Bad Bunny brought the party to the Super Bowl halftime show as he promised, performing hits from "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" a week after winning Album of the Year for it at the 2026 Grammys.The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.He made history as the first halftime show performer to sing primarily in Spanish at the most-watched sporting event in the United States.Bad Bunny pays tribute to Puerto RicoAt halftime in the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Bad Bunny opened his performance at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with his 2022 hit "Tití Me Preguntó."Paying tribute to his homeland, the field was filled with palm trees, sugarcane and other vegetation native to Puerto Rico.
Walking through the lush greens, Bad Bunny passed sugarcane farmers sporting a pava (a traditional Puerto Rican straw hat), a coconut vendor, a piragua cart and a couple of boxers as he went on to perform another hit, "Yo Perreo Sola."The Free Press: Arthur Brooks: Can We All Relax About Bad Bunny's Spanish Halftime Show?Bad Bunny also performed other songs from his latest album, including "EoO," "NUEVAYoL," which pays tribute to the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York City, and "DTMF."Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin make surprise appearancesSunday's halftime was packed with celebrity guest appearances, including Lady Gaga, who performed her duet "Die With a Smile" with a Latin sound.Ricky Martin also made a surprise appearance.The Puerto Rican singer performed "LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii," a Bad Bunny song whose lyrics call out gentrification in the island — an ongoing trend fueled by tax incentives that have led to wealthy mainland Americans buying up land and homes, drawing a comparison to gentrification in Hawaii.
Other celebrity cameos included Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Cardi B and Karol G.Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martíne...