Unhealthy Bunny has vowed to make the world blissful and to make the world dance when he makes his historic look on the Tremendous Bowl 60 half-time present on Sunday.
The Puerto Rican sensation will change into the primary Latino and Spanish-speaking artist to headline the Tremendous Bowl half-time present as a solo act when he takes to the stage at Levi’s Stadium, the place the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off within the NFL’s season climax, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
His inclusion has prompted a backlash from US President Donald Trump, whose administration’s immigration insurance policies have been publicly criticised by the 31-year-old artist.
Unhealthy Bunny was talking at a press convention in San Francisco on Thursday, drawing an intensive queue of media members that would depart many unable to slot in the room such was the curiosity in his arrival.
“I’m excited about this performance,” he mentioned. “However on the similar time, I really feel extra excited for different individuals, not even me. My household, my buddies, individuals I do know who’ve at all times believed in me. The tradition.
“That’s what makes this show special to me.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell underlined his help for Unhealthy Bunny this week as he hailed him “one of the greatest artists in the world” following his landmark album-of-the-year award on the Grammys.
His Tremendous Bowl efficiency comes throughout a interval of heightened tensions throughout the US amid issues surrounding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers. Unhealthy Bunny opened his Grammy-winning speech with the phrases ‘ICE out’ final Sunday.
“The world is gonna be happy this Sunday,” mentioned Unhealthy Bunny. “The whole country. There’s a lot of people that love me around the world, not just the Latino people.
“Lots of people cease me on the avenue or the airport, Individuals in the US, Mexico, French and say ‘I do know you are going to do an excellent efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl’.
“People that stop me on the street only wish good things to me and I know the world is going to be happy with me on Sunday. It’s going to be a huge party, what people can expect with me, that is what I want to bring.
“To be the largest stage of the world is one thing that I by no means thought was doable. You at all times should be happy with who you might be and really feel comfy being your self, being proud about your historical past and the place you might be from and do not let that restrict your self.”
Throughout an look on Saturday Evening Stay in October he had joked that individuals had “four months to learn Spanish” in preparation for the Tremendous Bowl. On Thursday, he reassured they want solely discover ways to transfer.
“They don’t even have to learn Spanish. It’s better if they learn to dance,” he mentioned. “There’s no better dance than the one that can come from the heart, that’s the only thing they need to worry about, to have fun and enjoy. And of course, choose your team at the game.”
Unhealthy Bunny has been Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 4 of the final six years and arrives as a beacon of the league’s dedication to its international audiences.
He spoke of the elevation from his humble Puerto Rican roots to the worldwide stage.
“I wasn’t looking for the album of the year at the Grammys or Latin Grammys,” he mentioned. “I wasn’t looking for performing at the Super Bowl half-time show. I just was looking to connect with my roots, connect with my people more than ever, connect with myself, with my history, with my culture.
“I did it in a really sincere means. I solely needed to carry out on the [Puerto Rico] residency and that is it. I mentioned ‘I do not need to go away right here’. I needed to remain the entire time.
“Then it was like, oh wow. The world really wants me. So I should. And also to show some love to the world, to Latin America. The opportunity to bring that feeling that I put on that album to one of the biggest stages in the world is something I never thought would happen.”
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Unhealthy Bunny defined he had been struggling to sleep such has been his concentrate on Sunday’s spectacle, which noticed Kendrick Lamar ship the most-watched Tremendous Bowl half-time present in historical past in New Orleans final February.
“I’ve been working on this show, what we’re gonna do Sunday, it’s a lot,” he mentioned. “Thinking about the Super Bowl at 4am, that’s what I’ve been doing. It’s been hard to not.
“I am blissful however I am simply processing, taking sooner or later at a time. I simply attempt to take it straightforward. Get up, work out, drink my espresso, strive to not suppose an excessive amount of about it.
“Last night I couldn’t sleep, I was thinking about it. I want to think it’s 13 minutes of doing what I love, what I like. I know I’m gonna have fun.”
Watch the New England Patriots towards the Seattle Seahawks in Tremendous Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California this Sunday, with protection underneath means at 10pm dwell on Sky Spots NFL forward of kick-off at roughly 11.30pm. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with no contract on NOW.
