NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned Wednesday that the league is not going to exchange 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 earth,” 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 largely 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 undecided 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 have got actually a whole lot of tens of millions of individuals which are watching.”
In a current interview on the conservative information community Newsmax, President Donald Trump known as the choice “completely ridiculous,” whereas additionally saying he was not acquainted with 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 is going to be a fantastic present,” Goodell mentioned. “He understands the platform that he is on, and I feel it is going to be thrilling and a united second.”
–Subject Stage Media
