The Super Bowl 50 halftime show did more this year than amaze the audience with flashy, not to mention pricey stage effects. The odd combination of Coldplay, Beyonce, and Bruno Mars seemed questionable at first, but fans didn't realize then that the show was a political statement meant to empower Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community.

Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, started off this epic interlude with a mashup of "Viva La Vida" and "Yellow." Throughout the colorful performance, Martin is seen getting intimate with his fans as he dives into the masses and reaches for crowd members. In one instance, he even sings to a fan that is waving a pride flag above his head.

From that moment on, it became clear that the singer was intentionally referencing LGBTQ rights and equality. This is not the first time Martin has addressed this issue; back in 2011 he linked himself to the community as he admitted to questioning his own sexuality while working with the band members of U2. The equality tattoo he has on his left hand only enhances this theme of love, as do the rainbow of colors that took over the show, which are a legendary symbol of the gay community.

Bruno Mars comes on stage after this, but quickly leads into Beyonce, whose black body-positive song was a direct link to Black Lives Matter. The lines of "Formation" pay homage to Black History Month by saying "I like my baby hair, with baby hair and afros/I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils." Her back up dancers sported natural hair and black berets, which are part of the iconic Black Panther's uniforms of the 1960s and '70s.

The finale continues this theme of equality with one final message.

The significance of this unified message is that the NFL halftime show is one of the most far-reaching platforms for any given social movement. Roughly 100 million people watch the Super Bowl every year and those people look up to the players, coaches, and officials. A message coming from a powerful organization such as this has the ability to take a controversial issue and inform, empower, and unify the audience around it.

So, although there were no wardrobe malfunctions or left sharks, there was an even greater force at work promoting the much needed message of love and acceptance.