Bad Bunny walks back comment that fans should learn Spanish ahead of Super Bowl halftime performance

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Bad Bunny is backing down from a comment he made in October, saying that critics of his upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance needed to learn Spanish.

"I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl. I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy," he said on "Saturday Night Live," before teasing his critics in Spanish.

Bad Bunny speaks on stage at the Super Bowl LX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference at Moscone Center West on Feb. 5, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

"If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn."

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But this week, during an appearance in San Francisco's Moscone Center, Bad Bunny said learning Spanish was not necessary.

"I know I told them they had four months to learn Spanish — they don't even have to learn Spanish. They (can) learn to dance," Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said to a jam-packed crowd.

Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Bad Bunny, who has been Spotify’s most-streamed artist four times in the last six years, got the nod in September. His 2022 album, "Un Verano Sin Ti," is the app’s most-streamed album of all time, and he has more than 51 million followers on Instagram.

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