CBS Provides Spanish Closed Captioning to Replays of Unhealthy Bunny’s Grammys Efficiency After Backlash

Grammy viewers who have been utilizing the closed captioning whereas watching the awards telecast on Sunday night time didn’t have a lot to go on when opening act Unhealthy Bunny hit the Cypto.com stage. That’s as a result of, in the course of the preliminary stay broadcast, the captions solely stated, “[SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]” and “[SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH]” throughout Unhealthy Bunny’s mashup efficiency of “El Apagón” and “Después de la Playa.”

Later, when Unhealthy Bunny accepted the Grammy for Música Urbana album, his acceptance speech was partially in Spanish — and as soon as once more, the captions solely stated “[SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]”.

Seems, that’s usually customary apply for stay closed captioning, the place the captioners don’t have the potential to rapidly add translations. (The “talking non-English” is a catchall for all languages and is constructed into the system.) Insiders word that though the lyrics for “El Apagón” and “Después de la Playa” are available on-line, they don’t account for advert libs or expletives which will or is probably not bleeped.

However with response swift on-line — many commenters famous that whatever the stay nature, the community ought to have realized that particularly as a result of the Grammys opened with Unhealthy Bunny, one of many greatest superstars in music proper now, they need to have been ready — CBS rapidly sprang into motion. By the point the Grammys have been rebroadcast in primetime on the West Coast, the encore had up to date Spanish language closed captioning for Unhealthy Bunny’s opening efficiency. The on-demand feed of the Grammys out there right now on Paramount+ additionally contains the closed captioning in Spanish.

“Un Verano Sin Ti,” Unhealthy Bunny’s fourth solo studio effort, made Grammys historical past this yr with its album of the yr nomination. The 23-song set was the primary all-Spanish language album to be nominated within the coveted class, which was ultimately gained by Harry Kinds’ “Harry’s Home.” Subsequent up, Unhealthy Bunny will make Coachella historical past as the primary Latin headliner for the upcoming pageant this April.

As “Un Verano Sin Ti” gained the Grammy this yr for finest música urbana album, this repped the artist’s first efficiency on the Grammys, following his efficiency on the Latin Grammys in 2021. Along with his three earlier Grammy wins, Unhealthy Bunny has been nominated for 26 Latin Grammys and gained 5 since his first nomination in 2017.