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Bad Bunny Makes History as First Artist to Perform Super Bowl Halftime Show in Spanish

HeadlineFeb 09, 2026

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has made history as the first artist to perform a Super Bowl halftime show almost entirely in Spanish. Bad Bunny’s performance came a week after he publicly criticized ICE at the Grammys during his victory speech for Album of the Year. During the halftime performance, Bad Bunny held a football that read, “Together, We Are America.” The performance ended with Bad Bunny holding a light blue pro-Independence variation of the Puerto Rican flag. He was followed by dancers holding the flags of every country in the Americas.

Bad Bunny: “God bless America! Sea Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Brasil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Panamá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, México, Cuba, República Dominicana, Jamaica, Haití, las Antillas, United States, Canadá. And my motherland, mi patria, Puerto Rico. ¡Seguimos aquí!”

President Trump called the performance “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” and “an affront to the Greatness of America.”

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