Bad Bunny’s halftime show went off without a hitch Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
The Puerto Rican superstar performed a series of his biggest hits during the concert at the break of Super Bowl LX, echoing performances he’s had throughout the “DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS” world tour. He even had his iconic casita full of celebrities dancing along, including Cardi B, Karol G, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba and others.
After starting with “Tití Me Preguntó” and working through several songs, Bad Bunny then brought out Lady Gaga to join him on the stage of an actual wedding. The couple involved, according to NBC News’ Rohan Nadkarni, invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, and he then invited them to actually get married during the show.
Fellow Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin even showed up briefly.
But it was what Bad Bunny did to close the show that really turned heads.
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Bad Bunny avoids Trump or ICE reference, but repeats Grammy’s message
President Donald Trump and his administration quickly criticized the decision for Bad Bunny to be the game’s halftime performer shortly after it was announced last year. Trump said he had “never heard of him,” and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) called it a “terrible decision” in October. Johnson suggested that 83-year-old Lee Greenwood, famous for “God Bless the USA” do the show instead.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem also said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be “all over” the Super Bowl.
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Bad Bunny has been very outspoken about Trump and ICE in recent years. He mocked Trump in his “NUEVAYol” music video, where he used a Trump-like voice to apologize to immigrants. Bad Bunny even declined to hold concerts on his world tour in the United States because “f***ing ICE could be outside [the concert].”
Bad Bunny called out ICE after winning a Grammy award during his acceptance speech last week.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out,” he said at the award show. “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans … The hate gets more powerful with more hate. 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.”
To end Sunday’s show, after taking “CAFé CON RON” into “DtMF” for his final song, Bad Bunny broke out and named countries and territories in the Americas — from South America through Central America and then ending all the way up with Canada in North America — with their respective flags being carried behind him. The same message from the Grammy’s was written on the Levi’s Stadium scoreboard behind him.
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“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
Bad Bunny then spiked the football, and exited the field with his performers behind him.
“Together, we are America,” the football read.
While he didn’t mention Trump, ICE or anything else in that arena by name, Bad Bunny’s unifying messaging was the same.
Trump, though, quickly hit his social media platform to complain about the show. He did not like it.
