Bad Bunny is facing conservative backlash after being announced as the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner. Critics claim he shouldn’t headline the Super Bowl after refusing to tour the U.S. But the Puerto Rican superstar has performed on SNL and just finished a residency that boosted Puerto Rico’s economy by $400 million. Detractors also accuse him of pushing the “woke” ideology. But fans know Bad Bunny has long challenged reggaeton’s toxic masculinity—donning drag in “Yo Perreo Sola,” honoring murdered trans woman Alexa Negrón Luciano, and embracing queer visibility. He isn’t an artist who hates the world, or who the world hates. He’s exactly the artist America needs now.
