Will Bad Bunny Get BOOED by Super Bowl Fans ?

[toobfreak]

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.

Wrong. The 21 mil figure comes from the most reliable source closest to the TP broadcast: TPUSA themselves. Why you question them yet do not question what the NFL reports from Nielsen is your choice. That 5-6 mil number initially reported apparently only applied to one form of YouTube broadcast.

Personally, I'm curious what actual final number TP agrees was their true viewership.

 

[protectionist]

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.

By what degree or concept are you defining Bad bunny as an "artist" ? Can you point out one thing he does that could be called ART ?

 

[protectionist]

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)?

I am a Spanish speaker but I would not want to repeat the obscenities this jerk spouted out. I recall that those bad lyrics were already posted in this thread, and I remember them as being what he said.

 

[Montrovant]

Wrong. The 21 mil figure comes from the most reliable source closest to the TP broadcast: TPUSA themselves. Why you question them yet do not question what the NFL reports from Nielsen is your choice. That 5-6 mil number initially reported apparently only applied to one form of YouTube broadcast.

Personally, I'm curious what actual final number TP agrees was their true viewership.

I have only seen you state that that number comes from TPUSA, I haven’t been able to find anything from them giving viewership numbers and you haven’t provided anything.

Anonymous internet poster says they talked to someone who works for a company that works with TPUSA isn’t what I call reliable data. Nielsen is far from perfect, but at least I can get an idea of their methodology

 

[Montrovant]

By what degree or concept are you defining Bad bunny as an "artist" ? Can you point out one thing he does that could be called ART ?

Art is subjective. He makes music, or at least performs, and that is known as a musical artist. Doesn’t matter if you or I like it

 

[toobfreak]

I have only seen you state that that number comes from TPUSA, I haven’t been able to find anything from them giving viewership numbers and you haven’t provided anything.

Anonymous internet poster says they talked to someone who works for a company that works with TPUSA isn’t what I call reliable data. Nielsen is far from perfect, but at least I can get an idea of their methodology

Then you need to learn to read. I consider Jack Posobiec just about the closest, most reliable source of info on the matter, not just some "anonymous" person.

 

[Montrovant]

Then you need to learn to read. I consider Jack Posobiec just about the closest, most reliable source of info on the matter, not just some "anonymous" person.

YOU are an anonymous person to me.

I don’t recall you mentioning Jack Posobiec prior to this (and he’s someone I had to look up), sorry if I missed it. I don’t know why I should trust his word, but if he showed where his numbers come from, great.

 

[protectionist]

Art is subjective. He makes music, or at least performs, and that is known as a musical artist. Doesn’t matter if you or I like it

Absolutely FALSE! He does NOT make music. And the melodyless, harmonyless African drumming behind him, is not "music" (combination of rhythm, melody, & harmony).

He talks (doesn't sing). He plays zero number of musical instruments. He does nothing whatsoever that could be described as music.

As for "Art", I am both a professional artist & musician, and have been over 50 years. Art (graphic or music) is PARTIALLY subjective. And if one simply "performs" without music, no they are NOT "known as a musical artist"

Rodney Dangerfield was a performer - great comedien, but he was not a musical artist.

 

[Fiero425]

Absolutely FALSE! He does NOT make music. And the melodyless, harmonyless African drumming behind him, is not "music" (combination of rhythm, melody, & harmony).

He talks (doesn't sing). He plays zero number of musical instruments. He does nothing whatsoever that could be described as music.

As for "Art", I am both a professional artist & musician, and have been over 50 years. Art (graphic or music) is PARTIALLY subjective. And if one simply "performs" without music, no they are NOT "known as a musical artist"

Rodney Dangerfield was a performer - great comedien, but he was not a musical artist.

You'd be surprised! I guess I'm showing my age, but most comedians throw in a little singing; even if for just a joke! My fave album from a comedian had Bill Cosby crooning! It wasn't great, but it was produced well enuf that I have fond memories of him doing "Sunny, Reach out (I'll be there)," & "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!" Very early on I knew he had to be a sleaze! He had amazing power going back to the 60's so I was onto him! He became "Everybody's Dad," but was never at home! He was always on the road, star/producer of TV series, hosting Jazz concerts, promoting his books, making bad movies ("Leonard Pt. 6"), & selling his soul in commercials (Coke)! End Rant!

 

[protectionist]

I have only seen you state that that number comes from TPUSA, I haven’t been able to find anything from them giving viewership numbers and you haven’t provided anything.

Anonymous internet poster says they talked to someone who works for a company that works with TPUSA isn’t what I call reliable data. Nielsen is far from perfect, but at least I can get an idea of their methodology

see post 316

Also :

"They Made A Mistake" Bad Bunny Sees Numerous Seahawks And Patriots Players Admit They Have Never Heard Of Him (Watch) - Gridiron Heroics

Bad Bunny: Santa Clara, CA – February 8, 2026 – As Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium approaches, a hilarious viral video is making the rounds

gridironheroics.com

 

[Montrovant]

see post 316

Also :
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"They Made A Mistake" Bad Bunny Sees Numerous Seahawks And Patriots Players Admit They Have Never Heard Of Him (Watch) - Gridiron Heroics

Bad Bunny: Santa Clara, CA – February 8, 2026 – As Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium approaches, a hilarious viral video is making the rounds

gridironheroics.com

The link you provided in post #316 doesn't give numbers for the TPUSA show, only talks about the SB numbers.

The article also mentioned that the explicit lyrics from Bad Bunny's songs had been censored for the show.

 

[protectionist]

The link you provided in post #316 doesn't give numbers for the TPUSA show, only talks about the SB numbers.

The article also mentioned that the explicit lyrics from Bad Bunny's songs had been censored for the show.

They censored some of the lyrics, but he inserted more lyrics that were not shown to the censors. I heard them. So did millions of other Spanish speakers.
And if a "performer' has to have lyrics censored before going on the air, what does that tell you about him ?

 

[Lockback]

They censored some of the lyrics, but he inserted more lyrics that were not shown to the censors. I heard them. So did millions of other Spanish speakers.
And if a "performer' has to have lyrics censored before going on the air, what does that tell you about him ?

It tells me he's a sleazy POS.
I didn't watch him and his shit show.

 

[toobfreak]

YOU are an anonymous person to me.

I don’t recall you mentioning Jack Posobiec prior to this (and he’s someone I had to look up), sorry if I missed it. I don’t know why I should trust his word, but if he showed where his numbers come from, great.

Then I guess if there is so much you don't know, why then you apparently trust the NFL, Nielsen or YouTube explicitly?

 

[Montrovant]

Then I guess if there is so much you don't know, why then you apparently trust the NFL, Nielsen or YouTube explicitly?

I don't trust them explicitly. As I already mentioned, Nielsen is far from perfect, but at least I can look and see where their estimates are coming from. So far I don't know where Posobiec is getting his numbers from; I only know it apparently started with an estimate of 40-50 million viewers and now has dropped down to 21 million (based on your posts, at least), and for all I can see that 21 million might be based on viewers during and after the actual Super Bowl halftime show.

Again, if Posobiec has given some indication where those numbers come from, great. I just haven't seen it yet, I'm not saying they can't be accurate.

 

[Montrovant]

They censored some of the lyrics, but he inserted more lyrics that were not shown to the censors. I heard them. So did millions of other Spanish speakers.
And if a "performer' has to have lyrics censored before going on the air, what does that tell you about him ?

Tells me that he has lyrics that violate FCC rules about profanity/vulgarity? Plenty of musical artists have lyrics that do. I'm guessing that prior halftime shows have featured songs with censored lyrics.

 

[toobfreak]

So far I don't know where Posobiec is getting his numbers from;

Maybe you should try watching RAV news for the details or checking out the TPUSA website since you are the one with the need to know instead of just asking me?

I only know it apparently started with an estimate of 40-50 million viewers and now has dropped down to 21 million

That was never the case. It began with initial reports of 6.1 million through YouTube Livestream, with one person's unofficial guess wondering if it could eventually hit 30-50 million views total. I'm not really interested nor following the week old story but last I heard, they were talking like a credible 21 million, and I suspect even that is probably low.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Looks like possibly most viewers of the Fragile Whiteness Halftime Show were bots.

I wonder how many were foreign?

 

[candycorn]

They censored some of the lyrics, but he inserted more lyrics that were not shown to the censors. I heard them. So did millions of other Spanish speakers.
And if a "performer' has to have lyrics censored before going on the air, what does that tell you about him ?

That he’s successful and you’re not

 

[Montrovant]

They censored some of the lyrics, but he inserted more lyrics that were not shown to the censors. I heard them. So did millions of other Spanish speakers.
And if a "performer' has to have lyrics censored before going on the air, what does that tell you about him ?

So you’re saying they censored some profanity, but added other profanity that wasn’t in the songs before?
That’s extremely odd.