Bad Bunny announced his Super Bowl halftime performance in a fully Puerto Rican way: wearing a pava hat, chanclas, and a Hector Lavoe-inspired suit, while sitting atop a football goalpost at sunset on a beach in Puerto Rico. This announcement came just a week after Bad Bunny ended his historic 31-day residency at El Coliseo de Puerto Rico with a record-breaking livestream of the final show via Amazon Music. It was the most-watched single-artist performance in the history of the platform.

Now Bad Bunny is preparing to achieve yet another major cultural milestone as the first Super Bowl halftime artist to perform solely in Spanish. But this historically significant moment comes with political implications that have led to deeply divided viewpoints.

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