2026年2月8日 / 美国东部时间上午7:00 / CBS新闻
在他的”ICE out”宣言主宰格莱美头条一周后，外界正越发期待坏痞兔（Bad Bunny）能否将其职业生涯中最重要的演出——2026年超级碗中场秀——转化为一场政治行动呼吁。
“坏痞兔的一个特点就是他是制造惊喜的大师，”韦尔斯利学院美国研究副教授彼得拉·里维拉-里代奥（Petra Rivera-Rideau）告诉CBS新闻，她专攻拉丁音乐和美国拉丁裔流行文化。
但有些人认为，本名贝尼托·安东尼奥·马丁内斯·奥卡西奥（Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio）的坏痞兔无需通过夸张表演来传达信息。
“我认为很多人都期待他会在这里传递政治信息，”《千禧年拉丁彩票》（Millennial Lotería）的创作者迈克·阿尔法罗补充道，他因在大赛前将坏痞兔的歌词翻译成英文而走红。”我认为他的出现本身就是政治信息。”
坏痞兔的政治声音
坏痞兔从未回避谴责美国政治。
当他开启新专辑巡演时，他选择在波多黎各驻场演出，完全跳过美国本土，因为他担心粉丝会成为联邦特工的目标。
2018年，在坏痞兔首次登上美国主流电视节目时，他在吉米·法伦的《今夜秀》中表演《Estamos Bien》（我们很好），开场就提醒美国大陆波多黎各人仍在应对美国历史上最致命的灾难之一。
“飓风过去一年了，还有人家里没电，超过3000人死亡，”坏痞兔说，”而特朗普仍在否认。”
除了在超级碗舞台上用不同语言开创先河，坏痞兔还通过音乐和文化倡导创造了政治历史。
动员波多黎各
“我们谈论了飓风玛利亚、2019年的抗议活动，以及他在2024年波多黎各选举中的参与。但我的书真正要探讨的是，在波多黎各殖民主义的更大政治和社会背景下，他的音乐如何成为一种抵抗行为，”里维拉-里代奥解释道，她的书聚焦过去三十年的波多黎各历史。
里维拉-里代奥说，拉丁裔亲切地称他为”贝尼托”，他在最新专辑中继续传递自豪感，并呼吁波多黎各承担政治责任。
“在很多方面，这是他最具政治性的专辑，”里维拉-里代奥说。
例如，在《LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii》（夏威夷发生了什么）中，坏痞兔抨击了岛上的绅士化现象，这一趋势因经济激励措施和房价飙升而加剧。
“这里的生活有太多困难，但同时也有太多自豪和欢乐，”里维拉-里代奥说。
在2019年要求里卡多·罗塞略州长辞职的抗议活动中，波多黎各传统音乐（Bomba）和其他加勒比音乐类型与口号和标语同样突出。波多黎各人用艺术和音乐——波多黎各传统舞蹈、朗诵诗歌、变装舞会等——凝聚人群，呼吁变革。坏痞兔加入了这场运动，那年夏天他暂停巡演，在圣胡安游行，并合作创作了抗议国歌《Afilando los Cuchillos》（磨利刀子）。
2020年，坏痞兔在《今夜秀》中亮相，提高了人们对波多黎各一名无家可归跨性别女性被谋杀的关注。他穿着印有”他们杀了亚历克萨，不是穿裙子的男人”的T恤，揭露这一悲剧并倡导正义。
坏痞兔中场秀的广泛影响
坏痞兔的超级碗中场表演——首个由主要用西班牙语演唱的艺术家领衔的演出——将成为拉丁裔社区的里程碑时刻。
“我认为这场中场秀的意义有很多层面，而且它还没有发生，”里维拉-里代奥说。
“让一位西班牙语艺术家领衔这个舞台，尽管这不是国家节日，但在西班牙语使用者（包括波多黎各人）遭受种族歧视和骚扰的背景下，这样的选择很重要。”
西班牙语是美国最常见的非英语语言，约有13%的人口在家中使用西班牙语。
“在美国说西班牙语的人比我家乡危地马拉的人口还多，”阿尔法罗说。”我认为理解音乐是一种通用语言很重要，即使你不完全懂他们在说什么。”
对一些粉丝来说，坏痞兔是今年超级碗的主要看点。
“是时候认可我们的文化、我们的热情、我们的人民了，”芝加哥波多黎各主题社交俱乐部Pe Erre Domino的联合创始人米里亚姆·贝莱斯告诉CBS新闻芝加哥分社。
“不仅在美国产生影响，还在全球产生影响，这太神奇了，”波多黎各DJ埃马努埃尔·里奥斯·科隆补充道。
“我认为这无关乎是不是坏痞兔，而是任何代表我们参加超级碗的拉丁裔我们都支持，”费城面包店El Coquí的老板亚兹明·奥利告诉CBS新闻费城分社。”不管是谁，既然是坏痞兔，那就更好了。”
对坏痞兔中场秀的兴奋不仅引发了对拉丁音乐的兴趣，还激发了人们学习西班牙语的热情。
语言学习工具多邻国（Duolingo）报告称，全球有近4900万人在该应用上学习西班牙语。当NFL宣布超级碗阵容时，他们推出了”坏痞兔101″速成课程，以吸引更多西班牙语学习者。多邻国告诉CBS新闻，60%的学习者至今仍保持活跃，并指出这一数据证明人们有动力了解西班牙语。
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show role breaks barriers and sparks debate
February 8, 2026 / 7:00 AM EST / CBS News
A week after his “ICE out” declaration dominated Grammy headlines, anticipation is building over whether Bad Bunny will turn the biggest performance of his career — the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show — into a political call to action.
“One thing about Bad Bunny is that he is a master at the art of surprise,” Petra Rivera-Rideau, an associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College who specializes in Latin music and U.S.-Latinx pop cultures, told CBS News.
But some believe Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, doesn’t need theatrics to send a message.
“I think a lot of people are expecting him to have a political message in there,” Mike Alfaro, the creator of Millennial Lotería who has gone viral for translating Bad Bunny lyrics into English ahead of the big game, added. “I think just him being there is the political message.”
Bad Bunny won big at the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles. Matt Winkelmeyer
Reactions poured in when it was announced that the Super Bowl’s halftime headliner would be the popular Puerto Rican artist who performs mainly in Spanish, with some hailing the historic choice and others criticizing it.
President Trump blasted the decision to give Bad Bunny and Green Day — who are set to open the Super Bowl LX pregame festivities — a global stage, calling the lineup a “terrible choice.”
“I’m anti-them,” Mr. Trump told The New York Post, adding that he won’t be attending Sunday’s game.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called Bad Bunny “one of the greatest artists in the world” and said he doesn’t expect the halftime show to spark major controversy.
“Listen, Bad Bunny is — and I think that was demonstrated last night — one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” said Goodell, referring to Bad Bunny’s Grammys speech. “But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on, and that this platform is used to unite people, and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that. And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that, and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
Bad Bunny’s political voice
Bad Bunny hasn’t shied away from decrying America’s politics.
When he took his new album on tour, he chose a residency in Puerto Rico and skipped the U.S. mainland entirely for fear that his fans would be targeted by federal agents.
Bad Bunny performs onstage during his residency at Coliseo de Puerto Rico on July 11, 2025 in San Juan. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
In 2018, during Bad Bunny’s first appearance on American mainstream television, he kicked off his rendition of “Estamos Bien” on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” by reminding the mainland that Puerto Ricans were still coping from one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history.
“After one year of the hurricane, there’s still people without electricity in their homes, more than 3,000 people died,” said Bad Bunny, adding, “and Trump is still in denial.”
Beyond pioneering on the Super Bowl stage in a different language, Bad Bunny has already made political history through his music and cultural advocacy.
Mobilizing Puerto Rico
“We talk about stuff like Hurricane Maria, the protests in 2019, his involvement in the Puerto Rican elections in 2024. But really the point of [my] book is to talk about how his music functions as an act of resistance in this bigger political and social context of colonialism in Puerto Rico,” explained Rivera-Rideau, whose book focuses on Boricua history over the past three decades.
Rivera-Rideau said “Benito,” as Latinos lovingly call him, continues to channel messages of pride and calls for political accountability for Puerto Rico in his latest album.
“It is in many ways his most overtly political album,” Rivera-Rideau said.
In “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii,” for example, Bad Bunny calls out gentrification in the island, an ongoing trend fueled by financial incentives that have catapulted property taxes.
“There’s so many things that make life here difficult and yet, at the same time, there’s so much pride and joy,” Rivera-Rideau said.
In his latest album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny draws from Bomba, an Afro-Puerto Rican music genre that is rooted in the island’s connection to enslaved Africans. Bomba dancers often join drummers to merge their rhythms into a musical dialogue.
People take a selfie in front of a mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 12, 2025, the day before Bad Bunny kicked off his blockbuster residency. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images
During the 2019 protests calling for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation, Bomba, and other Caribbean music genres, were as prominent as chants and signs. Puerto Ricans used art and music — bomba dances, slam poetry, queer balls and more — to gather people together and call for change. Bad Bunny joined the movement, taking time off his concert tour that summer to march in San Juan and collaborate on what became the protest anthem, “Afilando los Cuchillos,” or “Sharpening The Knives.”
In 2020, Bad Bunny used his appearance on “The Tonight Show” to raise awareness about the murder of a homeless transgender woman in Puerto Rico. He wore a T-shirt that read, “They killed Alexa, not a man in a skirt,” to shed light on the tragedy and advocate for justice.
The broader impact of Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance — the first to be headlined by a predominantly Spanish‑language artist — will be a landmark moment for the Latino community.
“I think there’s so many layers to how meaningful this halftime show is, and it hasn’t even happened yet,” Rivera-Rideau said.
“To have a Spanish language artist headlining this stage, which is although not a national holiday, kind of functions like one in the context where Spanish speakers, including Puerto Ricans, are getting racially profiled, are being harassed, to have someone like that on the stage is important.”
Spanish is the most common non-English language in the U.S., with about 13% of the population speaking it at home.
“There are more people that speak Spanish here in the United States than in my home country of Guatemala,” Alfaro said. “I think it’s important to understand that music is a universal language, even if you don’t quite understand what they’re saying.”
For some fans, Bad Bunny is the main draw of this year’s Super Bowl.
“It’s about time to recognize our culture, our passion, our people,” Miriam Velez, co-owner of the Puerto Rican-themed social club Pe Erre Domino in Chicago, told CBS News Chicago.
“To not only have an impact in the United States, but a global impact is amazing,” Puerto Rican DJ Emmanuel Ríos Colón added.
“I think it doesn’t matter that it’s Bad Bunny, but that any Latino that goes and represents us in the Super Bowl, we’re good,” Yazmin Auli, owner of the Philadelphia bakery El Coquí, told CBS News Philadelphia. “It doesn’t matter who it is, but since it is Bad Bunny, that’s even better.”
The excitement over Bad Bunny’s halftime show is also sparking interest in more than just Latin music — it’s inspiring people to learn Spanish.
Duolingo, the language learning tool, reported that almost 49 million people worldwide are learning Spanish on the app. When the NFL announced the Super Bowl line-up, they shared a “Bad Bunny 101” crash course to get more Spanish learners on board. Duolingo told CBS News that 60% of those learners are still active today and points to the data as proof that people are motivated to be in the know.