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An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 37-year-old country artist George Strait.
As of now, the petition has close to 32,000 signatures.
The petition says that in recent years, the halftime show has leaned toward modern pop and international artists and they believe it’s “pivotal to remember the roots that have made American music what it is today.”
Dr. Nate Rodriguez, a professor at San Diego State, plans on teaching a course on Bad Bunny’s worldwide impact next spring.
“Bad Bunny himself I think embodies what it is to be American, it embodies what it means to be diverse, it embodies what it means to have a dream and achieve it, and I think for a lot of people that’s only uncomfortable because he’s brown and he speaks Spanish,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez points out Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, which is a US territory.
Bad Bunny is also one of the biggest names in music today. According to Spotify, Bad Bunny has more than 81 million monthly listeners.
By comparison, country star George Strait has more than 8 million.
In the Bay Area, political experts say the pushback against Bad Bunny’s performance at the Super Bowl it’s a reflection of our society now.
“The way things are developing in our society, everything is contested,” said James Taylor, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. “People are choosing to make the halftime show site the site of contention around what should be presented to America as American culture.”
NBC Bay Area reached out to the person who started the petition but hasn’t heard back.
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Jocelyn Moran
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