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The FCC released roughly 2,000 complaints about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime, with many critics upset by Spanish lyrics and perceived lewd content despite edits, while other notable stories include Warner Bros.’ settlement with Village Roadshow over The Matrix Resurrections, Guillermo Del Toro’s plans for an adult stop-motion The Buried Giant at Netflix, and Stephen Colbert discussing a potential Lord of the Rings project.
FCC released thousands of viewer complaints about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, with critics calling the Spanish-language lyrics and choreography inappropriate for children and faulting NBC and the NFL; the agency noted the lyrics had been edited for broadcast. The article also mentions pre-game activists distributing 15,000 anti-ICE towels and cites political backlash from Rep. Randy Fine and President Trump, alongside praise of the performance as a milestone for Latin music and immigrant voices.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show drew more than 2,000 FCC complaints—many alleging unpatriotic language or vulgarity—though most claims were misguided or rooted in racism; the FCC found no violations, and the moment sparked a broader debate about inclusivity, with Turning Point USA running a counter-show alongside it.
The 2026 Met Gala embraced its Costume Art theme with a wild, sculpture-meets-fashion showcase: Bad Bunny aged with prosthetics, Rihanna and Beyoncé delivered futuristic, sculptural looks, and many guests wore masks or armor-inspired ensembles. Highlights included Lauren Sánchez Bezos toning down her Schiaparelli gown, John Galliano’s first Zara collab dressing Stevie Nicks in a stadium-sized ballgown, and masked moments from stars like Gwendoline Christie. Protests targeting sponsor Jeff Bezos and the event’s publicity overshadowed some of the spectacle, prompting debate over the theme’s wearability and meaning while fashion-as-art dominated the chatter.
Veteran SFX makeup artist Mike Marino crafted Bad Bunny’s hyperreal old-age Met Gala look with 3D scans, silicone prosthetics, and hand-painted details, aided by a 40-person team; he’s known for transforming stars like Heidi Klum and The Weeknd, and notes live-event makeup challenges differ from film, while dreaming of reviving icons like Sinatra or Elvis.
Bad Bunny stunned the 2026 Met Gala by arriving in an old-man look complete with a walking cane, white hair and hyper-real makeup—a nod to the Met's Costume Art exhibit, which explores fashion's relationship to aging and the body's representation; Heidi Klum also transformed into a marble statue for the theme, while the exhibit—curated by Andrew Bolton—runs May 10, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027.
Spotify marks its 20th anniversary by releasing all-time top lists across artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks. The artist rankings put Taylor Swift first, Bad Bunny second, Drake third and The Weeknd fourth, with Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti topping the albums chart. The company notes the figures reflect recent listening habits and the mix of paid vs. ad-supported streams among its roughly 290 million subscribers.
Spotify has released its first internal 20-year rankings, with Taylor Swift as the all-time top artist, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti as the top album, The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights as the most-streamed song, The Joe Rogan Experience as the top podcast, and Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses as the top audiobook; Beyoncé and most K-pop acts were notably underrepresented in the lists.
Spotify marks its 20-year anniversary by releasing its first-ever all-time lists of the most streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts and audiobooks, led by Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd, with top albums including Un Verano Sin Ti and Starboy and top songs like Blinding Lights and Shape of You.
Bad Bunny is asking a court to order emPawa Africa to pay about $465,612 in attorney’s fees after he prevailed in a copyright dispute over the Un Verano Sin Ti track Enseñame a Bailar; the Nigerian producer Dera’s suit was dismissed for missed deadlines, and emPawa Africa was dropped as a plaintiff. His lawyers argue the case was meritless and that the sample was obtained with permission from Lakizo Entertainment, noting the plaintiff’s strategy to extract a settlement. The motion also suggests the co-plaintiff was not primarily responsible for prosecuting the case.
Bad Bunny resurfaced on Instagram with a post marking his 32nd birthday, months after he wiped his feed and unfollowed everyone in the wake of his record-breaking Super Bowl halftime show. The new post shows him beside a heart-shaped chocolate cake and a simple caption (“32.”), signaling a social-media comeback after a performance that celebrated his Puerto Rican roots and featured a star-studded guest lineup.
Vogue marks Bad Bunny’s 32nd birthday by revisiting his notable screen turns, from El Kitty in Narcos: Mexico and his sharp hosting and sketches on Saturday Night Live to a memorable turn as Oscar Mejías in Happy Gilmore 2 and the gangster Colorado in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. The piece also teases a forthcoming starring role in Porto Rico, highlighting the singer-actor’s expanding and playful presence on screen.
Bad Bunny headlined an intimate, invite-only Tokyo show for Spotify’s fourth Billions Club, delivering hit after hit—including a salsa-flavored take on MIA—before a crowd of fewer than 2,000 at Tipstar Dome Chiba. Surrounded by pink cherry-blossom visuals, he urged unity and dancing without fear, underscoring his global reach as 29 of his songs have surpassed a billion streams and signaling a seamless Puerto Rico-to-Tokyo bridge in his expanding artistic moment.
Bad Bunny capped his first Asia show with an intimate, invite-only Billions Club performance in Chiba, Japan, delivering a hit-filled set—including a salsa-inflected MIA and Tití Me Preguntó—while celebrating unity and his global reach as VIPs like Lisa from Blackpink and Takashi Murakami watched from the crowd.
A GUDEA study analyzed millions of Bad Bunny posts from over a million accounts across 32 platforms (Jan. 14–Feb. 10) and found that just 3.7% of accounts generated about 25.85% of the content, with foreign bots largely driving the outrage around the Super Bowl halftime show to sow political and cultural division. The report argues the goal was to destabilize trust and prolong controversy, a tactic seen in prior disinformation campaigns and potentially impacting advertisers as misinformation spreads.