Bad Bunny Performs ‘NUEVAYoL' & ‘PERFuMITO NUEVO' on ‘SNL' Season 50 Finale: Watch
Bad Bunny helped close out Saturday Night Live's milestone 50th season with a memorable appearance on the show's May 17 season finale, hosted by actress Scarlett Johansson.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage twice during the NBC sketch comedy series, performing a pair of tracks from his history-making album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
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For his first performance, Bad Bunny delivered a striking rendition of 'NUEVAYoL,' seamlessly blending traditional and contemporary Caribbean rhythms. The performance featured a powerful visual homage to the iconic 1930s photograph of 11 ironworkers eating lunch on a steel beam high above Manhattan during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza — appropriately tying to SNL's home turf.
Later in the show, the global star returned to perform 'PERFuMITO NUEVO,' joined by fellow Puerto Rican artist RaiNao. Set in a graffiti-covered club bathroom, the performance began with RaiNao's soft, hypnotic vocals before she discovered Bad Bunny seated in a toilet stall. The two then engaged in playful flirtation that escalated into a steamy encounter in another stall.
Beyond his musical performances, Bad Bunny — making his third appearance as a musical guest on SNL — also joined Johansson in several sketches. Highlights included a barroom scene where two men bond over their chaotic girlfriends, and a comedic bit in which the rapper heroically steps in as an air traffic controller.
Bad Bunny's SNL appearance comes at a high point in his career. Debí Tirar Más Fotos, his sixth studio album, recently surged back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following its vinyl release. Plus, the superstar's actual summer plans involve his highly-anticipated, month-long residency at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, which launches July 11 in San Juan and remarkably sold 400,000 tickets in just four hours earlier this year.
Watch Bad Bunny's SNL performances below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous SNL episodes.
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