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Bad Bunny Halftime REVIEWED: Was It Political ... Enough? (And What Was Lady Gaga Doing There!?)
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53:11Now PlayingBad Bunny, the Puerto Rican reggaeton star and pop icon, performed a detail-packed halftime show at Super Bowl LX that celebrated Latino heritage and featured appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
Immediately after the show, the hosts of Popcast at The New York Times — the critic Jon Caramanica and the reporter Joe Coscarelli — went live to share their real-time reactions and answer questions from the audience.
How did the halftime show land, sonically and politically? What did Bad Bunny's parade of references and symbolism mean? And what was “Die With a Smile” doing there?
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