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Identity Audit #1: Bad Bunny
Episode 38th June 2026 • Next Era • Kat Torre
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In this Identity Audit, I'm not here to review the performance. I'm a brand and identity strategist, and what I saw on that stage was one of the most precise and powerful identity statements I've ever witnessed at scale. This is the first in a series of Identity Audits on Next Era, real case studies in what happens when someone stops negotiating who they are, publicly, completely, and without apology.

We cover:

  • Why Bad Bunny's performance wasn't a political statement, and what it actually was
  • The difference between putting on a show and making a declaration
  • Why somebody else's clarity and conviction has a way of making our own confusion feel inescapable
  • What it means when your joy is perceived as a threat, and why that's never your problem
  • Why you cannot make your brand palatable enough to avoid rejection, and what you can actually control
  • What Bad Bunny didn't translate, and what you've been translating about yourself that you don't have to

The question this episode is really asking:

  • What has already changed that your brand has not admitted yet?

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Find Kat at kattorre.com | Instagram: @kattorrexo

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