Nation singer Kacey Musgraves is taking sides within the dueling Tremendous Bowl LX halftime present battle.
“Effectively. That made me really feel extra proudly American than something Child Rock has ever carried out,” Musgraves, 37, wrote through X on Sunday, February 8, after watching Dangerous Bunny’s cameo-filled Apple Music efficiency.
Dangerous Bunny, 31, was joined by Woman Gaga and a slate of Latinx starstogether with Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G, Ricky Martin and Jessica Alba in his huge sport live performance. At one level, Dangerous Bunny exclaimed, “God bless America” earlier than singing in Spanish.
“The one factor extra highly effective than hate is love,” a billboard displayed on the Levi’s Stadium jumbotron learn on the finish of the set.
On the similar time, Rock, 55, headlined the All-American Halftime Present alongside Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. The choice live performance was organized by Turning Level USA, the conservative political group, based by the late Charlie Kirk.
Turning Level declared late final 12 months that their present was meant to rejoice “religion, household and freedom.”
“We plan to play nice songs for folk who love America,” Rock stated in an announcement earlier this month. “We’re approaching this present like David and Goliath. Competing with the professional soccer machine and a worldwide pop famous person is sort of unattainable … or is it?”
He added, “(Dangerous Bunny) stated he’s having a dance get together, carrying a costume and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play nice songs for folk who love America.” (Dangerous Bunny didn’t put on a costume on Sunday, rocking a white pantsuit with a jersey-style “Ocasio 64” on the again.)
Child Rock in 2011.
Christopher Polk/Getty Photos for VH1)Whereas Rock was excited to carry out on the Turning Level present, many social media customers questioned the appropriateness of his music particularly contemplating his 2001 hit “Cool, Daddy Cool” is about liking underage ladies.
“I actually didn’t change, like, I got here out with center fingers on my CDs, working my mouth,” Rock beforehand stated on a 2024 episode of the “This Previous Weekend” podcast, defending his music. “I all the time say, and I sound redundant most likely, however I haven’t modified — the occasions have modified. I’ve been doing the identical factor since day one.”
Musgraves, for her half, is just not affiliated with both halftime present however has lengthy been candid about her political ideologies and her fervent allyship of the LGBTQIA+ group.
The 2026 Tremendous Bowl halftime present has grow to be a lightning rod in America’s ongoing tradition conflict. The conservative activist group Turning Level USA is leaping toes first into the fray by working its personal various halftime present, which shall be referred to as the All-American Halftime Present. It’s not the primary time in Tremendous Bowl historical past that (…)
“Rising up, the acceptance of individuals within the queer group was sort of nonexistent the place I grew up,” Musgraves recalled to NPR in September 2024. “I might depend on one hand the quantity of occasions I encountered an overtly homosexual individual. There was a really sort of sometimes majority one-way view of, ‘It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve,’ that sort of mentality. And so I, sort of, left Texas with type of this sort of concept that, properly, ‘Folks select to be that means.’”
In keeping with Musgraves, she “began making pals” within the queer group after shifting to Nashville to jumpstart her musical profession.
“I really had a boyfriend on the time who did me an enormous favor. He was from a totally completely different upbringing than me,” she added on the time. “He was from a liberal household, like upstate New York, and he had a ton of homosexual pals. He simply sat me down sooner or later, and we had an actual exhausting and sincere dialog about it. … He simply helped me fully open up my eyes and see.”
Rock, for his half, is a famous supporter of President Donald Trump and the conservative second that always really feel in another way.