Pop Culture Happy Hour Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
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Feb 9, 2026 Alana Casanova Burgess, La Brega host and Puerto Rican culture expert, and Rihanna Cruz, music critic, join the conversation. They discuss Bad Bunny’s rewatchable Super Bowl halftime show, its Puerto Rican and pan-American imagery, the staged wedding and queer joy, plantation and decolonial references, Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin moments, and the culture-war politics surrounding the performance.
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A Top-Tier Halftime Spectacle
- The panel calls Bad Bunny's Super Bowl set one of the all-time great halftime shows for its stagecraft and joyful performance.
- Stephen highlights its technical accomplishment and places it alongside Prince and Beyoncé as a top-tier spectacle.
Parade Of Nations Visual
- Alana describes the parade of American nations with Puerto Rican flags as a key visual moment in the set.
- She says the sequence reframed 'God bless America' to include the Americas broadly, making it emotionally powerful.
Anti-Colonial Message In Song Choice
- Rihanna highlights Ricky Martin singing 'Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii' as an anti-colonial statement on the Super Bowl stage.
- She notes its power given Martin's crossover history and the song's critique of colonialism.