Bad Bunny Played Puerto-Rican And Caribbean Music at 2023 Grammys

Bad Bunny paid tribute to Puerto-Rico with his performance at the 2023 Grammy Awards. The singer took to the stage and ran the gamut of Puerto-Rican and Caribbean music. Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ won Best Música Urbana Album.

The rapper wore a white T-shirt, light denim jeans, white sneakers and a baseball cap while delivering his high-energy performance of ‘El Apagón’.

He performed along with eight plena (a genre from Puerto Rico) dancers, seven pleneros and eight cabezudos (giant characters). The cabezudos were manufactured and managed by Puerto Rican people. This was done to pay homage to Puerto Rican legends, Tego Calderón, Roberto Clemente and Julia de Burgos among many others. 

“With a lot of love to all of you,” Bunny said at the beginning. After that, he performed ‘Después de la Playa’ with live music powered by the band of Damian ‘El Apechao’ with musicians from across the Dominican Republic. There were 40 merengue dancers on the stage. Jack Harlow and Taylor Swift joined the merengue in the audience. 

Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ made history as the first-ever Spanish-language album to score a nomination for the Album of the Year. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 13 non-consecutive weeks at the top. 

– Riya Sohini