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The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance

The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance

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Even before Bad Bunny took to the field, his Super Bowl halftime performance drew controversy, especially from MAGA influencers upset over the Puerto Rican star’s comments against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the fact that he sings in Spanish. Following the performance, which was watched by more than 128 million people, those complaints continued—but they were largely focused on perceived vulgarity in the artist’s performance. Following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from WIRED, the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates communications including broadcast, released 2,155 complaints the agency received about the Super Bowl, most of which were about the halftime show. Many of the complaints focused on the fact that the show was not in English, but a chunk of those people were upset about indecency in the Spanish lyrics. Others expressed discomfort with the dancing they saw onscreen. “Bad Bunny performed these lyrics live without apparent censorship,” wrote one viewer from Leighton, Alabama. “Dancers engaged in perreo-intense grinding, hip thrusting, and twerking simulating sexmirroring the lyrics [sic]. Cameras captured close-ups of suggestive contact …

Met Gala fans praise Bad Bunny’s ‘old man’ look as ‘performance art’

Met Gala fans praise Bad Bunny’s ‘old man’ look as ‘performance art’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Bad Bunny has been known to fully commit to the Met Gala’s creative theme every year, and 2026 was no exception – with the rapper dressing as an elderly man for one of the biggest nights in fashion. This year’s Met Gala theme was “Fashion is Art”, inspired by the museum’s latest “Costume Art” exhibition that looks at depictions of the body through a series of themes: “the naked body”, “classic body”, “pregnant body” and “ageing body”. While the fundraiser’s star-studded guest list interpreted the theme in a variety of ways, Bad Bunny’s outfit choice proved to be one of the boldest on Monday (4 May). The Puerto Rican star, 32, stepped onto the red carpet in old age make-up, white hair and a …

Pedro Pascal Didn’t Know He’d Be in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show

Pedro Pascal Didn’t Know He’d Be in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Pedro Pascal didn’t know he’d be involved in Bad Bunny‘s 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance until right before he was being brought onto the field. The Last of Us actor reflected on his cameo in the Grammy Award winner’s monumental Super Bowl performance in a profile with Fantastic Man. Pascal admitted that he reached out to Bad Bunny’s team about participating somehow, even if that meant he’d be volunteering or serving coffee. “I wanted to participate in any way — literally a volunteer position, like serving coffee if needed — and I put the feelers out through people I work with,” he said. “When it comes to representation synchronized with celebration there’s no one better than Benito at the moment, and that fills me with inspiration outside of just being super into his music.” The Emmy nominee explained he went into shooting Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! and hadn’t heard back from Bad Bunny’s team, so he “sent someone an email with a selfie of me sticking my tongue out, being, like, ‘It’s really me.’ Within 25 …

Bad Bunny’s Japan concert begins streaming on Spotify April 8

Bad Bunny’s Japan concert begins streaming on Spotify April 8

Published by Sam Flores

In March, Bad Bunny performed his first-ever concert in Asia when he played in from of 2,300 fans in Tokyo as part of Spotify’s Billions Club Live series. Starting April 8, a filmed version of that performance will be available on Spotify for the “Nuevayol” artist’s millions and millions of fans not in attendance. The show, officially titled “Billions Club Live With Bad Bunny: A Concert Film,” was billed as a special stop in the Grammy-winning performer’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour” — which kicked off with a November concert in the Dominican Republic and has since sold out stadiums across Latin America and Australia. He notably didn’t include dates in the United States as part of the tour. Footage of the Japan concert swept social media, as it showed Bad Bunny doing a never-before-seen salsa rendition of his 2018 collaboration with Drake. He also notably sang his 2021 single “Yonaguni,” which features lyrics in Japanese. The concert film will premiere two months after the “Callaíta” singer nabbed a historic album of the year …

Bad Bunny’s São Paulo concerts were a display of pan-Latino unity

Bad Bunny’s São Paulo concerts were a display of pan-Latino unity

Published by Sam Flores

SÃO PAULO — Bad Bunny finally answered the internet’s eternal “come to Brazil” pleas with his first-ever concerts in the South American country last weekend. The Puerto Rican superstar performed two sold-out shows on back-to-back nights at Allianz Parque in São Paulo starting on Feb. 20 as part of the Latin American leg of his “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” world tour, selling out the stadium with a capacity of 55,000 in less than 40 minutes. I also flew down to Brazil for the concert — albeit with much less fanfare attached to my arrival. The singer famously skipped out on shows in the continental U.S., so my girlfriend and I made the 12-hour journey to the largest city in the Americas to vibe out. The pair of shows would put to the test Bad Bunny’s push for pan-Latino unity in a country where being described as “Latino” hasn’t always been readily welcomed. Former Times reporter Pedro Moura wrote about the complex relationship some Brazilians have with embracing Latinidad in a 2023 column. Bad Bunny has evoked the …

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Federal Communications Commission sought transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance after concerns from a Republican lawmaker that the broadcast may have violated federal indecency regulations. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said she reviewed the Spanish-language transcripts from Comcast’s NBC after learning the commission had requested them. “I reviewed them carefully, and I found no violation of our rules and no justification for harassing broadcasters over a standard live performance,” Gomez said. Comcast, NBC and the FCC did not immediately comment. Multiple Republican politicians expressed outrage over the Puerto Rican’s performance, done solely in Spanish. open image in gallery Bad Bunny delivered a show-stopping halftime performance at the 2026 Super Bowl (Getty Images) Florida Rep. Randy Fine took to X after the show to deem Bad Bunny’s performance “illegal,” calling for the FCC investigate it. His post included screenshots …

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

FCC requested transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sought transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance from Comcast’s NBC, following concerns raised by a Republican lawmaker that the broadcast could violate federal indecency regulations. This development was confirmed by a commission member on Wednesday. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez subsequently confirmed she had reviewed the Spanish-language transcripts. “I reviewed them carefully, and I found no violation of our rules and no justification for harassing broadcasters over a standard live performance,” Gomez stated, dismissing the lawmaker’s suggestion. Multiple Republican politicians expressed outrage at the Puerto Rican’s performance, done solely in Spanish. Florida Rep. Randy Fine took to X to deem Bad Bunny’s performance “illegal,” calling for the FCC investigate it. His post included screenshots of supposed translated lyrics of one of Bad Bunny’s songs. “’Bad Bunny’s disgusting halftime show was illegal. Had he said …

Viral ‘bush people’ costumes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show go up for sale

Viral ‘bush people’ costumes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show go up for sale

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This This year’s Halloween costume could be an official relic from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime show performance — if you have $5,000 to spend. At least two of the already infamous sugarcane grass costumes worn by backup performers, affectionately known as “grass bunnies” or “bush people” during Sunday’s nearly record-breaking halftime show, are now up for sale on eBay. Each costume comes with the green sweatsuit that performers wore underneath the massive getup, plus the grass-covered arms that made the humans inside of them nearly undetectable. The outfits instantly became one of the most unforgettable parts of Bad Bunny’s halftime show, with the performers inside forced to stand perfectly still for nearly 13 minutes as part of the tribute to Puerto Rican culture. One listing, posted for $5,000 or the best offer, includes a green sweatsuit size medium-large, a balaclava or ski …

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was a big deal for the NFL

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was a big deal for the NFL

Published by Sam Flores

Two Bad Bunny hot takes in consecutive weeks? You better believe it. That’s the power of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. It’s been several days since the 31-year-old Puerto Rican singer took the stage at the Super Bowl XL halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, and he’s still dominating the online conversation. Bad Bunny might not have broken the internet, but he’s certainly kept the think piece engine firing on all cylinders. Some have been really good — I’m biased, but I particularly liked this De Los piece by Tatiana Tenreyro — while others have been completely off the mark. The verdict is in: Latinos won this round of the culture war. With a very nuanced performance rooted in Puerto Rican working-class history, it was bursting with countless “if you get it, you get it” moments that, well, not everyone got — Bad Bunny demonstrated that he is the world’s brightest star. Meanwhile, Kid Rock bawitdaba’d his way into the dustbin of history. But Sunday night’s biggest winner wasn’t Bad Bunny or Latinos. It …

Bad Bunny’s halftime show nodded to Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry

Bad Bunny’s halftime show nodded to Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry

Published by Sam Flores

As Bad Bunny walked through a makeshift sugarcane field on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., for the Apple Music halftime show, he passed by several Latino scenes — from a man selling piraguas, to elderly men playing dominoes to a taco stand. At one point in that sequence, the “Nuevayol” artist evaded punches from combating boxers. That moment not only pointed to the love of boxing across the Americas, but also specifically showed one pugilist wearing shorts with the Puerto Rican flag colors on them and the other rocking Mexico-colored shorts. And those weren’t pretend fighters, either. It was 23-year-old Puerto Rican light middleweight champion Xander Zayas and undefeated Mexican American boxer Emiliano Vargas. “This was the greatest experience of my entire life,” Zayas told ESPN this week. “I expected to become a unified world champion, but I never expected to be part of the Super Bowl.” Zayas and Vargas squaring off stood in for the storied boxing rivalry between the two prizefighting countries. The feud goes back more than 90 …