There was the moment Bad Bunny stared into a camera, pointed at the viewers watching from television sets, laptop screens, and portable projectors, and encouraged them to always believe in themselves because they are worth more than they know. There was the couple, kissing after โI doโ in a white wedding gown and tuxedo, who legally married during the halftime show. There was Lady Gaga, one of Bad Bunnyโs favorite artists, and Los Sobrinos, a Puerto Rican band who played on his most recent album, DeBร TiRAR MรกS FOToS, performing a salsa rendition of โDie With a Smileโ as the newlyweds shared their wedding cake. And when Bad Bunny returned to the mic, there were moments of cross-generational care. First, while singing his hit โBAILE INoLVIDABLE,โ he gently woke a child sleeping on two seats, an experience every Latine who grew up going to family parties that stretch well into the night knows. Then, during โNueva Yol,โ he gifted a child his Album of the Year Grammy trophy, kneeling to the ground, and whispering to him, โCree siempre en ti.โ The boy symbolizes Bad Bunnyโs own inner child, Latine youth across the diaspora, and, perhaps, even Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old Ecuadorian boy who was detained by ICE in Minnesota while coming home from school.
