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At the Super Bowl halftime show bad bunny put on an endlessly rewatchable performance it featured lady gaga and ricky martin and even had a real life wedding it was filled with dancing and

unabashed joy but it didn't shy away from this political moment and Bad Bunny's place in the

culture wars. I'm Stephen Thompson. Today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, we are teaming up with

It's Been a Minute for a recap of the Super Bowl halftime show. Here's host Brittany Luce.

Okay, we all just witnessed the Bad Bunny halftime show.

First impressions, what words are running through your mind?

Joy, excitement, weepa, this was four Puerto Ricans.

I was so gagged sitting in my living and watching it all unfold.

I was screaming.

Sorry, my voice is a little hoarse.

That's all right. That's all right. I mean, there's so much to unpack in this performance. This is an

endlessly rewatchable performance because there is so much text and subtext. But as far as first

impressions and the first thing that I'm taking away, I think this is one of the top

five Super Bowl halftime shows of all time. Yeah, I think you're right. I think Prince, for me,

is probably still number one. But this is up there with Beyonce. This is up there with some of the

all-time great Super Bowl halftime shows just as a piece of stagecraft, as a piece of just joyful performance,

so much movement, the camera work. This was an extraordinary technical accomplishment. And we'll get

to how joyful it was, you know, just as an experience, how much it meant to this hemisphere.

But I just, just to take a step back right at the beginning, I think this is one of the all-time great Super Bowl halftime shows.

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