And to take the party home with you.
Because we stand better together.
Because we all belong in America.
Because "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
Which was exactly his message on the jumbotron.
4/4
And to take the party home with you.
Because we stand better together.
Because we all belong in America.
Because "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
Which was exactly his message on the jumbotron.
4/4
No one can dance anymore.
And then, in the morning, breakfast, music, dancing, as if we didn't just do that.
To continue the party down the street embodies the spirit of La Paranda.
In BB's concerts, he invites everyone to La Casita. To partake in the party, to be welcome in our culture...
3/4
Always a second location - another casita that calls.
Even when it was a school night, I remember walking home with my mom as early as 3AM because that's when she managed to finally say goodbye to everyone.
The party wasn't over.
Parties move with people, spot to spot, hour after hour, until...
2/4
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 20 of ?
Something a lot of people don't know is that the concert continued outside the stadium.
The beautiful thing about the parties of latinx peoples is the way they simply don't end.
If the venue will kick us out, there is always another place.
There is...
1/4
Pandero drums come in three sizes, and are essential to the Plena sound.
They're robust and interesting drums, but to get deeper into that i have to get into Plena music, which will come later - I promised it earlier, and I'm sticking to it!
Plena music comes from Puerto Rico.
2/2
A pandero drum, a wide and flat drum used for your hands.
a set of pandero drums in three sizes with a nice case. Pandero drums are wide and flat, meant to be used with just your hands.
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 19 of ?
We're near the end of the performance now!
At the end, as Bad Bunny recites the names of all of the nations of the Americas, people parade holding unique looking hand drums.
These are called Pandero.
1/2
I think venom from spider-man counts.
Kirara from inuyasha
Gabumon from digimon
Alfred from batman
Bronx from gargoyles
Guido from cars
Seemingly little guys who can do big things.
Thank you for taking the time to read it!
You could scroll past, but you decided not to. To learn. To be involved.
If the current administration has proved anything, they’ve proved that ignoring cultures is easy.
You proved that wrong.
Thank you.
Bad Bunny's album cover, Debi tirar mas fotos. It features two white plastic chairs in the grass, nearby plantain trees.
Ricky Martin, sitting in a replica of Bad Bunny's album cover Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, which features two white plastic chairs, on grass among a group of plantain trees.
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 18 of ?
Look at where Ricky Martin sits!
This is a DIRECT REFERENCE to his album Debí tirar más fotos.
The album that is a full love letter to PR.
The album that got him a few grammy's.
The album that deliberately begs for PR not to become like Hawaii.
The people who mocked you as a child for thinking your stuffed animals had personalities are trying to convince us that the computer they use for therapy and revenge porn has anxiety now.
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To *specifically* sing the part of his song where he begs for PR not to become like Hawaii. is on PURPOSE.
Ricky is his own symbol of the way the US demands a whitewashing of the cultures it others. Especially in the way history is actively being erased.
IT'S ALL DELIBERATE.
4/4
Ricky made it far in the latin community, but didn't blow up conventionally until his english music. Needing to hide his sexuality and white wash himself to become palatable to white audiences to climb to the stardom he deserves.
BB being so openly against gentrification, sitting Ricky down...
3/4
An actor!
Fun fact - was the spanish voice for Hercules, recording the song "I can go the distance" as well.
He came out as gay in 2010, much to the despair of straight women everywhere lol.
The choice to host two queer icons on BB's stage, while delivering a message of love was DELIBERATE...
2/4
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 17 of ?
Ricky Martin
This handsome bastard took the world by storm when "Living La Vida Loca" hit the charts. He's Puerto Rican - one of our many pride and joys. He was famous before, however - only in latin communities as a member of the band Menudo. He's also...
1/4
Oh thats so my fault 😅
I regularly need jokes explained to me.
Tone is hard to read even on a good day lol
Its hard being neurospicy on this bitch of an earth
Mofongo served over a beef stew.
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 16 of ?
Plantain trees everywhere?
We. Love. Plantains.
A traditional PR food made from it is mofongo.
Fry them, mash them with garlic, oil, chicharron (pork), and butter, and serve it with something brothy - like a soup. Almost like a sweeter potato.
It's DELICIOUS.
Actually, not really!
In my culture, there is a singular cuatro player that leads the rest of the instruments.
I can’t speak toward other cultures, but I can comment on how parandas and plena works
Id say so!
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Oh, I don’t play myself, but this link should help you out hopefully!
tucuatro.com/learn/topic/...
And of, of course, PR.
While traditionally, it only has four strings (hence the name) it can have up to ten.
It is the national instrument of PR, and even has a holiday.
It comes in many sizes, and is played with a pick.
It's a staple in Plena music as well - which we'll get into later.
2/2
The cuatro guitar. A small guitar with ten strings.
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 15 of ?
There is a special guitar that's played during the performance. It's called a Cuatro.
The Cuatro is a staple of PR music. It is essential to la parranda, and other formal/traditional forms of music.
Originating in Venezuela, it's also played in Columbia...
1/2
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 14 of ?
BB hands a kid a Grammy.
People online think the kid is Manny. The five year old boy in the hat who was nearly deported by ICE.
It is not.
He is Lincoln Fox. He's a latinx model and actor.
He's supposed to simply be portraying a younger version of BB.
On sundays, she offers free food from her home and place of business to the community. She IS the physical embodiment of the Hispanic community in Brooklyn.
5/5
It was a haven for the Hispanic community, offering respite where there was little. The gentrification of Brooklyn means that the cost of her building is HIGH. She, thankfully, owns it. It's reported that developers offered her $9 MILLION to move out.
She refused.
4/5
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 14 of ?
Marie Antonia Cay.
Toñita being a diminutive of her middle name.
Referenced in his song "NUEVAYoL", she runs the Caribbean Social Club out of a Dominican and PR community based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn starting in the 1970's.
3/5
The way people usually left the island for opportunity, also meant that they got married in the states, or left later to build a better life for their future kids. A move to New York was the most popular - its the pattern of the people.
But, a move to NY brings us to Toñita...
2/5
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 13 of ?
BB was the ringbearer for a live wedding on the Superbowl stage. Holy crap.
This *feels* symbolic but it could be me hunting for more symbolism where there isn't any.
Bare with me...
1/5
It was purposeful. To socialize them, and form the bonds that will eventually last them forever if they're lucky.
They were either running, dancing, or alone in the corner sleeping.
This one hit me hard, because, often - that kid sleeping alone during parties on the chairs or coats, was me.
2/2
Bad Bunny's halftime analysis 12 of ?
In the party, there was a kid sleeping on a chair, and others running around.
I'll lump these into one, because they're in the same vein.
Kids were always welcome at the parties. Parties were a time for the kids to get to know the cousins. And we have many
1/2
As if to say "did you want a white washed version of me and my culture?"
Since he's a huge Gaga fan, and Gaga loves to make a statement, I can't imagine this wasn't presented to her and she wasn't like "YES LET ME."
4/4