Bad Bunny didn’t switch languages or adapt to the mainstream – and he still ended up owning the Grammys, the Super Bowl and the charts in China. For brands, his rise is a reminder that you can’t buy your way into culture for a quarter and call it a strategy, you need to stay authentic.
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Bad Bunny didn’t switch languages or adapt to the mainstream – and he still ended up owning the Grammys, the Super Bowl and the charts in China. For brands, his rise is a reminder that you can’t buy your way into culture for a quarter and call it a strategy, you need to stay authentic.
Roger Gehrmann
From Chelsea’s “Return of the Rebel” and TAG Heuer’s revived Formula 1 watches to fans co‑creating future kits with AI, clubs and brands are using nostalgia to draw in fans, blending archive with the present day to offer continuity in a culture where the past is as valuable as the future.
Rich Hewes
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