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    1. newyorker on

      On Sunday night, Bad Bunny put on “what might have been the best halftime performance in Super Bowl history,” Kelefa Sanneh writes—“a riot of machine-tooled rhythms and swaying melodies.” Depending on your point of view, you could think of his triumphant set as a tribute to the power and capaciousness of American popular music—or a pointed critique of it.

      Meanwhile, a competing concert held by the conservative group Turning Point USA, featuring the firebrand Kid Rock, also called into question who gets to be part of the American mainstream. “There is something depressing about dueling halftime shows, with viewers expected to tune in to one or the other depending on which politicians they vote for,” Sanneh continues. The Super Bowl is unusual precisely because it brings together so many people to watch the same thing at the same time.

       “It seems possible that American fractiousness helps explain the incredible power and diversity of American popular music, a category that includes the sounds of Nashville and also, no less, the sounds of San Juan, at least for now,” Sanneh writes. Read our music critic’s review of the two halftime shows: [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/2026-super-bowl-halftime-show-bad-bunny](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/2026-super-bowl-halftime-show-bad-bunny)

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    2. Unusual_Flounder2073 on

      I really rarely watch the whole halftime show if any of it. Usually the artist isn’t my thing. Maybe I was tired. Or maybe intrigued. But I did watch his whole show. Even though I don’t listen to that type of music and don’t know Spanish. It was very well done.

    3. napoleonboneherpart on

      “Love conquers hate” being “a slap to America’s face” is a perfect summary of where we are.

    4. Madskul on

      As a Puerto Rican who grew up in the continental U.S. it did bring a smile to my face and warmed my heart to see P.R. culture represented in the Super Bowl.

      Honestly one of the best parts imho is how BB closed it out by giving a shout out to all the Latino Cultures. We are a very diverse group and are not all „Mexicans“. I understand that Mexico is huge, however just because someone speaks Spanish doesn’t mean they are Mexican.

      There is so much beauty, and as a foodie myself, deliciousness in all the different Latino cultures.

      The world is a huge place and we as a people should EMBRACE the cultural diversities that make the U.S. what it is instead of EXCLUDE them from the mainstream.

      During the performance my wife, who doesn’t speak much Spanish, kept asking me about what she was seeing and hearing and I enjoyed explaining it all. The Sugar Cane, Playing Dominoes, Cold Coconut Vendors, Piraguas… hell even the fact P.R.’s power grid is so bad got a shout out with the power poles. It made me think of my late grandma and how we all gathered at her house in the barrio of Arecibo for the holidays when I was growing up.

      I enjoyed the show, it was well done… I even got up and danced a bit in the living room and yelled out „WEPAAAA!!!“

      One Love.

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