Will Bad Bunny Get BOOED by Super Bowl Fans ?

[Montrovant]

What makes you think any are "made up?" Got evidence to the contrary?


Stated by someone connected to TPUSA.


What difference does it make?


It is a territory, like Guam. Not a state or commonwealth.


No one ever heard of him that I saw or read until announced by the NFL. Then everybody said 'Who?' And what does that really say if the #2 artist in the USA is a guy who doesn't even speak english?

Why would I need evidence to the contrary? If you are making a claim the burden is on you to provide evidence, not someone else to provide evidence against. Where did you get the data that indicates the majority of viewers of the halftime show were in small Latin countries?

What difference does it make? It makes a huge difference to your claim that 21 million chose to tune away from the SB halftime show and change to the TPUSA show. If most of those 21 million actually watched the TPUSA show after the Super Bowl was already over, they did NOT tune away from the SB halftime to watch TPUSA.

No, Puerto Rico is not a state. So what? You didn't say anything about the SB being intended to entertain those who live in the 50 states, you said Americans. Puerto Ricans are, in fact, Americans.

The fact that YOU didn't know about a pop artist doesn't mean that no one else did. To begin with, this wasn't even the first time he performed at a SB halftime show. I linked to Billboard showing him as their number 7 artist in the US for 2025. He's been Spotify's most streamed musician in 4 different years. Maybe you aren't all that in touch with who the biggest artists in pop music are. I didn't know who he was until I happened to see him on SNL a year or two ago (which is odd, since I don't normally watch that show ), but I didn't think to myself, "This guy must be new, because I've never heard of him before." I'm aware that modern pop music is not something I pay attention to or know all that much about. Would you say that you do?

Even if your claim that 21 million tuned out of the SB halftime show to watch the TPUSA show were true, it still averaged 128 million viewers per Nielsen, making it the fourth-most watched SB halftime show. If you're trying to make a point that people don't know Bad Bunny and don't want to see him as a halftime performer, again, the data seems to disagree with you.

What does it say if the #7 (not #2, Billboard has him as #2 globally when including the USA) artist in the USA doesn't sing/rap in English? I don't know, probably that there are a lot of Spanish speakers in this country, and maybe that a lot of people who listen to this sort of music don't actually care all that much about the lyrics.

 

[Montrovant]

He's popular outside the US, which to most Americans is meaningless. His music is African, not American or even "Latin", and it is generous to even call it music, being nothing much more than a lot of loud drumming, and BB TALKING. not singing with melody.

I already provided a link showing that he's popular in the US as well, not just outside it.

I'm not going to argue that his music is particularly good, as I don't like it. However, I'm well aware that a lot more people like his music, or other music of similar style, than most of what I listen to. I don't get pissy about not liking the SB halftime performer because it's silly, but also because I almost never like the SB halftime performer. No one's making me watch it.

 

[candycorn]

Why would I need evidence to the contrary? If you are making a claim the burden is on you to provide evidence, not someone else to provide evidence against. Where did you get the data that indicates the majority of viewers of the halftime show were in small Latin countries?

What difference does it make? It makes a huge difference to your claim that 21 million chose to tune away from the SB halftime show and change to the TPUSA show. If most of those 21 million actually watched the TPUSA show after the Super Bowl was already over, they did NOT tune away from the SB halftime to watch TPUSA.

No, Puerto Rico is not a state. So what? You didn't say anything about the SB being intended to entertain those who live in the 50 states, you said Americans. Puerto Ricans are, in fact, Americans.

The fact that YOU didn't know about a pop artist doesn't mean that no one else did. To begin with, this wasn't even the first time he performed at a SB halftime show. I linked to Billboard showing him as their number 7 artist in the US for 2025. He's been Spotify's most streamed musician in 4 different years. Maybe you aren't all that in touch with who the biggest artists in pop music are. I didn't know who he was until I happened to see him on SNL a year or two ago (which is odd, since I don't normally watch that show ), but I didn't think to myself, "This guy must be new, because I've never heard of him before." I'm aware that modern pop music is not something I pay attention to or know all that much about. Would you say that you do?

Even if your claim that 21 million tuned out of the SB halftime show to watch the TPUSA show were true, it still averaged 128 million viewers per Nielsen, making it the fourth-most watched SB halftime show. If you're trying to make a point that people don't know Bad Bunny and don't want to see him as a halftime performer, again, the data seems to disagree with you.

What does it say if the #7 (not #2, Billboard has him as #2 globally when including the USA) artist in the USA doesn't sing/rap in English? I don't know, probably that there are a lot of Spanish speakers in this country, and maybe that a lot of people who listen to this sort of music don't actually care all that much about the lyrics.

More people watched the Puppy Bowl than Kid Rock

 

[Fiero425]

I already provided a link showing that he's popular in the US as well, not just outside it.

I'm not going to argue that his music is particularly good, as I don't like it. However, I'm well aware that a lot more people like his music, or other music of similar style, than most of what I listen to. I don't get pissy about not liking the SB halftime performer because it's silly, but also because I almost never like the SB halftime performer. No one's making me watch it.

Being a Senior, I had no idea who the guy was, but he seems to be highly regarded & most thought the performance quite moving! A lot of special guests were given exposure during the Halftime including Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin! All the bases were covered, but the hardcore haters had to throw a grenade in the center of things & embarrassed themselves!

 

[toobfreak]

Why would I need evidence to the contrary?

Look, Monty, if I came to you reporting the Sun was blue, you'd have grounds to challenge that view by simply producing a picture of it showing that it wasn't.

But if I reported the Sun were yellow, why do I need to prove that if you have no evidence to the contrary? People close to TPUSA days ago reported 21 million views estimating that it could climb as high as 30-50 once all tabulation is in from all broadcast sources; why is everyone so against that?

They did not get the concise monitoring that Nielsen gave NBC.

Whereas the Super Bowl was a clearly defined network of broadcast, apparently TPUSA had a rather broken and partial control over who and how their show was covered, at least this time. I don't have all of the details, but there were apparently more than one streaming service, more than one podcast, more than one OTA broadcast, and perhaps other things.

All I know is that I'm pretty confident that if they ever come by a final, official number, it will be as accurate as they can make it and not artificially inflated because they really need to know themselves. Besides, even if it were just the 5-6 million originally reported just for YouTube, even that number would be a great success.

 

[rightwinger]

No, he tried to repair an election, that was STOLEN FROM HIM. As I posted PAGES of proof about 5 years ago.

You have no idea how suckered you are. Wanna buy a bridge in Brookyn ?

No
Trump is a Crybaby Loser who can’t admit he was badly beaten

 

[OldFlame]

Being a Senior, I had no idea who the guy was, but he seems to be highly regarded & most thought the performance quite moving! A lot of special guests were given exposure during the Halftime including Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin! All the bases were covered, but the hardcore haters had to throw a grenade in the center of things & embarrassed themselves!

Go read the translation of the songs that he 'performed', misogynistic, pure filth.

 

[Montrovant]

Look, Monty, if I came to you reporting the Sun was blue, you'd have grounds to challenge that view by simply producing a picture of it showing that it wasn't.

But if I reported the Sun were yellow, why do I need to prove that if you have no evidence to the contrary? People close to TPUSA days ago reported 21 million views estimating that it could climb as high as 30-50 once all tabulation is in from all broadcast sources; why is everyone so against that?

They did not get the concise monitoring that Nielsen gave NBC.

Whereas the Super Bowl was a clearly defined network of broadcast, apparently TPUSA had a rather broken and partial control over who and how their show was covered, at least this time. I don't have all of the details, but there were apparently more than one streaming service, more than one podcast, more than one OTA broadcast, and perhaps other things.

All I know is that I'm pretty confident that if they ever come by a final, official number, it will be as accurate as they can make it and not artificially inflated because they really need to know themselves. Besides, even if it were just the 5-6 million originally reported just for YouTube, even that number would be a great success.

The difference between you reporting the sun is yellow and you reporting 21 million tuned out of the SB to tune into TPUSA is that everyone can easily see the sun themselves, simply by looking outside, whereas the TPUSA viewing numbers during the Super Bowl you've given are not easily found by anyone and, in fact, are different than what numbers have generally been reported about the viewership so far.

I've also seen the 21 million views number, and in fact it was in a link I posted, but it was the views as of the 11th, not just the views during the Super Bowl. I don't know if those are the numbers you've seen reported.

Considering what it was and what it was going up against, I agree that TPUSA was successful, even if it's just the 5 million youtube views. But I think it's a difficult sell to claim that 20-50 million people had the Super Bowl on, then turned it off to switch to TPUSA. Even among people who watched TPUSA, it's entirely possible some used a different device to watch TPUSA show without turning off the SB.

From what I've seen, they were both crap.

 

[protectionist]

What makes you think any are "made up?" Got evidence to the contrary?


Stated by someone connected to TPUSA.


What difference does it make?

Being a Senior, I had no idea who the guy was, but he seems to be highly regarded & most thought the performance quite moving! A lot of special guests were given exposure during the Halftime including Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin! All the bases were covered, but the hardcore haters had to throw a grenade in the center of things & embarrassed themselves!

"moving" ? I don't know what exactly you mean by that, but if a half hour of mindless, musicless, African drumming, combined with continuous obscenities, spouted out in a language most Americans don't understand, & people jumping around like jack rabbits, is your bag, you sure don't have very high requirements.

 

[Montrovant]

"moving" ? I don't know what exactly you mean by that, but if a half hour of mindless, musicless, African drumming, combined with continuous obscenities, spouted out in a language most Americans don't understand, & people jumping around like jack rabbits, is your bag, you sure don't have very high requirements.

Did he continuously spout obscenities in Spanish?

 

[OldFlame]

Did he continuously spout obscenities in Spanish?

So you're defending him and his half time show without knowing/understanding anything that was said during it?

 

[Montrovant]

So you're defending him and his half time show without knowing/understanding anything that was said during it?

No. I'm pointing out the fallacy of saying that no one knew who he was, or that he's only popular in other countries, or that 'real' Americans don't like him, or that 20-50 million people tuned away from the Super Bowl because of his performance. I've said multiple times I don't like his music.

I've seen translations of some of his show that were not filled with obscenities, though.

 

[protectionist]

No
Trump is a Crybaby Loser who can’t admit he was badly beaten

FALSE! They stole it from him and everybody knows it.

 

[OldFlame]

No. I'm pointing out the fallacy of saying that no one knew who he was, or that he's only popular in other countries, or that 'real' Americans don't like him, or that 20-50 million people tuned away from the Super Bowl because of his performance. I've said multiple times I don't like his music.

I've seen translations of some of his show that were not filled with obscenities, though.

Everything you said is subjective. I never heard of him prior to this, nor had anyone I know ever heard of him. Most Americans would have picked different entertainment and that entertainment being done in English. They have numbers for who turned it off, we did, why watch something I have no understanding of? You're welcome to chose to believe the numbers or not, but you don't get to say that it didn't happen just based on your opinion.

He performed 5 songs, look up the translation of each, pure misogyny and filth. Ignorance is not an excuse.

 

[protectionist]

Did he continuously spout obscenities in Spanish?

yeah - I watched it & listened to most if it.

 

[protectionist]

The reviews are in...pretty much great marks from those who had open minds.

The close minded reacted predictably.

HA. Oh they're in all right >>

According to Nielsen Data reviewed by On The Money, the Super Bowl drew its highest numbers Sunday night of 137, 826 viewers during the 15 minutes which spanned the second quarter of the game. After that and during the time slots of the halftime show that included Bad Bunny’s performance, the broadcast began losing viewership, declines of 1%, 6% and 5% until around the time the third quarter play began and the ratings jumped to a positive 7%.

“Based on my understanding of the data, Bad Bunny lost more % of the Super Bowl viewership from the end of the second quarter than has ever happened before,” tweeted Ryan Glasspeigel, a reporter for Front Office Sports on Wednesday.

Exclusive | Bad Bunny and his Super Bowl halftime show just had a brush with the FCC: sources

Conservatives and many football fans panned the Puerto Rican rapper’s implied attacks on President Trump, and what they alleged were crude dance numbers that led to calls for an FCC obscenity…

nypost.com

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You are DUPED. 100%.

Yes, watching video of trump being a terrified ***** has fooled me into thinking he is a terrified *****.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

FALSE! They stole it from him and everybody knows it.
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Oh look, lying charts the cult doesnt understand.

 

[Montrovant]

Everything you said is subjective. I never heard of him prior to this, nor had anyone I know ever heard of him. Most Americans would have picked different entertainment and that entertainment being done in English. They have numbers for who turned it off, we did, why watch something I have no understanding of? You're welcome to chose to believe the numbers or not, but you don't get to say that it didn't happen just based on your opinion.

He performed 5 songs, look up the translation of each, pure misogyny and filth. Ignorance is not an excuse.

It's not just an opinion that saying no one knew who Bad Bunny was prior to this Super Bowl is wrong. It's objectively true. Hell, he was already in another SB halftime show before this one.

It's certainly possible most Americans would have picked someone else to perform.

What numbers are you talking about as far as who turned it off? I know that the peak viewers of the halftime show were lower than the peak numbers for the game, but I don't know just what you're referencing with that.

This is the umpteenth time someone in this thread has made a statement about how they had never heard of Bad Bunny before this halftime show. I'll ask you, as I have asked others: do you think you have your finger on the pulse of today's popular music?

My impression of this board has always been that it trends fairly old. I don't know if that still holds true, but I'm pretty confident that in my first years coming here, I was on the younger side of posters. I'm currently 51 and I would guess I'm still below the average age of posters here, although there are enough people that I could well be wrong. My point with this, though, is that I don't think the average poster on this message board is likely to know just what musical artists are popular at the moment. Considering Billboard listed Bad Bunny as the #7 artist in the country for 2025, I think it's a fair assumption.

I've seen differing translations of his songs. I don't know which are accurate, or if he might have toned down his usual lyrics some for the halftime show. While some of the translations I've seen were inappropriate for the venue, I can't get on a high horse about it, considering some of the music I listen to.

 

[Montrovant]

yeah - I watched it & listened to most if it.

Are you a Spanish speaker? I've seen multiple different translations of the songs. I don't know which are accurate, nor do I know if he may have done any censoring of the songs for the halftime show. Can you give any examples of what he said during the show (not just what's in the recorded versions of the songs)?