Bad Bunny treated the Super Bowl LX’s halftime show as the latest chapter in a career-defining year, one that included winning Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS and embarking on a global tour to support the album’s releases. The performance also served as a major milestone, marking Bad Bunny’s appearance as the first Spanish-language solo act on one of the world’s most-watched broadcasts.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos arrived at Levi’s Stadium at its most expansive scale yet. Against the backdrop of an increasingly divided and distressing American political landscape, the production read as both celebration and declaration. It was a signal of Bad Bunny’s creative confidence and his insistence on bringing Puerto Rican and Latinx identity to the center of the conversation, on his own terms. Here’s what you might have missed.
Symbols at Every Turn
From bodega iconography to older men playing dominoes, and depictions of lively house parties (and the if-you-know-you-know Latinx club Toñitas in Brooklyn), symbolism was central to the show. The stage’s backdrop—a sugarcane field dotted with carts for coconuts and piraguas (traditional Puerto Rican snow cones)—solidified the visual narrative.
Catch That Guest
As Bad Bunny crashed through the ceiling of la casita (the pink home that has become synonymous with this album’s touring cycle), a shower of dust revealed a familial setting, featuring actor Pedro Pascal and musician Karol G. A sampling of Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” played as the star rushed out and into a buzzing mix of dancers circling a white truck. Lady Gaga arrived next, offering a rendition of her track “Die With A Smile,” dressed in custom Luar.
Love Was in the Air
You saw that right, a real-life couple tied the knot during Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable.” The newlyweds, who remain anonymous at the time of publication, had invited the pop star to their wedding. Bad Bunny in turn invited them to stage the ceremony at the Super Bowl. (He served as their witness and even signed their marriage license.)
An Unreleased Fashion Moment
The star performed in the yet unreleased Adidas Originals para Bad Bunny. The shoe, dubbed the “BadBo 1.0” marks a first collaboration with Adidas, and arrived in a brown colorway earlier this year (at a limited 1,994 pairs) with the white soon to follow.
God Bless America
The performer then moved into “El Apagón,” a defiant protest track of Puerto Rican pride, while nodding to the frequent power outages on the island (the song’s title translates to the phrase). As the wires on the utility poles sparked, the artist proclaimed “God Bless America!” before listing each country on the American continent.
A Next-Gen Grammy
A tender moment flashed onto the screen as a grandfatherly figure tuned into the star’s Grammy Awards acceptance speech on a quiet corner of the stage. Perched next to him, a small child gazed into the television, interrupted by Bad Bunny’s gift of his own Grammy Award. The gesture spoke to a proverbial passing of the torch—an inheritance not just of fame, but of the promise of success for those who are given the room to believe.
Ricky Martin Offers a Warning
In a breathless list of high-wattage cameos, Ricky Martin broke out with a serenade of Bad Bunny’s “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii.” The song serves as a testament to colonization’s brutal effects, mourning the case of Hawaii, while calling out cornerstones of Puerto Rican culture and the reverberations of the island’s potential statehood.
A Call for Unity
As dancers streamed off-stage carrying flags from across the Americas, a message flashed across the jumbo-tron behind them: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” To close the show, Bad Bunny raised a football to the screen. “Together, we are America,” it read across its front in well-worn leather.
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