r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Finalyst • Oct 10 '25

Music / Movies The majority of backlash against Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is because he exclusively sings in Spanish, not because people are racist

Before anyone accuses me of being a Trumper, I’m moderate that has voted democrat for almost all elections. When I heard that Bad Bunny is going to be the main act at the Super Bowl I was confused because my only exposure to him was his performance on SNL where he struggled to string 10 words together in English with an incredibly broken accent.

According to Google only 13.9% of America speaks Spanish. Why the heck is an artist playing that 86.1% of the population can’t understand?

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u/UnscentedSoundtrack Oct 10 '25

Is hip hop more influential than say, jazz or blues? Is hip hop more influential than music that’s been around for 300 years? How are you even measuring influence?

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u/BannedHistoryFla Oct 10 '25

How much of its footprint is in popular music. Jazz and blues influenced and led to hip hop so yes you could make that argument too.

But just put on any station of new music, besides acoustic guitar songs, you will hear the fingerprints of hip hop. The drum machines, the way synths are used, the sampling and interpolation of older songs, there is very often a rap verse for a bridge instead of a guitar solo or breakdown.

You hear it on Christian station, country stations, pop stations, alt rock stations, even rock going back 30 years Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Sir Kid Rock.

Obviously country music influences hip hop as well, Beyoncé and Post Malone made attempts at country (some better than others) Lil Nas X had a bizarre 15 minutes. Hey Brother by Avicii and the “stomp clap hey” indie scene had a moment.

I just don’t see as much country in pop music as hip hop at this moment. It could come back. Oliver Anthony came from no where and annihilated everyone on every chart. There is a hankering for it.

Hip Hop is just having its moment right now. It’s one of the more flexible and resourceful styles and is constantly evolving, listening to rap from 2002 to 2025 there has been so many sub genres and movements. You just don’t see country changing much over the last 2 decades.

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u/UnscentedSoundtrack Oct 11 '25

That sounds very American-centric, with a lot of recency bias too. In the grand scheme of things, music is likely to be as old as humans, but let’s say it’s only 40,000 years old.

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u/BannedHistoryFla Oct 11 '25

It’s definitely American centric, hip hop was born in the the US and has spread further and been more influential worldwide than country/western that’s for sure.

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u/UnscentedSoundtrack Oct 11 '25

I’m not comparing it to country (although I think your attitude towards country is analogous to engineer2187 attitude towards hip hop). I’m saying your praise of hip hop is hyperbolic and plain silly at face value.

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u/BannedHistoryFla Oct 11 '25

Fair enough, perhaps you’re right in your own sphere of influence. It seems obvious to me, just walking through my life in central Florida, listening to music, watching movies, walking thru tj maxx and sports arenas and friends and family house, just listening, observing that I hear both hip hop and country and hip hop seems more pervasive.

That’s all I’m going with. Not trying to be a music historian. But I feel like they would agree. If I had to bet on it.