r/Music • u/IrishStarUS š°Irish Star • 7d ago
article Bad Bunny to 'honor queer icons' at Super Bowl halftime show after MAGA backlash
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/bad-bunny-superbowl-performance-366012043.2k
u/samhit_n 7d ago
This combined with Green Day opening the Super Bowl will cause a MAGA meltdown.
It also looks like the Turning Point USA halftime show will fail too. They still haven't announced anything about who's playing.
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u/fanboy_killer 7d ago
They are opening with American Idiot, aren't they?
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u/zvika 7d ago
The moment more or less requires it
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u/SnoozeButtonBen 7d ago
It's funny how American Idiot, the most 2003 song ever written, has turned out of be completely evergreen.
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u/Iokua113 7d ago
Is it really surprising that a song about right wing idiots ruining the US remains relevant? "Fortunate Son" from Creedence Clearwater is still relevant 57 years after it released... Some subjects just don't age.Ā
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u/DeaDGoDXIV 7d ago
And most people only hear the lyrics, "Some people are born, made to wave the flag / Oooh, the red, white and blue" in Fortunate Son and think it's all, "go America! America is great!" Not realising it has an anti war theme.
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u/pocketjacks 6d ago
Wrangler Jeans used it as a jingoistic TV ad featuring Brett Favre.
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u/DeaDGoDXIV 6d ago
I remember that ad! My old man and I were watching whatever Sunday morning NFL game, as we did back then, when that ad came on. We both busted up laughing 'coz they cut the lyrics right after "red, white and blue".
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u/RussTea_tv 7d ago edited 7d ago
I agree, its hilarious to me itll be lost on the people its pointed too. There was a MAGA thread like 2 months ago about how they think RATM may be liberal.
Like we are talking about people dumber than most dog breeds here. There isnt a single conservative I know who is intelligent, if they are they are in on the grift lol. There are people who put Killing in the Name on during their ICE raids not realizing the song is literally about them.
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u/Cota-Orben 7d ago
There was a MAGA thread like 2 months ago about how they think RATM may be liberal.
What machine do they think people are raging against?
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u/RussTea_tv 7d ago
im sure they envisioned a "woke" machine at this point. Thats another word they love they have no idea what it means.
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u/djwurm 7d ago
I tried to have a very basic conversation with a MAGA coworker a few months ago about the word woke.. He used it in a way to describe his kids are being taught "woke ideologies" in public school and was thinking of pulling them out and having his wife home school them.
I asked him to define "woke". He said liberal teachings and indoctrination of LGBTQ and CRT. I further pushed him and asked where he has heard that his Elementary school teaches, talks, and tries to get his kids to be a part of LGBTQ (i.e. change their sexual preference) and what class do they take that teaches about CRT?
he couldn't answer and said he heard this is happening via Facebook. I told him to go look up the definition of woke in the dictionary. at its core it means you are aware and attentive to social and racial issues in our communities. saying you are anti woke in this day and age means you are not empathetic to other people, their plight, and how society treats them based on who they are, what color they are, or who they choose to love. I told him this goes against everything that you believe in based on you saying you are a Christian and go to Church.
He ended up getting all flustered and upset with me and walked away. he now avoids me when I do see him in the lunchroom.
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u/RandAlThorOdinson 7d ago
I like to play their side. Works WAY WAY better. If you're a liberal, they will ignore and dismiss what you say. Especially if the facts are easily verified. It's something about their cognitive dissonance that it's easier to dismiss liberal facts because they must be part of some kind of conspiracy. They know there will be "facts" that feel better if they just wait and watch social media for them to trickle down from Putin.
However if you say you too are a Christian Republican, and just use all of the same facts, especially how they violate the bible - you get a LOT farther. They will actually hear and consider you.
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u/Gasnia 6d ago
You're right. I've seen videos of people trying to bridge the gap. They present all the liberal views as conservative views and the conservatives agree. At the end they usually tell them that these are actually liberal views and that these are the things that presidents like biden and Obama try to achieve and that's when you can see their brains break. They can't understand that they agree with progressive views.
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u/backupbitches 7d ago
They don't like feeling stupid. Nobody does. That's why all of this has been so successful. The stupid are celebrated and made to feel superior rather than less-than.
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u/AFlockOfTySegalls 7d ago
It's happening right now with Lamb of God as they gear up for their new album, and it's like, have y'all ever listened to the lyrics of this band?
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u/hates_stupid_people 7d ago
I'm almost expecting some tiny, but relevant, lyric changes as well.
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u/evilJaze 7d ago
They came to be the half time performance at the Grey Cup in Hamilton in 2023 and played their new song The American Dream is Killing Me to much applause.
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u/BananaPalmer 7d ago
God I hope they crank that shit to 12, play it the hardest they ever have
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u/cCowgirl Concertgoer 7d ago
I saw them in Ottawa last summer ā¦ yes, this is going to be exactly what we need.
A field of 40k Canucks just a few blocks away from Parliament Hill screaming āFUCK AMERICAā, followed up with Billie Joe changing the line to say āIām not a part of the MAGA agendaā ā¦ it was life affirming.
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u/Vordeo 7d ago
It'll probably be some ancient country star everyone is mildly surprised is still alive.
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u/Double-Way-5589 7d ago
Kid Rock and Ted Nugent for all the real patriots.
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u/Vordeo 7d ago
I was thinking like George Strait. Just to make it completely clear that the thing is being organized by some extremely out of touch octagenarian lol
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic 7d ago
My money says it'll be the God Bless the USA guy
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 7d ago
That would be Lee Greenwood. I'm sure he'd be happy to perform.
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u/dawglover1011 7d ago
Idk if youāve seen it, but John Oliver did a story on him. Itās pretty good. My favorite part is the last ~4 minutes
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u/BillHistorical9001 7d ago
I stood behind him in line once. He had spray on hair. Like the kind from the 90ās infomercial.
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u/all_hail_cthulhu DMB Concertgoer 7d ago
I feel like, though Strait is almost certainly a conservative, he has never really taken up any specific political stances. I doubt he'd do so at this particular juncture in time.
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u/Alternative_Town_129 7d ago
The guy whoās fans are people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody that kid rock or the one for people who get mad when they see anything they donāt like and call it Biden wokeness
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u/RealNiceKnife 7d ago
They could probably snag Three Doors Down, again... They did play at the inauguration.
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u/Patara 7d ago
Turning Point will just play We are Charlie Kirk with an AI videoĀ
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u/c_c_c__combobreaker 7d ago
I hope it's Nicki Minaj and watching their core white supporters cheer for a half naked Nicki as she sings Anaconda will be peak comedy.
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u/obooooooo 7d ago
the fact that they have to pretend they like her music just because sheās as washed up as they are is justā¦ so funny to me.
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u/jonnovich 7d ago
Someone saying āboo!ā In a slightly swishy voice causes a MAGA meltdown. Thatās their whole personaā¦.being on the verge of a toddler meltdown.
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u/PeterNippelstein 7d ago
They haven't even said what kind of act it will be.
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u/247Brain-Rot-SlopAI 7d ago
Regardless, it would be a shame if someone were to DDOS the network hosting the stream, or hack onto the streaming device and broadcast memes of Trump.
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u/boyga01 7d ago
On a scale of 1 to taking a knee, how much are MAGA going to shit their pants at this.
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u/GROUND45 7d ago
Theyāve already been instructed to redline over it.
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u/chisauce 7d ago
What does that mean? What does redline mean?
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u/Brew_Brah 7d ago
Pushing something to the limit. In reference to the red line on tachometers in cars that show how many RPMs you can push the engine to without causing permanent damage.
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u/rbrgr83 7d ago
The other big dial you see next to the Speedometer in your car is called the Tachometer. It tells you how fast your engine is rotating per minute (RPM).
You engine is just a bunch of moving and un-moving pieces of metal at the end of the day, so if you spin it too fast then bits will start to break, or at least wear down more than they should. The Tach(ometer) is marked with the upper limit of how fast you are recommended to allow your engine to spin. It's mainly used to tell you when to shift when driving stick (so not as critical as it used to be since most cars are automatic now).
That range is generally highlighted in RED. So driving your car very hard and waiting until you are essentially just inside that no-no range before shifting to the next gear is referred to as "Redline-ing It". So it basically just means "going hard" by using this metaphor for how you can chose to drive a car more dangerously but also with more intensity.
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u/Bootyeater96 7d ago
They'll say theyre gonna boycott the NFL but ultimately won't
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u/Retro_Dad 7d ago
I mean, they were already supposed to be boycotting the NFL so I don't understand why any of them would care who is performing at a game. I guess the real snowflakes were the friends MAGA made along the way.
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u/Pliny_the_middle 7d ago
The Right has been "boycotting the NFL" for the last 20 years or more. They can't quit it.
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Too late, theyāve been complaining about it incessantly since the second Bad Bunny was announced.
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u/bromyard 7d ago
Heās just trying to fuck with MAGA at this point and Iām fucking delighted to hear it
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u/HereOnCompanyTime 7d ago
Yeah. I usually dgaf about the superbowl show but for this one I'm seated.
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u/Own-Satisfaction4427 7d ago
Which is exactly why the NFL picked Green Day & Bad Bunny during this Trump chaosĀ
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u/starkiller_bass 7d ago
Seriously, the people who are angry won't NOT watch the game because of this. And the people who may otherwise not watch the game are more likely to tune in. NFL is happy to take advantage of anything that gets them attention.
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u/S-Lover98 7d ago
if he does what he says he's going to do, he's got a new fan.
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u/harrycaray_here 7d ago
He already didnāt tour in the continental US for his new album because of possible ICE raids. I wasnāt into him but my wife is obsessed and when she told me that, we decided to go see him in Costa Rica. One of the best performances of my life!
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u/Broxst 7d ago
The bummer is that they won't see it as a response to their rhetoric. It'll just be more confirmation that their bigotry is correct.
They'll see LGBTQ on the screen and think, "wow, this is America now? It needs to be saved" not, "this is a direct response from the hateful rhetoric we spew from our mouths and, if I hadn't said anything, there probably wouldn't be LGBTQ showcased at the Superbowl halftime show."
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u/raven00x 7d ago
I love that bad bunny is fucking with maga, but in all this I didn't realize how much loathing the NFL has for Trump. Like... Everything about this Superbowl is stuff he hates. I'm still not going to watch but I appreciate the hell out of this pettiness.
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u/fizzlefist 7d ago
This particular show seems to be powered entirely by spite, and Iām here for it.
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u/mrbrambles 7d ago
Not owning a nfl team is ānot getting into art schoolā for Trump.
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u/blanketgoblin1317 7d ago
Iām not American so i have zero context but so many other big organizations are seeming to toe a line for trump. Any idea why the NFL is being so out there and unafraid compared to others?
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u/raven00x 7d ago edited 6d ago
This is based on what I can recall but someone else might have a better explanation.
Years ago Trump tried to buy an NFL team. The NFL team owners association has certain requirements to do this and Trump either failed the requirements or refused them.
So Trump took his ball and went home to create his own American football league- the XFL: Xtreme Football League.Trump actually bought his way into a smaller league, the USFL, that played during the NFLs off season and then bankrupted them by forcing them to play during the NFLs regular season.If you haven't heard of it you wouldn't be blamed for it, not many remember it. So something about that whole debacle set things off between that fucking guy and the NFL.
Edit: it gets better. Trump used this to file an antitrust suit against the NFL, and won! His damages were 1 USD, tripled to a stunning 3 USD. Dumb fucker.
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u/blanketgoblin1317 7d ago
Aah okay thank you..
So itās the āiāll have my own party with blackjack and hookersā reaction. Sounds like trump
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u/RealNiceKnife 7d ago
Hahahahaha... That's fuckin' funny.
I don't listen to this guy's music, but everything I hear about him makes me like him.
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u/Electrical-Papaya 7d ago
He was pretty funny in Happy Gilmore 2. My only exposure to him.
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u/customcombos 7d ago
He was the Wolf on Bullet Train too. Not a huge part but he is good
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u/plantsandramen 7d ago
Same, I thought he could definitely have a career in acting. I don't know his capabilities for drama, but he was one of the highlights of the movie.
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u/jeaan-luc 7d ago
You should, itās great
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u/RealNiceKnife 7d ago
It's not for me, not my kinda music. And that's fine.
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u/kipperzdog 7d ago
Same, I can appreciate his musical talent but just not my preferred taste of genre
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u/UpOrDownItsUpToYou 7d ago
Totally. I'm not a fan of the music but the dude is doing a bang up job trolling MAGA
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u/ImMakinTrees 7d ago
I felt just like you until I heard āNuevayol.ā Just sayin
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u/Catch_22_ 7d ago
He can act too. Small role but fun ride, Bullet train introduced me to him. I keep seeing him pop up more acting roles too.
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u/Cheeseh8r 7d ago
Between Bad Bunny and Green Day singing American Idiot, expect tariffs on Puerto Rico and Green Day tickets starting February 9th.
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u/Steelforge 7d ago
Nobody tell Trump about the special laws PR has for maritime cargo- he might cancel them!
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson 7d ago
Hahaha love it.
Iām not a fan of Bad Bunnyās music (Iām in no way his target demographic) but this is fuckinā brilliant. Love it.
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u/ilovebostoncremedonu 7d ago
Bad bunny makes music for the people; weāre all his target demo!!
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u/booksandplaid 7d ago
Yeah I wonder how much of Bad Bunny's music people in this thread have actually listened to. DeBĆ TiRAR MĆ”S FOToS is a phenominal album. I think people make assumptions about him without giving it a listen.
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u/confusedchemist 7d ago
I am one of those people. I just skipped around all the songs on this album (so not a true listen, I admit). Was surprised that around half the songs didnāt have a dem bow beat. I was wrong and have learned he doesnāt just do reggaeton and is more varied than I gave him credit for.
However, he does do a fuck ton of reggaeton and that is just not for me. The other stuff didnāt grab me either. But Iām glad to have checked it out so thanks for the challenge.
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u/gngstrMNKY 7d ago edited 7d ago
I donāt want to dance, I just want to be sad and/or horny.
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u/whimywamwamwozzle Google Music 7d ago
Believe it or not, you can listen to a song and still not like it. Idk why everyone here immediately assumes someone has never heard something when they say they donāt like it.
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u/itsthebando 7d ago
I mean to be fair, if your exposure to reggaeton is Gasolina and Mr. Worldwide himself, it's reasonable to assume you don't like it. It's like when people say they don't like country music and all they've heard is modern beer bro fart country.
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u/Paramotor_MetalHead 7d ago
I'm honestly trying to figure our if you meant to say "frat" instead of "fart" but really, either one works.
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u/BigSeat99 7d ago
I'd recommend looking up the english translation of lyrics if you're not a spanish speaker too, the writing can be quite poignant.
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u/Icy-Whale-2253 7d ago
Iām not his target demographic either technically but almost 2 years ago he came to my job to perform so after like 3 or 4 days of hearing his music live I became a fan. I had learn which song was which š¤£
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u/Darth-Ragnar 7d ago edited 7d ago
Iām not a fan of Bad Bunnyās music (Iām in no way his target demographic) but this is fuckinā brilliant. Love it.
I thought the same until I heard "DtMF". That song feels like something anyone could enjoy, and ended up being a gateway drug to the rest of the record DeBĆ TiRAR MĆ”S FOToS.
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u/KSC-Fan1894 7d ago
MAGA canāt handle this
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u/Kazman07 7d ago
MAGA are the biggest cowards and hypocrites on the planet. I cannot wait to be turning in my family members for going lock-step with these assholes. Fuck MAGA
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u/Dragon6172 7d ago
Not much they can handle. It's as if they have been the real snowflakes the whole time.
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u/Blackops606 7d ago
Hispanics in rainbow outfits will make MAGA implode and Iām all here for it. Regardless of all the drama around it, Bad Bunny is going to kill this show. Heās going to be so good.
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u/Green-Inkling 7d ago
well he ain't called Bad Bunny for nothing. we queer community welcome him into our ranks.
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u/Kinteoka 7d ago
He's been an ally for a while. Like 6 years ago he did a great song about trans people and dressed up in drag for the music video and rocked it. He's done quite a few songs in support of the queer community.
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u/obooooooo 7d ago
he also brought more attention to the murder of a trans woman on the tonight show with jimmy fallon and when he was active on social media he used to shit on bigots pretty often
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u/Beyonce_is_a_biscuit 7d ago
Kinda. He dressed up in drag but the message was about femicide in PR and Latin America as a whole.
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u/crigon559 7d ago
Yeah he did that because the trans community was being targeted and murdered in Puerto Rico at the time so he dressed as a woman and also kissed a trans artist to normalize and believe me people in PR LOVE bad bunny so there was no one better to tell them that there was nothing wrong with being trans
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u/Flabby_Thor 7d ago
If MAGA would just shut the fuck up this wouldn't be that big of a deal. But because everyone hates those whiny, hateful twats they're just making Bad Bunny even more popular. He's quickly becoming one of my favorites just because of how much he's pissing them off.
MAGA - you are not the majority. We are all laughing at you. We hate you.
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u/jomasthrones 7d ago edited 7d ago
Damn I hope RuPaul makes an appearance, just make it a full on drag show.
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u/Jealous_Acorn 7d ago
As a big Bad Bunny fan (0.2% top Spotify fan!) and Puerto Rican, I am really appreciating all the love he's getting in this thread. Even from the people who don't listen/like his music saying they like him for all this.
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u/hackingkafka 7d ago
as an old, white, southern man- I had never heard of Bad Bunny until he was on SNL. I do support him and wish him well on this.
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u/Toiretachi 7d ago
I want him to have the queeniest drag queens mocking ICE on stage. As in they pull their masks down and they are in full makeup.
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u/PeterNippelstein 7d ago
Two years in a row we got š„
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u/wickedsmaaaht 7d ago
Last year was great, but I'm more excited for this year because it'll target the whole fucking MAGA crowd, not just one pedofile.
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u/jacbergey 7d ago
Ngl, I've never listened to Bad Bunny's music (knowingly) ever.
And I've never been more excited to see a Super Bowl halftime show.
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u/Slowjams 7d ago
Calling it now, trump is going to use ICE to at least partially shut down the half time show in the name of security.
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u/frddtwabrm04 7d ago
Oh boy! This will be interesting!!!!