Café con Bad Bunny: A breakdown of Bad Bunny’s historic halftime performance
By Quinn Smalley
Amid the chaos of the American political system, there was a brief break in the conflict. For one night, most of America united to watch Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a.k.a. Bad Bunny, and his eagerly anticipated halftime performance at the Superbowl LX on Feb. 8, 2026.
Bad Bunny’s performance was historic, being the first time a performer completed a set on one of the world’s biggest stages entirely in Spanish. It also served as meaningful representation for Puerto Ricans and the Latin American community as a whole. And like most halftime shows, Bad Bunny’s performance was rife with symbolism and political statements meant to be thought-provoking, honest, moving and, most of all, unifying.
The halftime performance began with a prerecorded film transportin...



