2026 Super Bowl Half Time show - closest to our world I've ever seen in mainstream!

[denverjohn]

So, I guess we can be looking forward to these words of wisdom to make it into some DCI soundtracks this summer?

Here are Bad Bunny's most popular songs and lyrics with English translations | Sporting News

[mingusmonk]

14 minutes ago, denverjohn said:

So, I guess we can be looking forward to these words of wisdom to make it into some DCI soundtracks this summer?

 

 

 

Edited February 10 by mingusmonk

[keystone3ply]

6 hours ago, denverjohn said:

So, I guess we can be looking forward to these words of wisdom to make it into some DCI soundtracks this summer?

Here are Bad Bunny's most popular songs and lyrics with English translations | Sporting News

Most all artist perform a 'medley' of their work in these types of performances. Not all verses were performed & some language was probably converted to a "PG" version for a network broadcast such as nbc. Now if it been performed on a cable channel, those stricter rules would not apply. This has been the case with some past Super Bowl performances.  

Edited February 11 by keystone3ply
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[mingusmonk]

4 hours ago, Boss Anova said:

 But it was disappointing for many in the US it appears. TMZ poll ( of mostly young people ) came out yesterday. The poll had 260,000 respondents, a rather large sample.  Of presumably US TV/ cell phone watchers. The question asked was whether they preferred the Bad Bunny performance or the Turning Point USA half time performance. The poll results were  2-1 for the Turning Point USA half time performances. 67% to 33%

This is interesting framing. I don't think one should be using it to prove anything. It was an X (formerly Twitter) post with a poll in it. Specifically, the post was their own reply to their original post that exclusively mentions Kid Rock's TPUSA performance. No references to Bad Bunny at all. So the poll was a simple opt-in and you must be an X user to vote (bot farms included). No reliable demographic tracking other than generalized "X user." Nobody had to watch anything to vote. Just be an X user and see the post. One might make some guesses on who that post was being presented to by the algorithm but we'll never know. But here's a helpful exercise: you can look at the Quote Tweets and see who/how it was being promoted. I'm not sure how you could get much looser ties to scientific polling results than that. About as useful as Rotten Tomatoes oft-botted Popcorn Meter.

[boxingfred]

The halftime show was a vibe! Bad Bunny ranks 4th on my All-Time Super Bowl Halftime list 1. Bruno Mars/ Red Hot Chili Peppers 2. Prince 3. Bruno Mars/ Beyonce 4. Bad Bunny. Spanish is my third language. (Mi madre es Boricua/Italiana) I wish the NFL added subtitles. The lyrics are full of love, retrospection, and unity. The show had so much symbolism. 135 million viewers, Wow! The most watched Halftime of all time.

Edited February 10 by boxingfred

[flugelswerebugels]

I thought the show was great.  People are correct that it may have been hard to follow inside the stadium but:

1) The in-stadium folks are not the intended audience

2) Stadia have giant screens and I'm sure lots of stuff was going on on those screens

Also, as for "can't understand the words" I can say that about much of the music that is performed in English, too. Music and words all go together and some of it is very legible and some is not. 

[Jeff Ream]

4 hours ago, denverjohn said:

So, I guess we can be looking forward to these words of wisdom to make it into some DCI soundtracks this summer?

Here are Bad Bunny's most popular songs and lyrics with English translations | Sporting News

depends on licensing

[Slingerland]

19 hours ago, Fandom said:

My opinion is that it would have been better suited as a stage show. The set was super cool on TV, but if no one in the stadium they are performing for can enjoy it, then what's the point? Personally, I thought the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was 100x better than what we saw last night at the Super Bowl. 

It's a production for tv, not for the stadium audience. 135,000,000 > 75,000.

The TMZ poll was hosted on X,  a socmed platform that heavily skews to users who are politically conservative, male (60%+), and white.   Maybe not the most neutral audience to ask about a Puerto Rican performer singing in Spanish.

Edited February 10 by Slingerland

[Tim K]

19 hours ago, Fandom said:

My opinion is that it would have been better suited as a stage show. The set was super cool on TV, but if no one in the stadium they are performing for can enjoy it, then what's the point? Personally, I thought the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was 100x better than what we saw last night at the Super Bowl. 

In general, the more something is hyped, usually the less impressed I am. I did not find the Super Bowl half time show as controversial as I expected. I also did not find it non stop entertainment. There were some impressive moments, but I did not know what was being sung, so I didn’t know if the lyrics and show worked together. For me that’s key. I’m a huge opera fan, so much of what I listen to is performed in Italian, German, French, Russian, or Czech, but translations are available and the music fits the action. I’m thinking subtitles would have been helpful. I do think Bad Bunny performed in a way that it was more about the show and not about him, which is a huge plus in my books. When it comes to drum corps and pageantry, I agree that the opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics to be much closer to what we might see on a drum corps field than Bad Bunny’s show. The colorful segments reminded me a bit of Blue Devils 2023, “The Cutouts.” Whether Bad Bunny’s music makes it into a drum corps show, only time will tell, though the use of the national flags in the half time show which I did find impressive, could be incorporated into a show.WGI might be more of where we see elements of Bad Bunny’s show.

[Tim K]

6 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

i found it funny watching online a corps with a legacy of playing latin music had a ton of issues with latin music being played.

 

we ain't the demographics the NFL was going for. as they keep adding games in Spanish speaking markets, that's who they were going with. Bad Bunny isn't on my playlist, hell i'm still ###### Rush never got to play the Olympics in Canada. But the music was superb, great staging, and while i didn't get all of the references til later.....like watching many DCI shows....i thought the entire performance was great. 

We (DCP contributors) may not be the demographic the NFL was aiming towards, but we could very well be the demographic that is most likely to watch the Super Bowl.