At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny challenged the meaning of ‘America’

The Puerto Rican star's vision of American identity moved beyond colonial tropes to span an entire hemisphere

By now, many of us have a favorite part of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half-time performance. It's a dense, rich set that invites rewatching to take in every thoughtful, exuberant detail - even though it's barely 14 minutes long.

My most beloved part occurs a little more than nine minutes into the homage, when the cuatro puertorriqueno appears. The stringed instrument has its own moment in the spotlight, shown in the talented hands of the cuatrista Jose Eduardo Santana just before Ricky Martin performs.