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Bad
Bunny
Shatters
Barriers
with
Historic
Super
Bowl LX
Halftime
Performance
Simon
Weinstein
- Media
Matters/Entertainment
Tell Us
USA News
Network
SANTA
CLARA,
CA - In
a night
that
felt
more
like a
global
celebration
than a
sporting
intermission,
Bad
Bunny
took
over
Levi’s
Stadium
on
Sunday
for a
high-octane,
13-minute
spectacle
that
marks
the
first
time a
solo
Latino
artist
has
headlined
the
Super
Bowl
halftime
show
entirely
in
Spanish.
Fresh
off his
historic
Album of
the Year
win at
the
Grammys
just
seven
days
ago, the
Puerto
Rican
superstar—born
Benito
Antonio
Martínez
Ocasio—delivered
on his
promise
to bring
"the
culture"
to
football’s
biggest
stage.
The
performance,
sponsored
by Apple
Music,
was a
vibrant
tribute
to his
roots.
The
setlist
leaned
heavily
on his
record-breaking
album,
DeBÍ
TiRAR
MáS
FOToS,
featuring
standout
hits
like
"Baile
Inolvidable"
and
"DtMF."
The
production
was a
visual
love
letter
to the
Caribbean.
A
massive,
glowing
replica
of
Puerto
Rico’s
iconic
Flamboyán
tree
served
as the
centerpiece,
while
the
stage
was
flooded
with
traditional
salsa
dancers,
cowboys,
and
performers
wearing
pavas
(traditional
straw
hats) to
blend
folkloric
genres
like
bomba
and
plena
with
modern
reggaeton.
In a
Super
Bowl
first,
the show
also
featured
interpreter
Celimar
Rivera
Cosme
providing
Puerto
Rican
Sign
Language
for the
deaf and
hard-of-hearing
community.
The show
arrived
during a
period
of
heightened
political
tension.
Following
his "ICE
out"
comments
at the
Grammys,
many
watched
to see
if
Benito
would
use the
133-million-viewer
platform
for
further
activism.
While
the
performance
remained
focused
on "the
joy of
the
party,"
critics
and fans
alike
noted
that the
act of
performing
an
all-Spanish
set at
an event
steeped
in
American
ritual
was a
political
statement
in
itself.
NFL
Commissioner
Roger
Goodell
stood by
the
selection
throughout
the
week,
calling
Bad
Bunny
"one of
the
greatest
artists
in the
world"
and
emphasizing
the
league's
goal to
unite
people
through
creativity.
The
journey
to this
moment
was
paved
with
both
record-breaking
success
and
notable
controversy.
While
some
political
commentators
criticized
the
choice,
the NFL
leaned
into the
artist's
massive
global
reach to
engage
the more
than 70
million
Latinos
in the
U.S.
Before
the
final
fireworks
erupted
over the
stadium,
Bad
Bunny
reiterated
the
message
he
shared
during
his
press
conference:
"The
world is
gonna be
happy
this
Sunday...
they are
going to
dance
and have
a good
time."
With a
performance
that
bridged
the gap
between
San Juan
and
Santa
Clara,
"El
Conejo
Malo"
has
officially
cemented
his
place in
the
pantheon
of Super
Bowl
legends.
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