Bad Bunny blew the minds of fans and viewers as he headlined the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl LX with surprise support from Lady Gaga and Pedro Pascal.
Gaga made an unexpected appearance with 31-year-old Puerto Rican performer (real name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) after the opening medley.
They performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots are facing off.
Gaga was dressed in a lovely blue sleeveless dress with a plunging neckline and a tiered skirt as she appeared at a microphone.
She performed Die With A Smile, but in a rearranged Salsa-style version.
Ricky Martin also joined the show later to perform Lo que le pasó a Hawaii.
Bad Bunny blew the minds of fans and viewers as he headlined the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl LX with surprise support from Lady Gaga and Pedro Pascal
Gaga made an unexpected appearance with 31-year-old Puerto Rican performer (real name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) after his first number
Gaga, 39, was dressed in a sleeveless ruched blue dress with a tiered skirt as she danced with Bad Bunny
Pedro Pascal was pictured hanging out among dancers on stage during the show
‘As a lady gaga fan and a bad bunny fan this halftime show was straight up crack in my veins,’ one fan gushed on X.
‘bad bunny and Gaga’s relationship is the cutest thing ever,’ another viewer enthused.
‘Bad Bunny was fantastic! I loved the vibes and the whole look/feel. Plus Gaga and Ricky? A+ Benito!!’ read one person’s review.
Another viewer felt similarly and praised the visual elements of the halftime show.
‘Production ten, set design ten, visual concept ten, choreography ten, lady Gaga Ten, Bad bunny you get ten ten tens across the board,’ they wrote.
Others noted that the guest spot was fitting, as Bad Bunny is an avowed fan of Lady Gaga.
‘the fact that bad bunny is little monster and got lady gaga on stage with him, a successful fanboy 😭,’ one viewer wrote.
But a less-impressed fan theorized that ‘bad bunny had to bring out lady gaga bc he ran out of hits.’
Another viewer opined: ‘It was fine. GaGa was good. Dancers were good. I don’t understand how Bad Bunny is considered talented. Maybe I’m just old.’
Some fans thought Cardi B would have been a better choice to join Bad Bunny.
Fans gushed about the ‘nice surprise’ that Gaga’s appearance was
Another fan said ‘bad bunny and Gaga’s relationship is the cutest thing ever,’ and another gushed about how Bad Bunny was a ‘little monster,’ the term for Gaga’s superfans
One viewer praised the ‘vibes and whole look/feel’ with the celebrity guests, and another gave the video perfect tens for its ‘production,’ ‘set design,’ ‘visual concept,’ ‘choreography’ and appearance from Gaga
But a less impressed fan theorized that ‘bad bunny had to bring out lady gaga bc he ran out of hits’
Another poster said the show as just ‘fine,’ but they praised the addition of Lady Gaga
Some viewers complained about the show and thought Cardi B would have been a better choice to join Bad Bunny
Gaga performed Die With A Smile, but in a rearranged Salsa-style version
Ricky Martin also joined the show later to perform Lo que le pasó a Hawaii
‘Getting lady gaga to perform for 2 minutes with a song that makes zero sense to bad bunny, why didn’t they get cardi b to perform their song? Makes no sense,’ wrote one unimpressed poster.
Bad Bunny’s mostly Spanish set began with Tití Me Preguntó, which he sang while walking through a sugar cane field that had been constructed on the field.
The Puerto Rican star strolled through the sugar cane as people mimed harvesting it.
He was dressed in a short white shirt and white trousers with drawstrings, and he carried a football in his white-gloved hands.
He followed the song up with Yo Perreo Sola, Safaera, Party, Voy a Llevarte Pa’ PR, EoO and Monaco.
As he exited the maze of sugar cane, he stopped to sing next to fruit vendors, a table of old men playing games and a beautician styling another woman’s nails.
Bad Bunny then emerged on the roof of a building while celebrities danced under its awning.
In addition to Pedro Pascal, the crowd was populated by stars including Cardi B and Jessica Alba.
Bad Bunny had turned the field into a sugar cane field at the start of his set
He emerged on a building while celebrities danced under the awning, including Pedro Pascal (L), Cardi B (center) and Jessica Alba (third from the right)
Cardi B (second to left) and Jessica Alba share a glance during the halftime show
In a hilarious pretaped segment, Bad Bunny appeared to fall through the building roof into the living room of a shocked family
But he quickly brushed the plaster dust off his shoulders and kicked open the front door
Bad Bunny and Gaga salsa danced during Die With A Smile, which she released in 2024 as a collaborative single with Bruno Mars
Gaga added a splash of color with her red heels, and she appeared to have bleached her eyebrows
In a hilarious pretaped segment, Bad Bunny appeared to fall through the building roof into the living room of a shocked family, but he quickly brushed the plaster dust off his shoulders and kicked open the front door.
Then the Puerto Rican star was pulled down a row of violinists as a couple appeared to conclude a marriage ceremony, leading into Lady Gaga’s surprise appearance for one of her songs.
Bad Bunny had a salsa dance break with her after bringing her out to sing Die With A Smile, her 2024 collaborative single with Bruno Mars.
Afterward, Bad Bunny regained sole control of the show and performed BAILE INoLVIDABLE, NUEVAYoL, before he brought out Ricky Martin to sing on LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii.
The song debuted on Bad Bunny’s most recent LP, the 2025 hit Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
In one bizarre section of the performance, the headliner climbed a platform and was surrounded by dancers dressed like workers who dangled from wires as if they were repairing transformers on electrical poles.
Bad Bunny closed out his set with El Apagón, CAFé CON RON and his latest LP’s title track, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.
Bad Bunny launched the epic conclusion by the flag of Puerto Rico and waving it about.
Just before Gaga began singing, a couple appeared to get married in a ceremony on the field
Ricky Martin sang on LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii, which debuted on Bad Bunny’s most recent LP, the 2025 hit Debí Tirar Más Fotos
In one bizarre section of the performance, the headliner climbed a platform and was surrounded by dancers dressed like workers who dangled from wires as if they were repairing transformers on electrical poles
Bad Bunny launched the epic conclusion by the flag of Puerto Rico and waving it about
He passed off the flag and shouted ‘God bless America!’ before reciting the names of Latin American countries that many immigrants in the US hail from, adding the US and Canada and his ‘motherland,’ Puerto Rico, at the end
Behind him, an electronic billboard reading ‘The only thing more powerful than hate is love’ shone out above the field
Then Bad Bunny slammed the football he was carrying to the ground as fireworks went off on the perimeter of the stadium and red, white and blue smoke filled the air in distinct columns
He passed off the flag and shouted ‘God bless America!’ before reciting the names of Latin American countries that many immigrants in the US hail from, adding the US and Canada and his ‘motherland,’ Puerto Rico, at the end.
Behind him, an electronic billboard reading ‘The only thing more powerful than hate is love’ shone out above the field.
Then Bad Bunny slammed the football he was carrying to the ground as fireworks went off on the perimeter of the stadium and red, white and blue smoke filled the air in distinct columns.
Leading up to the Super Bowl, fans had wondered if Bad Bunny would use his biggest platform yet to speak out against the second Trump administration and immigration crackdowns across the US led by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Even before the hitmaker took to the field, some football fans — particularly MAGA followers and fans of Donald Trump — grumbled on social media about his selection.
‘Picking between Kid Rock and Bad Bunny for a halftime show is like choosing between the recent Republican and Democrat[ic] presidential nominees for president. They both sucked,’ seethed one account on X (formerly Twitter).
Others said they would be tuning in to watch Kid Rock’s competing, unofficial halftime show instead.
‘Bad Bunny or country music. Guess I’ll do the halftime dishes,’ joked one user who wasn’t a fan of either option.
Even before the hitmaker took to the field, some fans grumbled on social media about his selection
Others said they were tuning in to watch Kid Rock perform instead
One right-wing user compared Bad Bunny’s halftime show to Kid Rock’s performance for Turning Point USA and said ‘neutrality isn’t an option’
In response to a tweet about Gaga’s surprise appearance, one conservative viewer replied that they were focused on Kid Rock’s performance
But even some ‘pro-ICE and MAGA’ fans were won over by Bad Bunny’s boisterous performance
One post featured a photo of Bad Bunny standing on a car roof in front of the sugar cane field while dancers surrounded him.
It contrasted that with a screenshot of Kid Rock along on stage in front of American flags.
‘The NFL halftime show vs the TPUSA halftime show. Neutrality isn’t an option,’ they wrote obliquely.
In response to a tweet about Gaga’s surprise appearance, one conservative viewer replied, ‘Coykdnt care lessm we Watched TPUSA [sic].’
But even some ‘pro-ICE and MAGA’ fans were won over by Bad Bunny’s boisterous performance.
‘I’m pro-ICE & MAGA and was nervous about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show,’ one poster admitted.
‘I must say, I respected his performance,’ they conceded. ‘Rather than focusing on immigration, he instead highlighted Hispanic/Latino culture and how it’s a part of AMERICAN culture.
‘If it’s pro-American, I’m for it 🇺🇸,’ they added.
He performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (pictured), as the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots faced off
He first performd as a guest at 2020’s Super Bowl LIV, which was co-headlined by Shakira (pictured) and Jennifer Lopez. Bad Bunny became the first Latin artist to solely headline the show
It wasn’t Bad Bunny’s first time performing at the Super Bowl, as he previously spiced up 2020’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show with a guest appearance with co-headliners Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
However, he became the first solo Latin headliner to lead a Super Bowl halftime show with his performance.
His performance comes just a week after he made history at the 68th Grammy Awards ceremony by winning the album of the year award for Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
The win marked the first time a Spanish-language LP has won the coveted Grammys honor.
Bad Bunny was clearly emotional after his Grammy win, as he sat down in disbelief and cried for several seconds with his head in his hand after his name was read.
In his speech — which he delivered mostly in Spanish — Bad Bunny joined other stars in supporting immigrants and alluding to ICE raids across the US: ‘I want to dedicate this award to all the people that had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams.’
But he made his criticism of the agency explicit elsewhere in his acceptance speech.
‘Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say, ICE Out,’ Bad Bunny stated before the Grammys audience erupted in cheers and applause.
His halftime show comes a week after he made history at the Grammys by winning the coveted album of the year award, marking the first time it has gone to a Spanish-language album
Bad Bunny, who won three Grammys that night, delivered a strong rebuke of ICE in his acceptance speech
‘We are not savage. We are not animals. We are not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans,’ the rapper continued.
‘The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different,’ he continued. ‘If we fight, we have to do it with love.’
Bad Bunny added, ‘We don’t hate them, we love our people, we love our family, and that’s the way to do it, with love.’Following his ICE criticism, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was forced to address Bad Bunny’s upcoming halftime show on Monday.
Speaking at his annual press conference at Super Bowl week, Goodell raved that Bad Bunny is ‘one of the greatest artists in the world’, and he added that the Puerto Rican singer ‘understood the platform he was on.’
‘This platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talent, and to be able to use this moment to do that. I think artists in the past have done that,’ Goodell said. ‘I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll have a great performance.’
The NFL and Super Bowl were engulfed in controversy beginning in September, when Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show performer.
The choice was attacked by not only conservatives and right-wing pundits, but also highly placed government officials, who rebuked Bad Bunny over his past criticisms of the current administration’s controversial immigration policies.
The hitmaker notably didn’t perform any concerts on the mainland US for his latest concert tour, which he said was due to the potential presence of ICE agents.
But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell waved away concerns about Bad Bunny’s halftime show after the Grammys, saying the Puerto Rican singer ‘understood the platform he was on’
Right-wing pundits and administration officials lashed out at the NFL after Bad Bunny’s halftime show was announced
‘There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the US, and none of them were out of hate — I’ve performed there many times,’ Bad Bunny told I-D Magazine after announcing his tour. ‘All of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent. I’ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the US. But specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the United States.
People from the US could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world,’ he continued. ‘But there was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside [my concert].
‘And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,’ he added.
Donald Trump was one of the most vociferous critics of the NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny to perform at the Super Bowl.
In an interview from October, Trump said it was ‘absolutely ridiculous’ that Bad Bunny had been booked, and he claimed that he wouldn’t attend the Super Bowl because of his selection.
His administration has also said that ICE agents will be out in force to patrol the Bay Area during the game.
‘We’ll be all over that place,’ said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been forced to defend her performance in recent weeks after multiple protesters were shot and killed in Minneapolis by ICE agents, including Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
Good, 37, was fatally shot in the face in her car by an agent who was filming the encounter with his cell phone in one hand.
In an interview from October, Trump said it was ‘absolutely ridiculous’ that Bad Bunny had been booked, and he claimed that he wouldn’t attend the Super Bowl because of his selection; pictured February 3 in Washington, DC
Pretti, a VA nurse who worked in the intensive care unit, was shot from behind a combined 10 times by two ICE agents after he tried to intervene on behalf of a woman agents had shoved to the ground.
Video of his killing appears to show that Pretti, who was armed with handgun, had been disarmed by one agent moments before two others shot him repeatedly while he was on the ground.
Their deaths have set off renewed protests across the US against the Trump administration and ICE.
A DHS official previously claimed about the Super Bowl that ‘Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear.’
Noem had previously said fans should steer clear of the Super Bowl ‘unless they are law-abiding Americans who love this country.’
‘We’ll be all over that place… we’re gonna enforce the law,’ she said.
Late last week, ESPN reported that an NFL team owner shared their concerns about Bad Bunny’s halftime show with Goodell.
They allegedly shared their fears that giving the Puerto Rican hitmaker such a big platform could lead the government to lash out by refusing to approve a deal to sell several of the league’s assets, including the NFL Network, to ESPN.
In exchange, the NFL would receive a 10-percent stake in ESPN.
According to a source, the team owner berated Goodell and said he ‘should’ve thought through that better.’
But despite the alleged internal warnings, the NFL didn’t give any indication that it was having second thoughts about booking Bad Bunny.
Bad Bunny, who hails from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, began writing and performing his own music when he was just 14, and by 2016 he had already scored a record deal on the strength of a song he posted to SoundCloud.
His early successes on the Latin charts led to high-profile collaborations with stars including Cardi B, J Balvin and Drake.
In 2020, his album YHLQMDLG debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it the highest-charting album on the charts that was completely in Spanish.
His most recent album debuted at the top of the chart and was widely praised by critics, many of whom placed it on their lists of the best albums of 2025.
