Students are divided on Bad Bunny’s performance at the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show this past Sunday. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, broke history with over 135 million viewers, becoming the most viewed halftime show to date.
Bad Bunny also set a new precedent as the first solo Latino artist to headline the Super Bowl, singing primarily in Spanish and bringing Latin American culture to the show. The set depicted a recreation of Puerto Rican daily life, including a bodega and barber shop.
“I feel like he did a wonderful job of portraying the concept and unity that America is not just a country, it’s an entire continent full of people from all different backgrounds and speak all different languages,” said Giselle Juarez, a junior political science major. “I was just very impressed. I was very proud.”
Although the performance was widely viewed, some viewers critiqued the performance’s difficulty for non-Spanish speakers to understand.
“I think a lot of where the criticism is coming from is that people didn’t understand that there was a point to be a storyline and that was supposed to be symbolic,” said Anastacia Roman-Morales, a freshman social work and political science major.
Bad Bunny responded to this critique at a Halftime Show press conference, prior to his performance Sunday.
“It’s going to be easy, people only have to worry about dancing. They don’t even have to learn Spanish. Better they learn to dance. There is no better dance than the one that comes from the heart,” Martínez-Ocasio said during the press conference.
Even with critiques, the show fostered many positive reactions, specifically regarding the inclusion of the Hispanic community. To cap off the performance, Bad Bunny led a parade of flags, featuring every nation in the Americas.
“This is my people. This is who we are, and it’s great to be able to finally be represented for that, and it’s not this hateful projection onto us,” Roman-Morales said.
The show also garnered praise for its set design and visuals. There were many references to Puerto Rican culture, with the set including cultural scenes such as a marketplace featuring real Puerto Rican businesses and a sugar cane field, harkening back to Puerto Rico’s origins as a sugar colony.
“I thought he did a really good job of portraying that call to attention to issues,” Juarez said. “Especially when he had those dancers hanging from the power lines, to draw attention to the power bridge crisis that Puerto Rico has been facing.”
During the performance, there were celebrity cameos such as Pedro Pascal and Karol G. Bad Bunny brought out both Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin as his musical guests. Gaga sang “Die with a Smile” to a salsa beat, and Martin joined Bad Bunny to sing “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii.”
“I really liked how we brought out so many musicians,” Juarez said. “I was a little surprised at Gaga being there, but I mean I love it so hard.”
Bad Bunny continuously incorporated an overarching theme of unity, ending the performance by holding up a football with the message, “Together, we are America.” He then played his most popular song “DtMF,” breaking out into dance and laughter as a community.
“One thing I loved at the end was when Benito was saying all the countries and saying that America is one, like we are together no matter what,” said Alejandro Montoyo, a sophomore majoring in news media. “We will forever be one as people.”
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