{"id":2295451,"date":"2026-02-23T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295451"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:32","slug":"rutgers-university-offers-a-course-on-bad-bunnys-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rutgers-university-offers-a-course-on-bad-bunnys-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers University offers a course on Bad Bunny&#8217;s music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"88598848007\" title=\"Local fans embrace Bad Bunny\u2019s performance at Levi\u2019s Stadium\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/02\/09\/USAT\/88589031007-usatsi-28190670.jpg?crop=6168,3470,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Local fans embrace Bad Bunny\u2019s performance at Levi\u2019s Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Bay Area fans react to Bad Bunny\u2019s big Super Bowl performance at Levi\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Now that the Super Bowl LX Halftime show historic performance from Bad Bunny has given some of us new music to explore, some students from colleges across the country were already versed in the Latina&#8217;s superstar discography.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Rutgers University \u2014 the New Brunswick campus, launched a course last semester centered on Bad Bunny\u2019s 2025 album, &#8220;Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos&#8221; (I should have taken more photos) as it delves into Puerto Rican History and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>Two students Erin Foley and Rosselyn Rugama-Ruiz who grew up listening to Bad Bunny&#8217;s music campaigned for the course because of the deeper themes and connections his lyrics draws to the Puerto Rican diaspora.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88556218007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rutgers professor D\u00e1maris M. Otero-Torres of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Arts and Sciences said she was &#8220;intrigued but skeptical&#8221; when she was presented with the idea to create and teach the course. &#8220;Not my field of expertise,\u201d stated Otero-Torres.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>However, the students felt the course would have compelling topics for serious students of Spanish as the album has a deep affinity with the island and its myriad struggles as a U.S territory without sovereignty or full political representation, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>And, after professor Otero-Torres, a native of Puerto Rico, listened to the album she was moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe (musical) fusion that he had; the way he honored the traditions; I don&#8217;t think I had seen that in Puerto Rican history,\u201d said professor Otero-Torres, \u201cAnd when I started listening to the words, I was like, \u2018oh my God, this album is so political.\u2019<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>So far three other institutions have added a seminar offering courses on Bad Bunny that includes Yale University, Wellesley College and Loyola Marymount University.<\/p>\n<p>The three-credit course will be offered again next fall, starting with a deeper look at Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl performance, according to News12.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Incoming students who wish to study Puerto Rican history, literature, and musicology, should know this seminar is no &#8216;easy A,&#8217; and the lectures and reading material are entirely in Spanish.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-02-15 09:40:32.786005291 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-02-15 09:40:32.786005291 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.app.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local fans embrace Bad Bunny\u2019s performance at Levi\u2019s Stadium Bay Area fans react to Bad Bunny\u2019s big Super Bowl performance at Levi\u2019s Stadium. 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