Friday, February 06, 2026

Bad Bunny Says He Will Bring His Culture to 2026 Super Bowl

Bad Bunny joked that fans didn't need to learn Spanish to enjoy his set -- but they should be prepared to dance.

Posted by LampLighter at 04:33 PM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

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A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days

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-- Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) Feb 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM

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... Bad Bunny says he's approaching his highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance with a mix of excitement, gratitude and perspective.

"To be honest, I don't know how I'm feeling. There's a lot. I'm still in the middle of my tour. I was just at the Grammys last week. All of that," he said in English on Thursday at a press event hosted by Apple Music. He walked out to his 2017 single "Chambea."

"I'm excited, but at the same time, I feel more excited about the people than even me " my family, my friends, the people who have always believed in me," he said. "This moment, the culture " that's what makes these shows special."

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar born Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet. He will take the Super Bowl stage just one week after he won album of the year at the 2026 Grammys for "Deb Tirar Ms Fotos." It's the first time an all Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 12:27 AM

Fans race to learn Spanish before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half-time show
www.theguardian.com

... Bad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday entirely in Spanish -- which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language.

In October, the Puerto Rican singer -- born Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio -- kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live expressing pride over the achievement in Spanish, after which he said in English, "If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn!"

That declaration further stoked the anger of some conservatives who have vilified Bad Bunny for speaking out against US president Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies. The singer canceled the US portion of his tour last year out of fear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would target his fans.

There has been a frenzy online of people posting about Bad Bunny lyrics, including Puerto Ricans explaining slang used by the singer and non-Spanish speakers documenting their journey to learn Spanish.

Anticipation for his half-time performance has only intensified since last weekend, when his album Deb Tirar Ms Fotos became the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for album of the year. He did not shy away from addressing targeted federal immigration operations at the awards. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 12:30 AM

#2

No one is learning Spanish for the Superbowl halftime.

Hell the Olympics started and no one is mentioning it

All the old traditions don't matter any longer.

West is raised on its own petard.

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-02-06 01:19 AM

@#3 ... No one is learning Spanish for the Superbowl halftime. ...

Maybe, maybe not.

@#2 ...

... There has been a frenzy online of people posting about Bad Bunny lyrics, including Puerto Ricans explaining slang used by the singer and non-Spanish speakers documenting their journey to learn Spanish. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 01:30 AM

@#1 ... Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar born Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet.

He will take the Super Bowl stage just one week after he won album of the year at the 2026 Grammys for "Deb Tirar Ms Fotos."

It's the first time an all Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize. ...

Yeah, an all-Spanish album has won the Top Prize of the Grammys.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 01:49 AM

@#3 ... Hell the Olympics started and no one is mentioning it ...

Possibly because the NBC network seems to be claiming the rights to mentions of the Olympics?

From what I watched this evening, a local, non-NBC TV station seemed to say during their sports segment that they could not show any video because NBC would not allow it.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 01:54 AM

NBC network seems to be claiming the rights to mentions of the Olympics?

Wow. How much $Lewzer did they buy?

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-06 02:01 AM

@#7 ... Wow. How much $Lewzer did they buy? ...

So far, NBC seems to have not had the need to bow to Pres Trump.

NBC seems to be saying, ~hey, we own the video rights~ so you are not entitled to showing videos of that news.

...NBC Olympics is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal and Versant platforms. They include the NBC broadcast network and as well as the cable networks operated by Versant under an agreement with NBC Universal; Spanish language network Telemundo; and streaming on the NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, and Peacock. ...

In March 2025, NBC signed a $3 billion extension for both the 2034 Winter and 2036 Summer games.[7] NBC is one of the major sources of revenue for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[8] ...


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 04:19 AM

Oops. I was too concerned about the formatting of #8.

I neglected the title and link to the article I cited.

Here they are...

Olympics on NBC
en.wikipedia.org


Apologies.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-06 04:22 AM

Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of faith and family'-based TPUSA show

ktla.com

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-06 06:24 PM

Bad Bunny says he will bring his culture to 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance

MS13 beat him to it

#11 | Posted by HanoverFist at 2026-02-06 06:58 PM

Are you retarded?

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-06 11:11 PM

Jeff is one stupid MAGAT --------. Oyame ------, tu madre es puta. Chinga tu madre, ------. Pinche pendejo.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-06 11:13 PM

MAGAts can't figure out how someone born in Puerto Rico is an Americano/American.
Well, that's "American Exceptionalism for you.

#14 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-02-07 06:44 AM

Puerto Ricans served with distinction and in large numbers in Vietnam. My first two "unofficial" military teachers in NYC were two such veterans. One was a US Army Ranger who served back-to-back tours and the other was his older brother who was a US Army medic.

They told me lots of stories and provided me with lots of tips. Many of their tales I found hard to believe until I saw similar things when I deployed overseas many years later.

From Wiki:

"More Puerto Rican soldiers died in the Vietnam War than soldiers from any single US state, highlighting the significant contribution and sacrifice of Puerto Ricans in the conflict. This means that among all states, Puerto Rican soldiers had the highest casualty count in Vietnam."

And a four-star USN Admiral served during Vietnam:

"Admiral Horacio Rivero, Jr., the first Puerto Rican four-star Admiral in the United States Navy, oversaw the day-to-day work of the Navy as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He was a strong supporter of a "brown-water navy," or riverine force, on the rivers of South Vietnam."

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-07 07:19 AM

Kid Rock is slated to headline Turning Point USA's Super Bowl LX All-American Halftime Show on Sunday, and he, TPUSA and the MAGA world have been marketing it as the family friendly, Christian alternative to the NFL's show with Bad Bunny. The latest problem for the singer and the show being kicked around social media is an appearance by Rock on Saturday Night Live in 2001. During that appearance, Rock reportedly opined about the Olsen Twins, who were born in 1986, and were around 14 or 15 years old at that time. "Why is every guy in America waiting on these chicks to turn 18?" the singer reportedly said on the show. "I mean, you know what I'm saying? If there's grass on the field, play ball."

www.pennlive.com

No wonder Kid Rock gets along so well with the necrotic orange chomo.

#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-07 07:42 AM

Kid Rock makes music for men that can only see their kids on the weekend and don't.

#17 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-07 08:51 AM

For some reason, I never learned Spanish while going to a Gloria Estefan or Shakira concert.

More interested in just hearing them sing.

#18 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-07 04:30 PM

I never watch the SB halftime anyway so it doesn't matter to me.

ten bucks says this will be the lowest rated show ever...

plus I prefer to listen to musicians.

but the game could also be a big bore.....Seahawks in a cakewalk.

#19 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-07 04:43 PM

I just escaped 1.5 years with Puerto Rican Trumpist neighbors who had about three minutes of Bad Bunny recorded from somewhere that they'd play loudly and incessantly.

I believe it was a cassette tape on a boom box.

Admitting some white guilt: Growing up in NYC in the 60s, Puerto Ricans were not the most welcome of minorities. Some of that echoes in my brain.

But these folks were more like-----------, not like Indigenous PRs.

Oops, can I say that?

#20 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-07 05:12 PM

Damn. Something got cut, and it wasn't what I was expecting. I forget what I even said. . . .

#21 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-08 12:32 PM

Transparent Garbage

#22 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-08 04:15 PM

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