The controversy surrounding Maroon 5’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance hasn’t surprised frontman Adam Levine.

The singer said he “expected” contention when his band signed on for the gig and told Entertainment Tonight that it’s their goal to “speak through the music” when they take the stage Sunday in Atlanta.

Their performance comes amid calls for Maroon 5 to back out of the gig out of support for former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began protests of the national anthem ahead of NFL games to advocate for social justice.

“I’d like to think that people know where I stand as a human being after two decades of doing this,” Levine said during the interview with ET. “So what I would say is, we’re going to keep doing what we’re doing, hopefully without becoming politicians, to make people understand, ‘We got you.’ ”

Levine’s group will be joined at the show by rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi.

Levine said his group is eager to move on from the controversy.

“When you look back on every single Super Bowl halftime show, it’s this, like, insatiable urge to hate a little bit,” Levine told ET. “I’m not in the right profession if I can’t handle a little bit of controversy.”

— New York Daily News