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One week after making history by winning Album of the Year at the Grammys<\/span><\/a> for \u201cDeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS,\u201d Bad Bunny performed at Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8, 2026, reiterating Kendrick Lamar\u2019s message from last year by giving a performance that went \u201cbigger than the music.\u201d<\/span><\/a> Surpassing 135<\/span><\/a> million views, his show is now the most watched Super Bowl Halftime performance of all time.<\/p>\n His performance turned the football field into a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, while reminding the world the power of love and emphasizing unity. Although his message was clear, the performance was layered with symbolism \u2013\u2013 let\u2019s break it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n The show began in a sugar cane field and spotlighted its workers, known as j\u00edbaros, wearing traditional vestments and the \u201cpava\u201d hat \u2013 an authentic symbol of Puerto Rican identity and resistance. This imagery honored the labor that shaped the island\u2019s history<\/span><\/a> and heavily influenced surrounding sugar empires.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny appeared in the middle of this field in a customized jersey featuring his last name \u201cOcasio,\u201d paying tribute to his lineage.<\/p>\n As he passed through the field carrying a football, he bumped into multiple aspects of Puerto Rican culture \u2013\u2013\u00a0 a coco fr\u00edo cart, \u201cabuelos\u201d playing dominos, a beauty kiosk, a piraguas cart selling the shaved-ice treat and a taco cart. He also interrupted a boxing match between Puerto Rican boxer Xander Zayas and Mexican boxer Emiliano Vargas.<\/p>\n He additionally featured real businesses on set. The taco stand shown is Villa\u2019s Tacos<\/span><\/a> \u2014 a small business housed in Los Angeles. To\u00f1itas<\/span><\/a> Puerto Rican social club, which is the last existing Puerto Rican social club in Brooklyn, was also recreated in his set. He even brought the club’s owner, Maria Antonia Cay, on to serve him a shot during the performance.<\/p>\n The focus then switched to his \u201cLa Casita\u201d<\/span><\/a> stage from his current tour \u2014 a house meant to resemble a typical home on the island.<\/p>\n The house featured Hispanic celebrities like Cardi B, Young Miko, Karol G and Pedro Pascal dancing to mirror a Puerto Rican house party<\/span><\/a>. The incorporation of these stars highlighted the many Latinos who contribute to American culture alongside Bad Bunny.\u00a0<\/p>\n Following his performance on \u201cLa Casita,\u201d he teased \u201cGasolina,\u201d \u201cPa\u2019 Que Retozen,\u201d and \u201cDale Don Dale\u201d as a tribute<\/span><\/a> to reggaeton icons Daddy Yankee, Tego Calder\u00f3n and Don Omar.\u00a0<\/p>\n During the intro of \u201cMONACO,\u201d he delivered a Spanish monologue explaining how he only got to where he is because he never stopped believing in himself \u2013 a journey that took him from bagging groceries<\/span><\/a> a decade ago to the Super Bowl stage. He ended by urging people to also believe in themselves and their own value.\u00a0<\/p>\n The only lyrics he sings of \u201cMONACO\u201d is \u201cEsto es lo que t\u00fa querias\u201d which led viewers into the surprise appearance of Lady Gaga singing a salsa version of \u201cDie With a Smile.\u201d<\/p>\n These lyrics translate to \u201cThis is what you wanted\u201d \u2014 a reference to critics of this all-Spanish performance. Bad Bunny countered by bringing out a legendary English-speaking artist and combined cultures by having her sing the song she shares with Bruno Mars \u2014 an artist of Puerto Rican descent.<\/p>\n His theme of love was introduced here with a real Puerto Rican wedding taking place. The wedding conveyed a true island gathering with native instruments, kids running around, everyone dancing and a kid asleep across three chairs \u2014 an action many Puerto Ricans remember partaking in during their childhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n After \u201cNUEVAYoL,\u201d Bad Bunny showed a Puerto Rican family resembling his own watching his Grammy Speech, then handed his award to an actor playing young Benito, telling him, \u201cCree siempre en ti\u201d which translates to \u201cBelieve in yourself always\u201d urging him \u2013\u2013 and other Boricua kids \u2013\u2013 to believe in their dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n He then brought the set of his album cover for \u201cDeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS\u201d to life with a performance by trailblazer Ricky Martin. Martin sat in one of the plastic chairs featured on the cover \u2014 an iconic item that represents the island\u2019s social life.<\/p>\n Martin intentionally performed Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cLO QUE LE PAS\u00d3 A HAWAII\u201d \u2014 an emotional ballad describing the fears many Puerto Rican\u2019s share of the island\u2019s potential of becoming a U.S. state and being gentrified like Hawaii was.<\/p>\n The political messaging continued when he got on electrical posts with power lines to sing \u201cEl Apag\u00f3n.\u201d The set production recreated the blackouts the island frequently experiences due to failing power grids. The song itself describes the lasting damage Hurricane Maria caused to the island’s infrastructure and confronts the governments’ lack of action.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Bad Bunny waved a Puerto Rican flag<\/span><\/a> with a light blue triangle instead of the traditional dark blue, referencing the independence movement and alluding to his song \u201cLA MuDANZA,\u201d which credits the 1948 Gag Law<\/span><\/a> that criminalized displaying the flag on the island.<\/p>\n While getting off the posts, he began to sing \u201cCAF\u00e9 CON RON\u201d as flags from every country in the Americas were rushed onto the field. Here, he yelled his only English words during the show: \u201cGod bless America.\u201d He followed by listing almost every country in America. The football from the beginning reappeared in his hands to reveal a message reading \u201cTogether, we are America.\u201d<\/p>\n It seems that Bad Bunny\u2019s statement here is that America goes beyond the borders of the U.S. and is more than just one flag. He establishes that America is defined by the collection of cultures within the countries he listed and the flags displayed.\u00a0<\/p>\n He proceeded to throw the football down and said \u201cSeguimos aqu\u00ed,\u201d which translates to \u201cWe\u2019re still here\u201d \u2014 a finale in which he reiterates that after everything, Puerto Ricans and Latinos still exist across the continent.<\/p>\n As he exited the field, the infamous words from his Grammy speech \u201cThe only thing more powerful than hate is love\u201d appeared on the screen behind him.<\/p>\n In just 13 minutes, Bad Bunny globally celebrated his culture, highlighted the island\u2019s history, emphasized love and delivered messages about what it means to be a true \u201cAmerican.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.newsrecord.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One week after making history by winning Album of the Year at the Grammys for \u201cDeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS,\u201d Bad Bunny performed at Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8, 2026, reiterating Kendrick Lamar\u2019s message from last year by giving a performance that went \u201cbigger than the music.\u201d Surpassing 135 million views, his show is now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2280559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[350016,441760,378641,310573,346955,441761,384491,25432],"class_list":["post-2280558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-america","tag-deb-tirar-ms-fotos","tag-kendrick","tag-pedro-pascal","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-xxxiii-halftime-show","tag-the-super-bowl","tag-united-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bad-Bunnys-Super-Bowl-halftime-show-explained-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2280558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280560,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280558\/revisions\/2280560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2280558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2280558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2280558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}