The Bad Bunny Super Bowl is upon us.
Bad Bunny is one of the biggest musical artists in the world right now. He has been the most streamed musician on Spotify for several years and his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS made history as the first exclusively Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for album of the year. Now he’s playing the biggest show of his career: The 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
At the Grammys, the artist took a moment to make his political feelings clear while also calling for love and unity. “Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out,” he said in his acceptance speech for best música urbana album. “The only thing that’s more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people. We love our family and there’s a way to do it, with love, and don’t forget that.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell backed Bad Bunny up during his state of the league address. “Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated [at the Grammys], one of the great artists in the world, and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” he said. “But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on and that this platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that.”
We’re pretty hyped based on the first trailer for his show within the show, even if the president is, uh, not.
Here’s your first look at Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl performance—and everything we know about it so far.
Is there a trailer?
¡Bailemos! A promotional video made by Apple Music and released in mid-January shows the artist dancing with people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities. The message is perfectly clear: This isn’t about politics, it’s about having fun. Bad Bunny’s performance seems to be geared toward a party atmosphere and invites everyone to join in. The title card at the end of the clip reads: “February 8. The world will dance.” After all, you don’t need to speak Spanish to shake your ass.
Where will the halftime show take place?
The Super Bowl moves every year so as not to give either team a home-field advantage. This year it is played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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What has Bad Bunny said about the performance?
In a statement, the singer said, “What I’m feeling goes beyond myself. It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown. This is for my people, my culture, and our history.” In Spanish, he added (translated per the BBC), “Go tell your grandma we’re going to be the Super Bowl halftime show.”
At an Apple Music press event on February 5, he said, “I’m excited, but at the same time, I feel more excited about the people than even me—my family, my friends, the people who have always believed in me.” But he declined to give any details. "It’s going to be a huge party,” he said. “What people can expect from me…I want to bring to the stage, of course, a lot of my culture. But I really don’t, I don’t want to give any spoilers. It’s going to be fun.”
Who will Bad Bunny bring out as guests?
The singer has collaborated with many artists throughout his career, including Drake, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and J Balvin, but no one has been confirmed to join him yet. At the press conference, he was asked point blank if he will be inviting guests on stage. He responded coyly, “That’s something I’m not going to tell you.”
Is there a set list?
While we can probably expect him to play his biggest hits, he hasn’t given many hints about song choice, either. The teaser for the performance featured the single, “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” so that track’s inclusion feels like a good guess.
This is Bad Bunny’s first show in the mainland states in years.
On his last tour, Bad Bunny decided to skip the actual 50 states and stay in his hometown.
“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," he told i-D magazine, explaining that while Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could travel safely to Puerto Rico, that same couldn’t necessarily be said of the mainland. “There was the issue of—like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.” (DHS later issued a statement saying they don’t target concerts and suggested that BB was using ICE as an excuse because he couldn’t sell tickets.)
This post will be updated.
