Annabel Rackham Culture reporter
(BBC) – Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show was one big love letter to his native Puerto Rico, culminating in a message of pride in his home and the Americas, and an appeal for unity with the US.
The 14-minute set included guest performances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, along with cameos from the likes of Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G and Jessica Alba, who could be seen dancing on the porch of his famous casita, a staple of his shows designed to look like a traditional Puerto Rican home.
The 31-year-old, who was the world’s most-played artist in 2025 according to Spotify, made history by becoming the first musician to perform entirely in Spanish at a Super Bowl, which is normally the most-watched event on US TV.
He did choose to say one line in English, “God bless America”, before listing nations of Central, South and North America as dancers carried their flags.
Behind them, a billboard message read “The only thing more powerful than hate is love”, and he held a football at the end of the segment bearing the slogan in English: “Together, We Are America.”
Getty Images Lady Gaga performed a Latin-inspired rendition of her hit Die With A SmileHowever, Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, did not use his performance to make any explicit political statements against the current US administration.
