Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance had a clear message for his fans and his haters.  The pop star's show was a colorful and vibrant vision of Puerto Rican culture and heritage, from a real life wedding to boxing matches - and even a surprise cameo from Ricky Martin. Against a backdrop of widespread immigration crackdowns and targeted rhetoric, Bad Bunny centered joy as an act of resistance - and as a space for all people in North and South America to unite.  Brittany is joined by Pop Culture Happy Hour cohost <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/5244882/stephen-thompson"target="_blank" >Stephen Thompson</a>, music and entertainment critic <a href="https://www.reannacruz.com/"target="_blank" >Reanna Cruz</a>, and <a href="https://futurostudios.org/podcasts/la-brega/"target="_blank" >Alana Casanova-Burgess</a>, host of La Brega podcast, to understand the version of America that Bad Bunny wants us to live in. For more on Bad Bunny, check out this deep dive into his latest album: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1263526763/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-statehood"target="_blank" >Bad Bunny & the battle for Puerto Rico</a> Support Public Media. <a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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