Can someone pls explain the lure of bad bunny

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Anonymous wrote:He was the cover story in vanity fair this month and he still came across as bland/dumb in the interview.

Then call a spade a spade. He’s dumb.
He’s no Kendrick Lamar.
They tried to make this be that, but it was never meant to be.
Can’t wait to see him what they choose to showcase next year.

It's really weird to me that people don't realize that Bad Bunny has been like, the most popular artist by far, by FAR, for many years at this point. Nothing to do with ICE, or being "propped up" because of "DEI". Like it's been multiple multiple years that he has been epically popular. And I say this as the person who posted a few pages back about not recognizing any of his songs, because I never hear them on the radio stations I prefer, but even I, an out of the loop middle aged mom, have heard of him because he is A-list famous. It's like our parents generation claiming they have no idea who Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts are and act surprised and offended that people prefer to see them instead of a Judy Garland movie. Like.... it's ok for it not to be your thing, or to prefer your own generation's songs, but it's quite another to be 10000% culturally out of the loop

People seem to not realize that Bad bunny was in the superbowl half time show 5 years ago with Shakira and J Lo.

He’s not mainstream. They keep trying to push him as such with the recent commercials, snl and Super Bowl. But it’s not that great of music, singing, nor unique.

He’s been the number one download on Spotify for 3 of the last 5 years and won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year.

You can think whatever you want but your opinions mean nothing in the face of sales and industry recognition by people who matter.

+1

No one cares about downloads unclear Spotify shareholders. Doubt bad bunny agents covered their marketing spend the last 12 mos.

Check out the list next month. It’ll all be over.

Maybe he can date a Jenner again, that helps too.

Who is "no one"? Are you a narcissist that thinks that your opinions about what people care about are universal to all? Since Bad Bunny's been tops for 3 of the last 5 years, you are not very good at analyzing data if you think he'll be "over" next month, but happy to return to this thread in a few weeks to prove you wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:He was the cover story in vanity fair this month and he still came across as bland/dumb in the interview.

Then call a spade a spade. He’s dumb.
He’s no Kendrick Lamar.
They tried to make this be that, but it was never meant to be.
Can’t wait to see him what they choose to showcase next year.

It's really weird to me that people don't realize that Bad Bunny has been like, the most popular artist by far, by FAR, for many years at this point. Nothing to do with ICE, or being "propped up" because of "DEI". Like it's been multiple multiple years that he has been epically popular. And I say this as the person who posted a few pages back about not recognizing any of his songs, because I never hear them on the radio stations I prefer, but even I, an out of the loop middle aged mom, have heard of him because he is A-list famous. It's like our parents generation claiming they have no idea who Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts are and act surprised and offended that people prefer to see them instead of a Judy Garland movie. Like.... it's ok for it not to be your thing, or to prefer your own generation's songs, but it's quite another to be 10000% culturally out of the loop

People seem to not realize that Bad bunny was in the superbowl half time show 5 years ago with Shakira and J Lo.

He’s not mainstream. They keep trying to push him as such with the recent commercials, snl and Super Bowl. But it’s not that great of music, singing, nor unique.

He’s been the number one download on Spotify for 3 of the last 5 years and won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year.

You can think whatever you want but your opinions mean nothing in the face of sales and industry recognition by people who matter.

+1

No one cares about downloads unclear Spotify shareholders. Doubt bad bunny agents covered their marketing spend the last 12 mos.

Check out the list next month. It’ll all be over.

Maybe he can date a Jenner again, that helps too.

Who is "no one"? Are you a narcissist that thinks that your opinions about what people care about are universal to all? Since Bad Bunny's been tops for 3 of the last 5 years, you are not very good at analyzing data if you think he'll be "over" next month, but happy to return to this thread in a few weeks to prove you wrong.

It's not just Spotify (although Spotify is huge with people under the age of 50). Bad Bunny has broken ticketing records around the world, racked up 15 Top 10 hits and last week took Album of the Year at the Grammys. He was a terrific "get" for the NFL---who wanted to avoid a repeat of 2019 when they picked a long past their prime Maroon 5 to do the halftime show (or what Turning Point USA had with barely anyone tuning into a lipsyncing KidRock at their "alternative halftime show.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow - OP asked a question and yall gave him insults. IMO. The Super Bowl preface was visually brilliant but didn’t showcase the best of Bad Bunny. This talking/rapping wasn’t as engaging as his stuff from like 2022.

OP asked a stupid question that he could have googled. And in a grammatically incorrect way.

Let’s not turn DCUM into Chat GPT.

Lure isn’t grammatically incorrect, it’s just not your chosen word. Also remember that not everyone here is a native English speaker. Not a single soul here has been able to give a simple, cogent response, just defensive nonsense. Lots of people on this board ask these questions about all manner of celebrities.

"Lure" is grammatically incorrect in the manner in which OP used it-the word OP should have used is "allure". And, if after 10 pages of posts, you don't find a response to explain the ALLURE of Bad Bunny that you find cogent, that speaks to your own comprehension of the English language. You are choosing not to understand, due to your own agenda.

+1 These grammatically incorrect subject lines are like nails on a chalkboard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spotify is a subscription model.

It can run stats on downloads but so what. People have 1000s of downloads in their personal cloud. And they rarely cull out what they no longer listen to.

You obviously don’t understand how Spotify works. Subscribers pay Spotify. Spotify pays artists. Would you like to explain how enormous sold out tours are meaningless? Did Bad Bunny find $100M or so under his sofa cushions? Are you really this ignorant?

It’s bizarre how some of you are threatened by this very successful artist. If you don’t like his music, don’t listen. But pretending he’s not enormously popular and successful is kind of disturbing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spotify is a subscription model.

It can run stats on downloads but so what. People have 1000s of downloads in their personal cloud. And they rarely cull out what they no longer listen to.

You obviously don’t understand how Spotify works. Subscribers pay Spotify. Spotify pays artists. Would you like to explain how enormous sold out tours are meaningless? Did Bad Bunny find $100M or so under his sofa cushions? Are you really this ignorant?

It’s bizarre how some of you are threatened by this very successful artist. If you don’t like his music, don’t listen. But pretending he’s not enormously popular and successful is kind of disturbing.

+1 People on DCUM say "No one has heard of him." "No one likes him." "No one understands him singing in Spanish."
-He won Grammy Album of the Year last week.
-He has 15 top 10 hits.
-He has been the top download on Spotify for several years.
-He sells out all his concerts.
And he just turned 30 years old. He's a star, if you haven't been living under a rock.

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Anonymous wrote:He was the cover story in vanity fair this month and he still came across as bland/dumb in the interview.

Then call a spade a spade. He’s dumb.
He’s no Kendrick Lamar.
They tried to make this be that, but it was never meant to be.
Can’t wait to see him what they choose to showcase next year.

It's really weird to me that people don't realize that Bad Bunny has been like, the most popular artist by far, by FAR, for many years at this point. Nothing to do with ICE, or being "propped up" because of "DEI". Like it's been multiple multiple years that he has been epically popular. And I say this as the person who posted a few pages back about not recognizing any of his songs, because I never hear them on the radio stations I prefer, but even I, an out of the loop middle aged mom, have heard of him because he is A-list famous. It's like our parents generation claiming they have no idea who Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts are and act surprised and offended that people prefer to see them instead of a Judy Garland movie. Like.... it's ok for it not to be your thing, or to prefer your own generation's songs, but it's quite another to be 10000% culturally out of the loop

People seem to not realize that Bad bunny was in the superbowl half time show 5 years ago with Shakira and J Lo.

He’s not mainstream. They keep trying to push him as such with the recent commercials, snl and Super Bowl. But it’s not that great of music, singing, nor unique.

He’s been the number one download on Spotify for 3 of the last 5 years and won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year.

You can think whatever you want but your opinions mean nothing in the face of sales and industry recognition by people who matter.

+1

No one cares about downloads unclear Spotify shareholders. Doubt bad bunny agents covered their marketing spend the last 12 mos.

Check out the list next month. It’ll all be over.

Maybe he can date a Jenner again, that helps too.

Who is "no one"? Are you a narcissist that thinks that your opinions about what people care about are universal to all? Since Bad Bunny's been tops for 3 of the last 5 years, you are not very good at analyzing data if you think he'll be "over" next month, but happy to return to this thread in a few weeks to prove you wrong.

Tops for or of what?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spotify is a subscription model.

It can run stats on downloads but so what. People have 1000s of downloads in their personal cloud. And they rarely cull out what they no longer listen to.

You obviously don’t understand how Spotify works. Subscribers pay Spotify. Spotify pays artists. Would you like to explain how enormous sold out tours are meaningless? Did Bad Bunny find $100M or so under his sofa cushions? Are you really this ignorant?

It’s bizarre how some of you are threatened by this very successful artist. If you don’t like his music, don’t listen. But pretending he’s not enormously popular and successful is kind of disturbing.

Great question, how much does bad bunny mak per year and what is his net worth?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow - OP asked a question and yall gave him insults. IMO. The Super Bowl preface was visually brilliant but didn’t showcase the best of Bad Bunny. This talking/rapping wasn’t as engaging as his stuff from like 2022.

OP asked a stupid question that he could have googled. And in a grammatically incorrect way.

Let’s not turn DCUM into Chat GPT.

Lure isn’t grammatically incorrect, it’s just not your chosen word. Also remember that not everyone here is a native English speaker. Not a single soul here has been able to give a simple, cogent response, just defensive nonsense. Lots of people on this board ask these questions about all manner of celebrities.

"Lure" is grammatically incorrect in the manner in which OP used it-the word OP should have used is "allure". And, if after 10 pages of posts, you don't find a response to explain the ALLURE of Bad Bunny that you find cogent, that speaks to your own comprehension of the English language. You are choosing not to understand, due to your own agenda.

+1 These grammatically incorrect subject lines are like nails on a chalkboard.

They really lure you in though!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He was the cover story in vanity fair this month and he still came across as bland/dumb in the interview.

Then call a spade a spade. He’s dumb.
He’s no Kendrick Lamar.
They tried to make this be that, but it was never meant to be.
Can’t wait to see him what they choose to showcase next year.

It's really weird to me that people don't realize that Bad Bunny has been like, the most popular artist by far, by FAR, for many years at this point. Nothing to do with ICE, or being "propped up" because of "DEI". Like it's been multiple multiple years that he has been epically popular. And I say this as the person who posted a few pages back about not recognizing any of his songs, because I never hear them on the radio stations I prefer, but even I, an out of the loop middle aged mom, have heard of him because he is A-list famous. It's like our parents generation claiming they have no idea who Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts are and act surprised and offended that people prefer to see them instead of a Judy Garland movie. Like.... it's ok for it not to be your thing, or to prefer your own generation's songs, but it's quite another to be 10000% culturally out of the loop

People seem to not realize that Bad bunny was in the superbowl half time show 5 years ago with Shakira and J Lo.

He’s not mainstream. They keep trying to push him as such with the recent commercials, snl and Super Bowl. But it’s not that great of music, singing, nor unique.

He’s been the number one download on Spotify for 3 of the last 5 years and won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year.

You can think whatever you want but your opinions mean nothing in the face of sales and industry recognition by people who matter.

+1

No one cares about downloads unclear Spotify shareholders. Doubt bad bunny agents covered their marketing spend the last 12 mos.

Check out the list next month. It’ll all be over.

Maybe he can date a Jenner again, that helps too.

Who is "no one"? Are you a narcissist that thinks that your opinions about what people care about are universal to all? Since Bad Bunny's been tops for 3 of the last 5 years, you are not very good at analyzing data if you think he'll be "over" next month, but happy to return to this thread in a few weeks to prove you wrong.

It's not just Spotify (although Spotify is huge with people under the age of 50). Bad Bunny has broken ticketing records around the world, racked up 15 Top 10 hits and last week took Album of the Year at the Grammys. He was a terrific "get" for the NFL---who wanted to avoid a repeat of 2019 when they picked a long past their prime Maroon 5 to do the halftime show (or what Turning Point USA had with barely anyone tuning into a lipsyncing KidRock at their "alternative halftime show.)

What ticketing records? How much revenue? How many seats sold? How large of venues and % sold or attended?

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Anonymous wrote:He was the cover story in vanity fair this month and he still came across as bland/dumb in the interview.

Then call a spade a spade. He’s dumb.
He’s no Kendrick Lamar.
They tried to make this be that, but it was never meant to be.
Can’t wait to see him what they choose to showcase next year.

It's really weird to me that people don't realize that Bad Bunny has been like, the most popular artist by far, by FAR, for many years at this point. Nothing to do with ICE, or being "propped up" because of "DEI". Like it's been multiple multiple years that he has been epically popular. And I say this as the person who posted a few pages back about not recognizing any of his songs, because I never hear them on the radio stations I prefer, but even I, an out of the loop middle aged mom, have heard of him because he is A-list famous. It's like our parents generation claiming they have no idea who Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts are and act surprised and offended that people prefer to see them instead of a Judy Garland movie. Like.... it's ok for it not to be your thing, or to prefer your own generation's songs, but it's quite another to be 10000% culturally out of the loop

People seem to not realize that Bad bunny was in the superbowl half time show 5 years ago with Shakira and J Lo.

He’s not mainstream. They keep trying to push him as such with the recent commercials, snl and Super Bowl. But it’s not that great of music, singing, nor unique.

He’s been the number one download on Spotify for 3 of the last 5 years and won the Grammy for Album of the Year this year.

You can think whatever you want but your opinions mean nothing in the face of sales and industry recognition by people who matter.

+1

No one cares about downloads unclear Spotify shareholders. Doubt bad bunny agents covered their marketing spend the last 12 mos.

Check out the list next month. It’ll all be over.

Maybe he can date a Jenner again, that helps too.

Who is "no one"? Are you a narcissist that thinks that your opinions about what people care about are universal to all? Since Bad Bunny's been tops for 3 of the last 5 years, you are not very good at analyzing data if you think he'll be "over" next month, but happy to return to this thread in a few weeks to prove you wrong.

It's not just Spotify (although Spotify is huge with people under the age of 50). Bad Bunny has broken ticketing records around the world, racked up 15 Top 10 hits and last week took Album of the Year at the Grammys. He was a terrific "get" for the NFL---who wanted to avoid a repeat of 2019 when they picked a long past their prime Maroon 5 to do the halftime show (or what Turning Point USA had with barely anyone tuning into a lipsyncing KidRock at their "alternative halftime show.)

What ticketing records? How much revenue? How many seats sold? How large of venues and % sold or attended?

Does DCUM exist to be your own personal Chat GPT? Is there some deficit in your intelligence preventing you from googling these things? Here's an article from a news source. You might try reading occasionally.

https://fortune.com/2026/02/08/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-grammy-awards-taylor-swift/
How Bad Bunny went from Super Bowl supporting act to headliner with ticket sales to rival Taylor Swift’s
In just 10 years, Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, transformed from a SoundCloud rapper to a six-time Grammy winner, becoming the first Latin and Spanish-speaking artist to win album of the year. On his road to the Super Bowl, the artist has had a record-breaking impact on the U.S. economy.

Since 2018, the artist has embarked on six concert tours. His latest tour, No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí—“I don’t want to leave here”—hosted at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan (known locally as “El Choli”), generated an estimated $400 million from 31 concerts, according to Wells Fargo. Beyond ticket sales, the 600,000 attendees the residency brought in generated an estimated $733 million for Puerto Rico, according to the Associated Press. The artist’s previous concerts also netted high sums. His World’s Hottest Tour became the highest-grossing tour in a calendar year, bringing in more than $435 million across 81 shows and 1.9 million ticket sales (although Taylor Swift shattered that record the following year by nearly $600 million).

Bad Bunny has also repeatedly topped Spotify’s charts as the most-streamed artist globally, most recently winning the title in 2025 with nearly 20 billion streams.

This will not be the singer’s first appearance at the Super Bowl. In 2020, the Puerto Rican native performed with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. But since then, Bad Bunny has transformed himself from a featured artist into an international phenomenon reportedly worth $100 million.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spotify is a subscription model.

It can run stats on downloads but so what. People have 1000s of downloads in their personal cloud. And they rarely cull out what they no longer listen to.

You obviously don’t understand how Spotify works. Subscribers pay Spotify. Spotify pays artists. Would you like to explain how enormous sold out tours are meaningless? Did Bad Bunny find $100M or so under his sofa cushions? Are you really this ignorant?

It’s bizarre how some of you are threatened by this very successful artist. If you don’t like his music, don’t listen. But pretending he’s not enormously popular and successful is kind of disturbing.

+1 People on DCUM say "No one has heard of him." "No one likes him." "No one understands him singing in Spanish."
-He won Grammy Album of the Year last week.
-He has 15 top 10 hits.
-He has been the top download on Spotify for several years.
-He sells out all his concerts.
And he just turned 30 years old. He's a star, if you haven't been living under a rock.

+2 He's won five other Grammies besides the one last week. But yeah, sure, because "you've never heard of him," he doesn't exist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spotify is a subscription model.

It can run stats on downloads but so what. People have 1000s of downloads in their personal cloud. And they rarely cull out what they no longer listen to.

You obviously don’t understand how Spotify works. Subscribers pay Spotify. Spotify pays artists. Would you like to explain how enormous sold out tours are meaningless? Did Bad Bunny find $100M or so under his sofa cushions? Are you really this ignorant?

It’s bizarre how some of you are threatened by this very successful artist. If you don’t like his music, don’t listen. But pretending he’s not enormously popular and successful is kind of disturbing.

Great question, how much does bad bunny mak per year and what is his net worth?

His 2022 tour grossed over $435M which was record breaking although I think Taylor may have broken that. This year’s tour is already over $100M with just 12 shows. Last year he chose to do a residency in Puerto Rico which is less lucrative for him ($40M) but brought hundreds of millions of badly needed revenue to the island. Most estimates of his net worth are around $100M. You can’t really know nor would it make sense to break down yearly because there are to many variables year to year.

The bottom line is that by any metric he’s incredibly successful. Whether you look at the amount of money he’s earning, major awards, or numbers of fans, Bad Bunny is one of the biggest music superstars ever.

[Anonymous]

Again, why does this need to be “understood”? I seldom like the halftime show. I don’t take it as a personal offense ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just never get sick of his name. It sounds silly to me and I get a fit of the giggles. I picture a four-year old playing school. “Bad Bunny! Sit down!”

That's what you picture? Er, what are rabbits famous for, PP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not the OP, but I speak Spanish and I don't understand why he's famous. His voice is terrible and his songs are even worse.

If you don’t get him, you don’t get him.

Such a lame response from someone who can't articulate clearly. ¿Lo podrías decir mejor en español?