Having self-love in times of hate is the answer and the path. The Super Bowl performance presented love as a trench, a word, and a form of resistance against the alarming election results. At the world's biggest concert, with 135 million viewers, reading "only love is more powerful than hate" became a balm for the pain of seeing dehumanizing policies gain votes.

In this chapter, we ask ourselves, "Is Benito our new Mariah?" "And is this news?" is the question we often see in the comments on gossip and pop culture articles. And, obviously, these aren't headline stories, but they are topics we often discuss with friends or family around a table or at a bar, not only to keep up with the latest gossip, but also to talk about love, friendship, or breakups.

In his latest Super Bowl performance, there's no room for doubt: Bad Bunny has made history. More than just performing, he took a stand. Not only through the music and the show's format, but also because he transformed one of the most normative and systematically depoliticized stages in American culture into a space charged with symbolism and unequivocal political positioning. This gesture is especially significant in a context marked by indiscriminate deportations, institutional violence, and the brutality of ICE, with a Latino community systematically criminalized and profoundly harmed.

The week begins under the shadow of two pieces of news, one good and one bad. The bad one? Train drivers' strikeThe good news? The AP-7 motorway reopened this morning after being closed for three weeks. All three lanes between Martorell and Gelida are now open in the direction of Tarragona.

One of the biggest sporting and television events in the United States is the Super Bowl, the final of the National Football League (NFL), which features a spectacular halftime show every year. This year, Green Day and Bad Bunny will be entertaining the audience, and they just this week won the Grammy for best album of the year for I SHOULD TAKE MORE PHOTOSThe award, which he accepted with a speech in which he openly criticized Donald Trump's immigration policy, has caused a stir. The US president is not happy that both the Californian band and the Puerto Rican singer have spoken out against him and wanted to demonstrate his anger by not attending the game, which takes place on Sunday in San Francisco and pits the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks.

Bad Bunny has achieved a historic milestone in his career and for Spanish-language music. The Puerto Rican musician won the Grammy for Album of the Year on Sunday, the most important category at the awards ceremony, which celebrated its 68th edition. The event was marked by political messages and criticism of Donald Trump's immigration policies and the controversial ICE, Immigration and Border Protection.

Of the albums of 2024 The biggest concerts of 2025 have been announced (Billie Eilish, La Ludwig Band, Kneecap, Remedio de Ca la Fresca, Charli XCX). The same could happen with the 2025 album crop, a year that began with an undeniable standout album and ended with another equally significant one. According to ARA, this is how the last twelve months have unfolded. As usual, the list only includes 20 albums, but it could easily be much longer and include albums by Maria Rodés, Turnstile, Anna Andreu, Suede, Maria Hein, and Oklou, among others, as well as film soundtracks. A complete unknown and One battle after another.

The Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny He took home five golden gramophones tonight at the 26th Latin Grammy Awards, held in Las Vegas. The artist won the night's top prize, Album of the Year, for his hit album. I should have taken more photos (Rimas, 2025), and has also been awarded for best urban music album, best urban performance, best reggaeton performance, and best urban song. "I love music, I love what I do, and I love being able to connect with passionate people," said the singer, who dedicated the award to the "children and young people of Latin America" ​​and remembered his country: "There are many ways to show patriotism. Puerto Rico, I love you."

A couple of weeks ago, the announcement of the performance of Bad Bunny In the halftime of the 2026 Super Bowl, a multi-million dollar event on many levels, also for the viewers who follow it, it aroused the enthusiasm of many people and also some criticism: the musician excluded the United States from his world tour because he did not want raids by Imi Trump's Service before and after the concerts. Those who disagreed with his performance, in February, wonder if the raids are the same now. Bad Bunny, forceful and at the same time very friendly, responded to them from the Saturday Night Live, a flagship NBC show known for its irreverent and unabashed humor, hosted by countless stars. In Spanish, in his opening monologue, he said he was happy to perform at the Super Bowl and praised all those Latinos who, before him, have worked to open doors, asserting that it's not his success, but a collective one, proving that no one will ever be able to erase the mark of Latinos and their contributions to the United States. In English, he added: "If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn it."

Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Shakira, Juan Gabriel, Ricky Martin. There's a long list of Latin singers who have racked up staggering sums of money over the last half-century, especially in the United States. Of course, while the numbers have been unmitigated, they haven't always enjoyed the prestige of their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. It took a new generation and the era of urban music to break down the cultural barriers and prejudices that had historically held them back. Of this new crop, the first to unite a massive, universal, and cross-cutting audience with specialized critics is Bad Bunny.

Tourist. One of the words of the moment. Almost all of us are tourists, and almost all of us suffer from tourism. Almost all of us want to be tourists, and at the same time, as Pulp sang, we hate a tourist when we find one in our home.Tourist It's also a song by Bad Bunny, the trendy Puerto Rican singer.

Beyond the clichés, there are all kinds of songs related to summer. Some respond to thematic and sentimental expectations, but others propose more nebulous twists or acquire a summery dimension that the authors surely hadn't anticipated. At ARA, we've made a selection that we'll publish in several batches throughout the month of August. For now, there are a dozen songs that begin with a stroll through Rome and end with a hypnotic night in Benicàssim.

Oriol Rosell (Barcelona, 1972), critic and cultural promoter, was talking with an editor about the possibility of writing a book. They were talking about music, and at one point, the editor said to him: "You know what's wrong with me? I can't understand why my children like reggaeton." And Oriol replied: "And shouldn't this be the book?" It was from that conversation that the book was born. Killing Daddy: Why You Don't Like Reggaeton (And Your Kids Do) (Cúpula Books).

Mataró natives Xavier Coca and Oriol de Ramon, both born in 1998, were still reaping the rewards of the success of the album Epic sun (2023), by The Tyets, who were already working on a new album, Coffee for coffee lovers (Luup, 2025). They chat calmly about the album and the expectations generated by intergenerational popularity.

The first clue was a photograph he posted The official Instagram account of the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. Two white plastic chairs were seen placed exactly like the album cover. I should have taken more photos (Rhymes, 2025) by the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny. A similar image was posted on the account of the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid. The album will start on November 21, 2025, in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and end on July 22, 2026, in Brussels (Belgium). In between, Bad Bunny will visit Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Japan, Australia, France, and . Friday, May 9, at 12 noon. on the tour website, titled From Puerto Rico to the world.