Critics of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show got some bad news on Sunday.
The Puerto Rican rapper and singer performed at halftime of Super Bowl 60, between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, and received both good and bad reviews for his showing.
Unsurprisingly, some on the right hated his performance.
“Expanding to the Latino audience is one thing. Doing a show EXCLUSIVELY for the Latino audience? They’re gonna hear about this one,” former “Sopranos” and E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt groused via X.
“I’m sorry, no subtitles was a bad decision and an insult to the audience. Subtitles would have been ‘countering division,’ having none encourages it.”
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But despite the critics, Bad Bunny received some good news on Sunday.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 halftime show gets boost
“The performance is celebrating normal people, and what it is to be human and love and have joy, and really appreciate one another. This was to show how much he values his community, to celebrate normal people on the world’s biggest stage, especially people who are of importance in Latino culture. He’s a very authentic person, Benito, and it’s about just being authentic and very real and very human,” creative director Harriet Cuddeford said.
Ultimately, he took home a lot of wins and nominations.
“Bad Bunny has won his first Emmy for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. He won in the outstanding variety special (live) category,” Variety announced.
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” took home a total of seven nominations, winning music direction, choreography, sound mixing, lighting design, technical direction/camerawork and directing.”
Good for Bad Bunny.
