{"id":52291,"date":"2025-11-20T13:49:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/residency-grammys-super-bowl-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:49:25","slug":"residency-grammys-super-bowl-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/residency-grammys-super-bowl-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Residency, Grammys, Super Bowl and More"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\t\t<\/span>very year Bad Bunny<\/a> gets bigger, with new records broken and more gains made \u2014 and yet his career in 2025 feels like a massively historic moment, even for him. The Puerto Rican star, born Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, kicked things off in January by releasing Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos<\/em>. A deeply felt compendium filled with memories, love, and longing for his home island, it also traces political issues like displacement and gentrification. His masterful use of sonic traditions, blending Puerto Rican bomba and plena into pop creations, didn\u2019t just help the album ricochet up the charts (it spent more than 20 weeks in the Billboard<\/em> 200\u2019s Top 10) \u2014 it drew a new blueprint for the future of Latin music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt also set the scene for a groundbreaking concept: No Me Quiero Ir de Aqu\u00ed<\/em> (\u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Leave Here\u201d), Bad Bunny\u2019s 31-date residency, designed to bring listeners to the heart of Puerto Rico. Each night, he filled the island\u2019s largest indoor venue, the Jos\u00e9 Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, with almost 20,000 people. Celebrities ranging from Pen\u00e9lope Cruz to Mbapp\u00e9 to Darren Aronofsky packed La Casita, a replica of a traditional one-story house from the island that doubled as a VIP area and a b-stage. The entire residency made sure all eyes were on Puerto Rico, with constant headlines and intrigue built around surprise guests and performers. The first several weekends were open only to locals, and it wasn\u2019t rare to see Puerto Ricans with tears in their eyes in the crowd. The residency gave the island\u2019s economy a boost, to the tune of at least $400 million, and helped Bad Bunny stay true to what he cares about: his people.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat\u2019s the point of being at this level? What do I win? I\u2019ll die and that\u2019s it \u2014 I\u2019m not going to take anything with me,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/em> in January<\/a>. \u201cSo I think that\u2019s it: to show the world who I am and what my culture is, where I grew up. To talk a little about myself so they can get to know me a little more, and that\u2019s me: I\u2019m Puerto Rican.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn September, yet another milestone was announced: He\u2019ll headline the Super Bowl<\/a> in 2026, marking the first halftime performance predominately in Spanish. The decision came with immediate backlash; conservatives lambasted the decision, melting down over Bad Bunny\u2019s androgynous fashion choices, his defense of trans rights, and his past comments about Trump and immigration. (Earlier this year, he told i-D<\/em> magazine that he\u2019d avoided a U.S. tour so that his Latino fans wouldn\u2019t be harassed by ICE.) Newsmax host Greg Kelly called for a boycott of the NFL, insisting that Bad Bunny \u201chates America, hates President Trump, hates ICE, hates the English language! He\u2019s just a terrible person.\u201d Even the president weighed in, insisting he has no idea who Bad Bunny is and calling the NFL\u2019s choice \u201cabsolutely ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYet Bad Bunny stood firm, lightly joking about the controversy while hosting SNL<\/em><\/a> in October. His monologue included a winking clip of Fox hosts and talking heads spliced together to make it seem like they were saying, \u201cBad Bunny. Is. My favorite. Musician. And he should be the next. President.\u201d Then the artist switched to Spanish and touted how excited his fans were about the Super Bowl, \u201cespecially all the Latinos and Latinas in the whole world, and here in the United States, all the people who have worked to open doors, more than I have achieved, who have achieved everything, demonstrating that our way, our carrying of this country, no one can ever remove nor erase.\u201d Other than that, he\u2019s been quiet on the topic, simply preparing for his historic set and treating the ugly rhetoric with class and aplomb.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd just when it seemed like he was wrapping a victory lap of a year \u2014 which also included sizable roles in Happy Gilmore 2<\/em> and Aronofsky\u2019s Caught Stealing<\/em> \u2014 Bad Bunny scored more accolades, winning five Latin Grammys<\/a>, including Album of the Year, in November. His acceptance speech<\/a> was a subtle repudiation of anti-Latino rhetoric in the U.S. and a moment of empowerment for kids in the community, with Bad Bunny dedicating the award to \u201call the children and young people of Latin America, and especially of those in Puerto Rico.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNever stop dreaming and being yourselves. It doesn\u2019t matter where you come from; don\u2019t forget where you come from and don\u2019t forget where you\u2019re going,\u201d he said, looking into the camera. \u201cThere are ways to show patriotism and defend our land \u2014 we chose music.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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