Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl headliner in late September, following a standout year that included a sold-out 31-night residency in Puerto Rico and the release of his chart-topping album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. The 31-year-old artist, whose legal name is Benito Ocasio, will take the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2026.
But the fact that Bad Bunny’s discography is entirely in Spanish has infuriated some, including political operative Corey Lewandowski, who suggested ICE agents should be dispatched to the Super Bowl, and Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit founded by Charlie Kirk, which announced it would be hosting its own competing halftime show. A petition to replace Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny with country singer George Strait as the Super Bowl LX halftime show headliner has even received tens of thousands of signatures — the latest in a wave of backlash against Bad Bunny’s role as the first male Latin artist to headline the halftime show.
Over the course of his career, Bad Bunny has said he “doesn’t care” about the language barrier in his music. He told Vanity Fair in 2023 that while he doesn’t “hate the idea of performing in English,” he has no desire to do it just to “reach a certain audience.”
“I sing for those who want to listen to me and those who understand me,” he told Vanity Fair. “At the end of the day, you listen to me because you want to. I don’t force you to.”
Many listeners — especially non-Spanish-speaking fans and newcomers — are eager to better understand and appreciate his songs ahead of his historic performance, Jennifer Jin, who runs Bueno Spanish, a Spanish-language-learning website, told Yahoo. For a lot of people who have never listened to his music before, knowing they won’t understand the lyrics can feel intimidating, she said.
Jin told Yahoo she noticed people were asking questions to each other about the lyrics and song meanings in Bad Bunny groups on Reddit, and, instead of just translating the lyrics into English, she decided to write out analyses of what the songs meant. She said requests for her explanations from non-Spanish-speaking listeners have surged over the past month
“Especially for Bad Bunny’s songs, you really have to appreciate it straight from the source via the original Spanish lyrics,” she said. “He leaves so many double meanings in there that it definitely makes his music more fun to listen to when you get all the references.”
Yahoo asked fans to name five of the best Bad Bunny songs for new listeners and non-Spanish speakers, and Jin provided brief explanations of what each track is about. These songs offer a chance to, as Bad Bunny joked in his Saturday Night Live monologue on Oct. 4, “learn” some Spanish before the Super Bowl.
DtMF (2025)
“A nostalgic song that looks back on the people he used to spend time with, wishing he had taken more photos with them,” Jin told Yahoo. “The D in the title stands for Debí, which means ‘I should have’ and expresses regret about things he should have done in the past.”
Titi Me Preguntó (2022)
“A fun and cheeky song where his aunt [Tití] asks if he has a lot of girlfriends, so he describes all the women in his life — except he won’t settle down with any of them,” according to Jin.
NUEVAYoL (2025)
“This song is an homage to the Puerto Rican community in New York, and the lyrics reference people and places that blend both identities,” Jin said.
Mojabi Ghost (2023)
“This song is about trying to get over someone by distracting himself with partying and materialism,” Jin said. “The title is a reference to the Byredo perfume (Mojave Ghost) with changed spelling — the way the Spanish B is pronounced in the song title sounds more like a V.”
Callaita (2022)
“He describes a girl who seems quiet and reserved but is actually bold and daring when it comes to partying and living her life,” Jin said.
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