Bad Bunny delivers a heartfelt homage to Puerto Rico on the Super Bowl halftime stage

badness bunny girl promised a high-energy party ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show performance — and the "King of Latin Trap" delivered.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took to an elaborate set depicting a landscape from his home island on Saturday night, performing 13 tracks in just under that many minutes at the halftime show put on by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music.

Kicking off the night with a rendition of Tití Me Preguntó, Bad Bunny strutted through the set past symbols of Puerto Rican life and culture in an all-white suit. 

The performance atop music’s biggest stage is part of a victory lap after a banger year for the Puerto Rican artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. The release of his massively successful sixth studio album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, helped make him the most streamed artist in the world in 2025, according to Spotify.

He played a 30-day residency in Puerto Rico last year and will soon set out touring that album in Europe, Latin America and Asia. This comes on the heels of the star’s big wins at the Grammys just last weekend — including making history with the first all-Spanish language record to win album of the year, for the aforementioned DtMF.

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The performance was checkered with references to Puerto Rico — from dancers in pava hats and women at a makeshift nail salon, to the stand Benito picks a classic dessert up from, or the typical Puerto Rican house — la casita — which Bad Bunny crashed through the roof of part way through the performance.

While the singer wasn't sending an overt political message, some of the song choices made a statement. With backup dancers dangling from power lines and the stadium lights flashing, Bad Bunny sang El Apagón — which translates to "The Blackout," in reference to socioeconomic issues in Puerto Rico, and the frequent power outages its citizens experience. 

Whether or not the Puerto Rican star would get political was a big question hanging over the performance in the lead-up to it last week, given Bad Bunny has been critical of Trump and his immigration enforcement policies in the past, and following his critical message for ICE at last week’s Grammy awards. 

In the end, Benito championed love and Latino pride over any outright digs. As a chorus of singers belted the longing DtMF, the title track from Bad Bunny’s most recent album, the star led a lineup of flagbearers waving the flags of various Latin American countries, expressing love for the nations.

"God bless America. And Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia," and many more mostly Spanish-speaking nations — as well as Canada, at the very end.

And behind him on a screen in the stadium, one simple statement in all caps displayed for the stadium to see, reading "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."

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