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Ivy League University to offer course analyzing Bad Bunny’s cultural impact

Apr 28, 2025 | Community News

April 28, 2025

Bad Bunny is the latest pop icon to be honored with a college course, as Yale University plans to offer “Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics” this fall. Created by professor Albert Laguna, the class will explore Puerto Rican culture, Caribbean politics, colonialism, and the musical styles featured on Bad Bunny’s latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which he calls his “most Puerto Rican album ever.”

Born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny has become a global superstar, helping push Spanish-language music into the pop mainstream with chart-topping albums and historic performances. Laguna was inspired to create the course after listening to the new album during a trip to New Orleans, where he felt the strong Caribbean ties between the city and Bad Bunny’s music.

The course has already drawn major interest, with over 100 students vying for just 18 spots. Although courses like this often draw criticism from conservatives who view them as lacking academic rigor, Laguna says it’s important to study modern cultural figures.

Similar classes about Bad Bunny have also been offered at Wellesley College and Loyola Marymount University. Asked previously about college courses focused on him, Bad Bunny said it felt “crazy” but joked, “I think I would get an A. Totalmente.

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