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Bad Bunny

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Pitchfork·review·Tatiana Lee Rodriguez
Bad Bunny: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Album Review | Pitchfork

Bad Bunny plants a Puerto Rican flag on the global stage, blending salsa roots with modern urbana in a politically charged masterpiece.

Score: 76Read at pitchfork.com
The Guardian·commentary·Jessica Swanston Baker
Bad Bunny gives Super Bowl viewers two choices: crash out or tap in | Bad Bunny | The Guardian

Bad Bunny's Spanish-language Super Bowl set exposes America's cultural double standard: claiming Puerto Rico while rejecting its music as "foreign."

Score: 76Read at theguardian.com
The Cut·profile
Bad Bunny Takes Us to Puerto Rico in DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Bad Bunny's Grammy-winning album reclaims Puerto Rico's erased history. A rare, candid portrait of a global star rooted fiercely in his island's identity.

Score: 76Read at thecut.com
The Guardian·review
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy | Bad Bunny | The Guardian

Bad Bunny turned the Super Bowl stage into a defiant Puerto Rican cultural celebration — surprisingly uncompromised, politically charged, and musically triumphant.

Score: 74Read at theguardian.com
TIME·interview·Andrew R. Chow and Mariah Espada
Bad Bunny on Coachella, Hollywood, and Life on Top | TIME

Bad Bunny opens up about headlining Coachella, his Puerto Rican roots, and why he makes music entirely on his own terms.

Score: 72Read at time.com
The Needle Drop·feature·Amanda Cavalcanti
Concert Review: Bad Bunny breaks his last frontier – Portuguese-speaking Brazil

Bad Bunny finally plays Brazil, navigating debates over Latino identity. His first São Paulo show proves the reggaeton giant can conquer his last frontier.

Score: 72Read at theneedledrop.com
Allure·profile·Patricia Tortolani
Bad Bunny Is Here at the Right Time | Cover Interview | Allure

Bad Bunny opens up in Spanish about Puerto Rican pride, gender-bending fashion, and his rise from grocery bagger to global superstar.

Score: 72Read at allure.com
Vogue Mexico and Latin America·profile
Bad Bunny on Music, Hollywood, Family, and Going Home Again | Vogue

Bad Bunny opens up in Puerto Rico about identity, homecoming, and his love-letter album *Debí Tirar Más Fotos*. Intimate, grounded, surprisingly candid.

Score: 72Read at vogue.com
Saving Country Music·review·Trigger (Kyle Coronel)
I Actually Listened to the New Bad Bunny Album. This is What I Heard - Saving Country Music

A country critic actually listened to Bad Bunny's Grammy-winning album and found something surprising — not hip-hop, but rich, traditional Latin music that resists American crossover.

Score: 72Read at savingcountrymusic.com
TIME·interview·Solcyré Burga and Andrew R. Chow
Bad Bunny on Championing Puerto Rico on Debí Tirar Más Fotos | TIME

Bad Bunny's new album blends Puerto Rican pride with heartbreak, using tourism as a metaphor for shallow love — his most personal work yet.

Score: 72Read at time.com
Billboard·commentary
Bad Bunny Stirs Moral Panic in Puerto Rico: Why the Criticism Is Misguided (Op-Ed) | Billboard

Puerto Rico blames Bad Bunny's raunchy lyrics for social decline — while ignoring the austerity officials actually closing schools.

Score: 72Read at billboard.com
Rolling Stone·interview
Bad Bunny: 'What's the Point in Being Here? To Show the World Who I Am'

Bad Bunny opens up about Puerto Rican identity, fame's absurdities, and his bold new album — candid, self-aware, and sharper than his usual press.

Score: 72Read at rollingstone.com
Far Out Magazine·feature·Atreyi Banerji
The Cover Uncovered: The story behind Miles Davis’ album cover for ‘Bitches Brew’ by Malti Klarwein

Mati Klarwein's surrealist painting turned *Bitches Brew* into a visual landmark. Here's how that iconic cover came to define Miles Davis's jazz-fusion masterpiece.

Score: 68Read at faroutmagazine.co.uk
Harvard Gazette·feature
How Bad Bunny rocketed to global stardom — Harvard Gazette

Bad Bunny became the world's most-streamed artist by fusing trap and reggaeton — and conquering global fame entirely in Spanish.

— shared by moth

Score: 55Read at news.harvard.edu