Shakira is all in for the Dangerous Bunny Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency, regardless of ongoing public efforts to exchange the Puerto Rican singer with one other artist.
In an interview with Selection, the Colombian famous person voiced help for Dangerous Bunny, who is about to carry out on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
“It’s about time!” she mentioned.
In 2020, Dangerous Bunny joined Shakira and Jennifer Lopez on stage throughout their halftime efficiency, which marked the primary all-Latine present in Tremendous Bowl historical past — J Balvin was additionally featured.
“I remember when we did ours that even having part of our set in Spanish was a bold move… Acceptance of Spanish-language music as part of the mainstream has come so far from when I started,” mentioned Shakira, who in the course of the interview mirrored on the latest anniversaries of her critically-acclaimed Spanish album “Pies Descalzos” (launched in 1995) in addition to “Oral Fixation (Vol 1 and 2)” (each launched in 2005).
“I hope and like to think that all the times my music was met with resistance or puzzlement from the English-speaking world before it was embraced helped forge the path to where we are now,” Shakira added.
One floating petition on Change.org, which has acquired over 54,000 signatures, referred to as for Dangerous Bunny to get replaced by Texas singer George Strait as a strategy to “honor American culture.”
The late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Level USA additionally introduced an alternate halftime present titled, “The All American Halftime Show,” although the conservative group has not but introduced artists.
Claims that Dangerous Bunny will not be an American artist are factually incorrect: Puerto Rico is an unincorporated U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans are due to this fact Americans. Previous Tremendous Bowl halftime reveals have additionally featured non-American acts, together with the Rolling Stones, U2, Rihanna, Shania Twain and Coldplay, to call a number of.
Regardless of the anti-Dangerous Bunny buzz, Shakira doubled down on her help of the singer.
“And I’m so proud that Bad Bunny, who represents not only Latin culture but also how important Spanish-language music has become on a global scale and how universal it has become, is getting to perform on the biggest stage in the world,” she mentioned.
“It’s the perfect moment for a performance like this. I can’t wait to watch it.”
