NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned Wednesday that the league won’t change Unhealthy Bunny as its headline performer for the Tremendous Bowl halftime present regardless of some criticism of the choice.
Goodell validated the league’s determination on the NFL’s fall assembly for Tremendous Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif.
“He is one of many main and hottest entertainers on the planet,” Goodell mentioned. “That is what we attempt to obtain.”
The artist, whose identify is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, is a local of Puerto Rico, whose lyrics are principally in Spanish. Since 2019, Unhealthy Bunny has been a top-five streamed artist on the music platform Spotify yearly, together with essentially the most streams in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
“I am unsure we have ever chosen an artist the place we did not have some blowback or criticism,” Goodell mentioned. “It is fairly onerous to do when you’ve gotten actually a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of individuals which can be watching.”
In a latest interview on the conservative information community Newsmax, President Donald Trump referred to as the choice “completely ridiculous,” whereas additionally saying he was not aware of Unhealthy Bunny.
In 2022, Unhealthy Bunny had 18.5 billion steams on Spotify and was the second-most streamed artist in 2023 and the third most final 12 months. As of this month, Unhealthy Bunny’s 100.9 million followers on Spotify are ninth most of any artist on the platform.
“We’re assured it will be an incredible present,” Goodell mentioned. “He understands the platform that he is on, and I believe it will be thrilling and a united second.”
–Area Degree Media
