Posted on 02/07/2026 10:29:04 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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 Martínez 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 Debí Tirar Más 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.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out,” he said in English after winning his first Grammy for best música urbana album. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”
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El conejo malo puede besarme el culo.
Excellent.
Great Movie.
thats right
“we won’t get it back by just dropping out.”
You mean we’ll get back by watching some gay Spanish speaking anti-American Puerto Rican perform at halftime? I don’t think that’s how it works. And tuning out for halftime while you watch the game accomplishes nothing.
I knew he would behave last night. I shied away from all that talk about him actually wearing a dress during the halftime show, that was never going to happen.
But it’s good to remind people of what he’s really all about.
It won’t help.
My Mexican friends at work told me they watched the half time show and that the Spanish was so slurred they could not understand what he was saying. I’m from Venezuela and also speak Spanish so I sacrificed myself to listen for a few minutes and yes, I could not understand a word either.
An English speaking American has no chance of ever understanding what he said. Perhaps because Bad Bunny relied so heavily on an auto tuner to at least mumble words in tune.
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