The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Bad Bunny reads as The Catalyst because Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio has sparked cultural transformation at a scale few artists reach. Becoming the first artist to claim Spotify's most-streamed title with an entirely Spanish-language catalog dismantled long-held assumptions about language as a commercial ceiling.
“In downloads on Spotify. And for a guy who went from kind of having bagged groceries as a part-time job when he was in high school to now becoming an absolute mega star, it's been a wild ride. Full disclosure, not a massive bad bunny fan, not because I don't like him, but because I'm way too old to be a bad bunny fan. My kids love it.”
“Bilateral economic agreements that are worth approximately $12 trillion in exchange for a deal, Zelensky is suggesting, that would hamper Ukraine's prospects and favor Russia's prospects and in return, the Russians will give the Americans a whole load of business deals.”
“It's a job you have always wanted. Who knew you didn't even know you had the job, so that's even the best kind of job to get. But let's talk a little bit about the kind of broader politics of this in the context of the Hispanic vote. I mean, not to get too hacky on this, but that's what this is a politics show.”
“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching throughout the USA and all over the world. So to set this up, guys, you get bad bunny comes on to the pitch.”
Wikiquote: “Public record read”
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