Bad Bunny walked the Met Gala as his own abuelo — and the internet needs a minute. Welcome to Bad Bunny Daily. Today we are deep in the Benito Antonio era, and there is a lot going on. Prosthetics, trademark filings, Spotify history — yeah, this is not a celebrity gossip day. This is mythology-building. And Eladio Carrión is talking, which usually means there’s at least one line worth clipping. We’ll get there. Here's Sophia Panych at Allure:
In reality, according to his prosthetics designer, Mike Marino, the process took three hours—plus a half hour of makeup removal at the end of the night (micellar water, in this instance, would not cut it). Then there was the six weeks of prep: the scanning, designing, sculpting, and sewing until the multiple, hyper-realistic prosthetic pieces were complete.
So the Met Gala look was not just a vibe — it was six weeks of prosthetics work at film-industry level, from the same guy who aged De Niro in The Irishman. Mike Marino built Benito’s old-man face piece by piece: scanning, sculpting, sewing. And Benito’s answer when people asked how long it took? “Fifty-three years.” I love him. But seriously, three hours in the chair plus six weeks of prep — that’s film production, not a celebrity costume. What jumps out to me is the concept here. The Costume Institute exhibit had a whole section about bodies fashion tends to overlook — aging bodies, pregnant bodies — and Benito walked straight into that corner on purpose. Everybody else was out there in gilded corsets and drama, and he showed up as a distinguished old man like that was the most obvious move in the room. The discourse missed that angle at first. From Maya Georgi at Rolling Stone:
Bad Bunny is currently in the process of filing a trademark on Benito Antonio. Records reviewed by Rolling Stone show that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, who is also identified as “AKA Bad Bunny” in the filings, filed to trademark “Benito Antonio” in January 2026. It doesn’t appear that the trademark has been finalized quite yet, but the move feels aligned with the new logo.
Bad Bunny went to the Met Gala dressed as an abuelo — full aged makeup, very literal 'Aging Body' theme — and tucked the actual news into a director’s-chair detail: a 'Benito Antonio' logo in a bubbly font, matching the tag on his custom Zara tuxedo. Fans caught it right away in the press photos, which, honestly, is the move. Hide the announcement in the fit documentation. Rolling Stone confirmed he filed to trademark 'Benito Antonio' back in January 2026, and it’s still pending. So the Met Gala logo timing is doing some work here. The real question is whether this is a full rebrand — dropping Bad Bunny entirely — or just a new era under his birth name. Puerto Rican fans online seem split, but they’re leaning era, not retirement. Nobody thinks Benito is done; they think he’s shedding a skin. And that feels a lot more believable than 'Bad Bunny is over.' This one's from Kookloofeed:
Bad Bunny continues his streak as the artist with the most videos in YouTube’s Billion Views Club with “Tití Me Preguntó” becoming his 19th entry. He’s followed closely by J Balvin, who has 15 videos that have reached the milestone.
Nineteen videos with a billion views on YouTube. Nineteen. 'Tití Me Preguntó' just cleared that mark, and Benito is now way ahead of J Balvin in that club — 19 to 15. And the range on that list is wild: 'Amorfoda,' 'Callaíta,' 'Un X100to' with Grupo Frontera. That’s not one era. That’s basically a whole career compounding. Four number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 with Spanish-language albums. Nobody else has even done it once. He’s done it four times. So yeah, that Billboard Latin Artist of the 21st Century award last October was not ceremonial — the data backs it up completely. From r/popheads (6 upvotes):
What a fantastic lineup! Some classic songs, some bops on albums we'll probably never rate, some bops on albums I really hope we still rate (Bad Mode, Euro-Country, and Access All Areas, hello), some artists I have never heard of in my life, and Lonely Road. I'm so ready.
That comment wandered into a completely different thread. It sounds like a festival-lineup reaction that got lost and landed here. Six upvotes and zero relevance. Meanwhile the actual story — 19 billion-view videos — is just sitting there untouched. The internet is something else. This one's from The Japan Times Alpha Online:
It’s her, hi! Taylor Swift has topped Spotify’s first ever list of the most streamed artists of all time, published April 23. She’s followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. That comes as no surprise: In 2025, the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was named the streaming giant’s most played artist of the year for a fourth time, dethroning Swift.
Spotify dropped its first ever all-time most-streamed-artists list, and Benito is number two globally, right behind Taylor Swift. That’s not a fluke. That’s a decade of dominance across language barriers. And let’s be clear — he held the number one spot for most streamed artist of the year four separate times. Four. The all-time list is just catching up to what Puerto Rico’s been saying for years. A reggaeton artist from Carolina, PR sitting near the top of a platform that launched favoring English-language pop? That’s the actual headline here, not the Taylor comparison. From Carl Lamarre at Billboard:
Like the great wrestling heels and heroes before him, Carrión understands that charisma matters just as much as skill. A former competitive athlete, the “Coco Chanel” artist is an elite musician well-versed in sports psychology and the value of entertainment. Whether he’s tag-teaming with rap heavyweights like Lil Wayne and 50 Cent, or lyrically sparring with his Puerto Rican brother-in-arms, Bad Bunny, Carrion is a scene-stealing showman looking to win listeners over one song at a time.
Billboard sat down with Eladio Carrión for a full interview around CORSA, and of course Bad Bunny and wrestling came up — because at this point those two topics are basically glued to both of their careers. Eladio said his wrestler name would be 'Don Cabrón' and his finisher would be The People's Elbow because he’s a huge Rock fan. And honestly? The charisma checks out. That’s not even a stretch. What I really want is the specific line Eladio had about Bad Bunny’s wrestling skills, because Benito has put in real work — WrestleMania-level work — and that means something coming from another athlete. If Bad Bunny Daily is part of your routine, take a second to subscribe or leave a review wherever you’re listening. It really helps other fans find the show, and it keeps us going every day.
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That’s Bad Bunny Daily Podcast for this Wednesday, May 6th. This is a Lantern Podcast.