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Bad Bunny promised energetic entertainment ahead of his Super Bowl halftime performance — and the “King of Latin Trap” delivered.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took on an elaborate set featuring the scenery from his native island on Saturday night, performing 13 songs in just under as many minutes at halftime of a concert hosted by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music.
We start the night with a performance Marmoset asked meBad Bunny strutted through the set symbols of Puerto Rican life and culture in an all-white suit.
Performing on music’s biggest stage is part of a victory lap after a tumultuous year for the Puerto Rican artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. With the release of his extremely successful sixth studio album, YOU SHOULD TAKE MORE PHOTOShe helped him become the most listened to artist in the world 2025, according to Spotify.
Last year he had a 30-day residency in Puerto Rico, and soon he will embark on a tour of that album in Europe, Latin America and Asia. This comes on the heels of the star’s big wins at the Grammys last weekend — including making history with the first Spanish-language record to win Album of the Year, for the aforementioned DtMF.
Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny was the big winner of this year’s Grammy Awards and used the opportunity to speak out against the immigration policy of US President Donald Trump.
The performance was dotted with references to Puerto Rico — from dancers in peacock hats and women in a makeshift nail salon, to the stand from which Benito chooses a classic dessert or the typical Puerto Rican house — la casita — whose Bad Bunny fell through the roof during the performance.
Although the singer did not send an overt political message, some of the song choices made an impression. With backup dancers dangling from power lines and stadium lights flashing, Bad Bunny sang Blackout — which in translation means “Blackout,” related to Puerto Rico’s socioeconomic problems and the frequent power outages its citizens face.
Whether or not the Puerto Rican star would politicize was a big question hanging over the show leading up to last week’s performance, given Bad Bunny’s past criticism of Trump and his immigration enforcement policies, and following his critical message to ICE at last week’s Grammys.
In the end, Benito advocated love and Latino pride over any direct digs. While the choir of singers girded longing DtMFtitle track from Bad Bunny’s latest album, the star led a lineup of flag bearers who waved the flags of various Latin American countries, expressing love for the nations.
“God bless America. And Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia,” and many other predominantly Spanish-speaking nations — as well as Canada, at the very end.
And behind him on the screen in the stadium, one simple statement in large letters displayed for the stadium to see, reads: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
