{"id":467751,"date":"2026-02-09T03:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467751\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T03:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:56:10","slug":"bad-bunny-brings-puerto-rican-pride-to-super-bowl-halftime-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467751\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny Brings Puerto Rican Pride to Super Bowl Halftime Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad Bunny has made Super Bowl history, delivering the first fully Spanish-language performance the major event has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Backed by pulsating reggaeton beats and unapologetic cultural pride, the Puerto Rican superstar transformed the halftime show into a global moment.<\/p>\n

He was joined on stage by the likes of Lady Gaga, who performed a reggaeton-style version of \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d, and Ricky Martin, with cameos from Cardi B, Alix Earle, Pedro Pascal, Karol G, Jessica Alba, and more. His performance, full of hits from his album Debi Tirar Mas Fotos including \u201cDtMF\u201d and \u201cNUEVAYoL\u201d, also took a moment to celebrate his recent Grammy win, with a family sitting at a TV watching his \u201cICE out\u201d speech,<\/a> before he hands the award to a young boy.<\/p>\n

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His moment on the international stage came after a momentous win at the 2026 Grammys, where he took home Album of the Year \u2013 once again making history, as the first artist to win for a non-English language album.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0lead up to today\u2019s performance,<\/a> Bad Bunny emphasised how grateful he was to get the opportunity to bring his album\u00a0Debi Tirar Mas Fotos\u00a0to the national stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t looking for anything of this. I wasn\u2019t looking for the Album of the Year at the Grammys, also at the Latin Grammys. I wasn\u2019t looking to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show,\u201d he said. \u201cI was looking to connect with my roots, connect with my people more than ever, connect with myself, with my history, with my culture, and I did in a very honest way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny\u2019s halftime show followed a stellar pre-kickoff lineup led by Green Day<\/a>, who tore through hits including \u201cHoliday\u201d, \u201cBoulevard of Broken Dreams\u201d, and \u201cAmerican Idiot\u201d. Charlie Puth sang the national anthem<\/a>, Brandi Carlile delivered \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d, and Coco Jones performed \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d as part of the build-up.<\/p>\n

The NFL will soon make its way to Australia<\/a>, with its first-ever regular season game for points between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers set for Melbourne. As part of its global commitment, the NFL has also confirmed games in London, Berlin, and Madrid.<\/p>\n

The date, kickoff time, and ticketing details are expected to be revealed in the coming months, giving Melburnians plenty of time to prepare for what promises to be a truly unforgettable sporting spectacle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny has made Super Bowl history, delivering the first fully Spanish-language performance the major event has ever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[239165,27272,239166,239167,43,44,593,7508,229603,155811,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-467751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-2026-super-bowl-halftime-show","tag-bad-bunny","tag-bad-bunny-2026-super-bowl-halftime-show","tag-bad-bunny-super-bowl","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-super-bowl","tag-super-bowl-2026","tag-super-bowl-lx","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}