Discover Porto Rico

Only a few weeks ago, Bad Bunny, the Porto Rican rock star, denounced ICE during his acceptance speech at the Grammy awards. During this year’s Superbowl half-time show, Bad Bunny offered a buoyant celebration of Latino culture: “We still here.”

At the WSJ, the newspaper announced that Bad Bunny’s residency gave Puerto Rico’s economy an estimated $196 million boost.

Although Bad Bunny will play 12 stadium shows in Spain next year, celebs Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), LeBron James, Kylian Mbappé made the pilgrimage to Puerto Rico to see him. Even Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem went to Puerto Rico to see him.

Thanks to the elaborate stage design, including a maze of sugar cane and a single-story house similar to the one he used during his 31-date residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last summer, Bad Bunny strutted before a maze of sugar cane.

As Bad Bunny paraded through the greenery, he passed by old men playing dominoes, women chatting in a nail salon, and boxers sparring—a montage of scenes from life in Puerto Rico.

Bad Bunny started the party with some of his kinetic reggaeton hits—“Tití Me Preguntó,” an insistent single about a hyperactive love life, and “Yo Perreo Sola,” a club missile—and later moved through muscular Latin trap (“Monaco”) and sparkling salsa (the opening of “Nuevayol”).

Lady Gaga was joined by a stream of celebrities showing their support: Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G, and Young Miko threw a house party behind a phalanx of dancers. Lady Gaga sang a salsa version of her hit “Die With a Smile,” originally a duet with Bruno Mars, while Ricky Martin delivered a full-throated rendition of Bad Bunny’s song “Lo Que le Pasó a Hawai,” which critiques the potential consequences of U.S. statehood for Puerto Rico through the lens of Hawaii.

The Embodiment of the American Dream

(Bad Bunny) went from bagging groceries 10 years ago to playing the biggest stage this planet has to offer, and did it unwaveringly on his own terms in his native tongue,” said Carlos Cancela, a Bad Bunny fan and former executive at a major label. “He is quite literally the embodiment of the American Dream.”