"Bad Bunny's 13-minute Super Bowl halftime performance was jam-packed with references to Puerto Rican life and Latino culture more broadly. The Spanish-language performance by the 31-year-old singer born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio was highly anticipated by fans eager to see what songs, symbols and guests the artist might showcase, as well as by political watchers for any possibly charged statements, given Bad Bunny's comments about ICE at the Grammy Awards last weekend. There was a lot going on on the sprawling, dynamic set."
"The singer and rapper opened the night in a scene resembling a field of sugar cane, surrounded by farmers hacking at the stalks. The production and trade of sugar has coloured Puerto Rico's history. Enslaved people were made to cultivate sugar cane starting in the 1500s, and crops were sold abroad by settlers who colonized the Caribbean islands. Sugar cane production endured for centuries even after slavery was outlawed in the territory, and as of 1964, accounted for nearly half of all agricultural production in Puerto Rico."
Bad Bunny delivered a 13-minute Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime performance that incorporated numerous references to Puerto Rican life and broader Latino culture. The production opened with a sugar cane field scene featuring farmers hacking stalks, invoking the island's long history of sugar cultivation and the forced labor of enslaved people beginning in the 1500s. The performance noted sugar's economic role through decades, including that by 1964 sugar cane comprised nearly half of Puerto Rico's agricultural output. The staging included many participants and visual metaphors that viewers read as both cultural celebration and political symbolism, while fans awaited song and guest choices.
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