Super Bowl halftime show production design starts small, goes big

Timberlake also paid tribute to the late Prince, a Minneapolis native, from a piano set up on a round riser and an oversized, flowing fabric drape behind him with video of Prince.

After this, the show switched to a stylized aerial view outside the stadium that slowly turned violet, Prince’s trademark color, with a glowing effect creating the appearance of the symbol Prince once used in place of his name.