany Mann, who was a struggling actor working as a waitress herself when her version of the song went viral and led to her being cast on Broadway...in, that's right, Waitress. Then there was the version that helped a woman land runner-up on a singing reality show competition in Spain, and a homemade cover clip from Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt. Here's one more: a 14-year-old boy from Pennsylvania who was singing the song as part of a voice class when his proud mom pulled out her phone to post a clip on Facebook. It's now been viewed more than three million times.

Audio sampled in podcast
Jahzzar: "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0)
BoxCat Games: "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0)
CBS Sunday Morning Linda Ronstadt interview
Chloe x Halle: "America the Beautiful"
Gladys Knight: "National Anthem"
Karen O.: "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Adrian Matthew: "She Used to Be Mine"