‘ICE out! We are not savages’: Bad Bunny pleads at Grammys before Super Bowl
Bad Bunny had a message for the millions of TV viewers as he accepted the Best Musica Urbana Album award on Sunday night at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say — ICE out,” said the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, who is set to perform during the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. “We’re not savages. We’re not aliens. We are humans.
“And we are Americans.”
Bad Bunny would also win what’s widely regarded as the top trophy of the night — the Grammy for Album of the Year — during the ceremony in the Grammys in Los Angeles.
Bad Bunny’s ended up winning two of his six Grammy nominations. Those six nominations included three of the so-called “Big Four” general field categories — Album of the Year (which he won), Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The other nods are for Best Música Urbana Album (which he also won), Best Global Music Performance and Best Album Cover.
Bad Bunny is the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated in — or win — those three general field categories.
Bad Bunny was one of the many artists who got a shout-out from host Trevor Noah as he walked through the star-studded crowd during the mostly pointless opening monologue. (Monologue summary: “Hey, there are famous musicians at the Grammys! Who knew?”) Other artists that Noah mentioned included Queen Latifah, Billie Eilish, Olivia Dean, Jamie Foxx and Reba McEntire.
Noah later came and sat down at the same table with Bad Bunny, saying that he had just learned that there was a reason why the Puerto Rican superstar wasn’t performing at the Grammys.
“Whoever is doing the Super Bowl is contractually obligated to only do the Super Bowl so you can’t perform at the Grammy’s,” Noah said. “Is that true? You can’t perform?”
“No. I wish. But I can’t, you know?” Bad Bunny replied.