This last Sunday, February 8th, the 2026 Super Bowl LX was played by the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, and the halftime show was sung by Bad Bunny.
Born March 10th, 1994, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also known as Bad Bunny, was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the first person to ever sing only in Spanish at a Superbowl, and is considered a famous Puerto Rican singer, rapper and songwriter known for revolutionizing reggaeton and Latin trap. On Spotify he has accumulated over 107 Billion total streams as of the end of 2025, and this year he already has 19.8 billion streams, being named one of the most streamed artists globally on Spotify. Bad Bunny is also hugely considered the “King of Latin Trap.”
Bad Bunny gave us one of the most memorable Super Bowl Halftime shows of all time. It was a party; specifically a Latin party that demonstrated joy and love of Latin culture.
The opening of the halftime show was full of sugarcane. Sugarcane was Puerto Rico’s largest agricultural export for the economy for over 500 years. Bad Bunny’s stage was a vivid, multi-scene replica of Puerto Rican life and culture. It was a neighborhood with sugarcane fields, bodegas and many other culturally significant stands.
As Bad Bunny sang and walked through the sugarcane, he passed by a coconut stand, elderly men playing dominos, stacked cinder blocks, a nail technician, and a taco stand. These demonstrate the Latin culture and economy.
There was a huge house party where you could see many celebrities like Cardi B, Pedro Pascal, Alix Earl, Jessica Alba and Karol G. The celebrities were dancing with everyone else, just like a regular party.
Two other singers that sang with Bad Bunny were Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, who are both amazing singers and advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, mental health awareness, and anti-ICE.
There was also a real wedding at the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny was invited to the couple’s wedding, but when he realized he couldn’t make it, he decided to bring them to the stadium to be married, a truly amazing situation.
There was a young boy sleeping in a chair, an ode to all of the young hispanics who have fallen asleep at long parties. There was another young boy, who received Bad Bunny’s Grammy, who people speculated was Liam Conjeo Ramos, a child who was wrongly detained by ICE, but it was just a young hispanic boy.
Bad Bunny sang “El Apagon” on power lines, where it hints at how the United States has largely abandoned Puerto Rico when it comes to basic necessities. Bad Bunny has always supported his home country in many different amazing ways.
At the end of the Superbowl Halftime Show, Bad Bunny said, “God Bless America” and proceeded to announce every country in the Americas. Bad Bunny also had a football that said, “Together we are America,” and the Levis’ screen in the stadium said, “The only thing more powerful than hate that is love.” This was an ode to all of the Latinos in the United States of America.
