Unhealthy Bunny introduced boundless power, elaborate staging and visitor spots from Woman Gaga and Ricky Martin in his Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
The Puerto Rican celebrity turned the primary Latin male artist and the primary artist performing primarily in Spanish ever to take the distinguished headline slot, having beforehand delivered a visitor look throughout Jennifer Lopez’s halftime present in 2020.
In a set that was a celebration of quite a lot of Latin music kinds, he carried out with dozens of dancers, whereas shifting via a fancy sequence of staged setpieces, from swirling salsa ballrooms to perilous phone pylons.
Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba and Karol G had been all noticed among the many dancers, whereas Unhealthy Bunny appeared to ship one of many three Grammys he gained final week to a younger boy. Selection additionally reported {that a} marriage ceremony ceremony that popped up throughout the set was respectable.
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— NFL (@NFL) February 9, 2026
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Woman Gaga made a shock look to ship a Latin model of her Bruno Mars collaboration ‘Die With A Smile’, and she or he was joined by Unhealthy Bunny’s backing band Los Pleneros de la Cresta. Ricky Martin, in the meantime, was available to introduce ‘El apagón’ with an excerpt of ‘LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii’.
Singing and talking largely in Spanish all through, Unhealthy Bunny had a lot of his lyrics projected on the enormous Levi’s Stadium display screen. In the direction of the tip of the set, he declared, “God bless America”, earlier than itemizing off quite a lot of Latin American nations, honouring the individuals and music that he had dropped at certainly one of America’s showpiece occasions of the yr.
As he left the sphere, he held up a soccer to the digicam, with the phrases, “Collectively we’re America” printed on it, whereas the large display screen behind him learn: “The one factor extra highly effective than hate is love”.
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Unhealthy Bunny performed:
‘Tití me preguntó’
‘Yo perreo sola’
‘Safaera’
‘Social gathering’
‘Voy a Llevarte Pa PR’
‘EeO’
‘Monaco / Die With A Smile’ (with Woman Gaga)
‘BAILE INoLVIDABLE’
‘NUEVAYoL’
‘LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii / El apagón’ (with Ricky Martin)
‘CAFe CON RON’
‘DtMF’
The set has been shrouded in controversy ever since it was first introduced in September, with the rapper coming below private assault from the MAGA motion. Donald Trump known as the choice to have him headline “loopy”, claiming that he had “by no means heard” of him.
One of many President’s advisors confirmed that ICE can be current on the efficiency, which carried added poignancy as Unhealthy Bunny had beforehand introduced that he wouldn’t be touring the US throughout his present world tour on account of fears over ICE brokers raiding the concert events.
Final week (February 1), Unhealthy Bunny picked up Album of the Yr on the Grammys and delivered a fiery speech directed at ICE. “We aren’t savage, we aren’t animals, we aren’t aliens, we’re people and we’re Individuals,” he mentioned.
“Additionally, I wish to say to individuals, I do know it’s powerful to know to not hate lately, and I used to be pondering, typically we get [contaminated]. The hate will get extra highly effective with extra hate. The one factor extra highly effective than hate is love. So, we have to be completely different. If we combat, we have now to do it with love. We don’t hate them, we love our individuals, we love our household. That’s the best way to do it. We love.”
He had promised that “the world will dance” throughout his halftime present, whereas NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended his choice as being “fastidiously thought via”.
Turning Level USA – which was based by the late Charlie Kirk – held an ‘All American Halftime Present’ similtaneously Unhealthy Bunny’s efficiency, with Child Rock headlining.
America, the attractive.
THANK YOU, BAD BUNNY.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 9, 2026
Earlier within the day, California governor Gavin Newsom had declared Sunday to be ‘Unhealthy Bunny Day’ within the state, and shortly after his set concluded, Newsom posted: “America, the attractive. THANK YOU, BAD BUNNY.”
