"By now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance. It's a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to take in every thoughtful, exuberant detail even though it's barely 14 minutes long. My most beloved part occurs a little more than nine minutes into the homage, when the cuatro puertorriqueno appears. The stringed instrument has its own moment in the spotlight, shown in the talented hands of the cuatrista Jose Eduardo Santana just before Ricky Martin performs."
"For Bad Bunny, who proudly advocates for Puerto Rico's independence and flies a light blue Puerto Rican flag associated with that stance, there is no doubt that the answer is yes. Puerto Rico is an American country in the broadest sense of that weighted word: it is part of a bigger family, one that doesn't revolve around the US. It's clear that Bad Bunny has been thinking of Puerto Rico's place in the Americas for some time, and of what real American citizenship means."
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime set featured the Puerto Rican cuatro in a spotlighted moment, performed by cuatrista Jose Eduardo Santana just before Ricky Martin. The cuatro's inclusion elevated cultural pride and invited reflection on Puerto Rico's political status by posing whether a colony with a national instrument could be a country. Bad Bunny openly advocates Puerto Rican independence and displays the light blue independence flag. He describes Puerto Rico as an American country in a broader sense, part of an Americas family rather than defined by the US. His song 'La Mudanza' references Eugenio Maria de Hostos's wish to be buried in an independent Puerto Rico, asking that his music and the sky-blue flag accompany Hostos' remains.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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