Bad Bunny Electrifies Super Bowl Halftime with Gaga!
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blew the minds of fans and viewers as he headlined the halftime show at with surprise support from and .
Gaga made an unexpected appearance alongside the 31-year-old Puerto Rican performer (real name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) after the opening medley.
They performed at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, , where the Seattle Seahawks trounced the New England Patriots by 29–13, marking just the second Super Bowl win for the Seahawks.
Gaga was dressed in a lovely blue sleeveless dress with a plunging neckline and a tiered skirt as she appeared at a microphone.
She performed Die With A Smile, but in a rearranged Salsa-style version.
Ricky Martin also joined the show later to perform Lo que le pasó a .
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Bad Bunny blew the minds of fans and viewers as he headlined the halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl LX with surprise support from Lady Gaga and Pedro Pascal
Gaga made an unexpected appearance alongside the 31-year-old Puerto Rican performer (real name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) after his first number
Gaga, 39, was dressed in a sleeveless ruched blue dress with a tiered skirt as she danced with Bad Bunny
Pedro Pascal was pictured hanging out among dancers onstage during the show
'As a lady gaga fan and a bad bunny fan this halftime show was straight up crack in my veins,' one fan gushed on X.
'bad bunny and Gaga’s relationship is the cutest thing ever,' another viewer enthused.
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Fans gushed about the 'nice surprise' that Gaga's appearance was
Another fan said 'bad bunny and Gaga’s relationship is the cutest thing ever,' and another gushed about how Bad Bunny was a 'little monster,' the term for Gaga's superfans
One viewer praised the 'vibes and whole look/feel' with the celebrity guests, and another gave the video perfect tens for its 'production,' 'set design,' 'visual concept,' 'choreography' and appearance from Gaga
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But a less impressed fan theorized that 'bad bunny had to bring out lady gaga bc he ran out of hits'
Another poster said the show as just 'fine,' but they praised the addition of Lady Gaga
Some viewers complained about the show and thought Cardi B would have been a better choice to join Bad Bunny
Gaga performed Die With A Smile, but in a rearranged Salsa-style version
Ricky Martin also joined the show later to perform Lo que le pasó a Hawaii
'Getting lady gaga to perform for 2 minutes with a song that makes zero sense to bad bunny, why didn’t they get cardi b to perform their song? Makes no sense,' wrote one unimpressed poster.
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Bad Bunny's mostly Spanish set began with Tití Me Preguntó, which he sang while walking through a sugar cane field that had been constructed on the field.
The Puerto Rican star strolled through the sugar cane as people mimed harvesting it.
He was dressed in a short white shirt and white trousers with drawstrings, and he carried a football in his white-gloved hands.
He followed the song up with Yo Perreo Sola, Safaera, Party, Voy a Llevarte Pa’ PR, EoO and Monaco.
As he exited the maze of sugar cane, he stopped to sing next to fruit vendors, a table of old men playing games and a beautician styling another woman's nails.
Bad Bunny then emerged on the roof of a building while celebrities danced under its awning.
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In addition to Pedro Pascal, the crowd was populated by stars including Cardi B and Jessica Alba.
Bad Bunny had turned the field into a sugar cane field at the start of his set
He emerged on a building while celebrities danced under the awning, including Pedro Pascal (L), Cardi B (center) and Jessica Alba (third from the right)
Cardi B (second to left) and Jessica Alba share a glance during the halftime show
In a hilarious pretaped segment, Bad Bunny appeared to fall through the building roof into the living room of a shocked family
But he quickly brushed the plaster dust off his shoulders and kicked open the front door
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Bad Bunny and Gaga salsa danced during Die With A Smile, which she released in 2024 as a collaborative single with Bruno Mars
Gaga added a splash of color with her red heels, and she appeared to have bleached her eyebrows
In a hilarious pretaped segment, Bad Bunny appeared to fall through the building roof into the living room of a shocked family, but he quickly brushed the plaster dust off his shoulders and kicked open the front door.
Then the Puerto Rican star was pulled down a row of violinists as a couple appeared to conclude a marriage ceremony, leading into Lady Gaga's surprise appearance for one of her songs.
Bad Bunny had a salsa dance break with her after bringing her out to sing Die With A Smile, her 2024 collaborative single with Bruno Mars.
Even before the hitmaker took to the field, some fans grumbled on social media about his selection
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Others said they were tuning in to watch Kid Rock perform instead
One right-wing user compared Bad Bunny's halftime show to Kid Rock's performance for Turning Point USA and said 'neutrality isn't an option'
In response to a tweet about Gaga's surprise appearance, one conservative viewer replied that they were focused on Kid Rock's performance
But even some 'pro-ICE and MAGA' fans were won over by Bad Bunny's boisterous performance
One post featured a photo of Bad Bunny standing on a car roof in front of the sugar cane field while dancers surrounded him.
It contrasted that with a screenshot of Kid Rock along on stage in front of American flags.
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'The NFL halftime show vs the TPUSA halftime show. Neutrality isn't an option,' they wrote obliquely.
His halftime show comes a week after he made history at the Grammys by winning the coveted album of the year award, marking the first time it has gone to a Spanish-language album
Bad Bunny, who won three Grammys that night, delivered a strong rebuke of ICE in his acceptance speech
'We are not savage. We are not animals. We are not . We are humans, and we are Americans,' the rapper continued.
'The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different,' he continued. 'If we fight, we have to do it with love.'
Bad Bunny added, 'We don't hate them, we love our people, we love our family, and that's the way to do it, with love.'Following his ICE criticism, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was forced to address Bad Bunny's upcoming halftime show on Monday.
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Speaking at his annual press conference at Super Bowl week, Goodell raved that Bad Bunny is 'one of the greatest artists in the world', and he added that the Puerto Rican singer 'understood the platform he was on'.
'This platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talent, and to be able to use this moment to do that. I think artists in the past have done that,' Goodell said. 'I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he'll have a great performance.'
The NFL and Super Bowl were engulfed in controversy beginning in September, when Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show performer.
The choice was attacked by not only conservatives and right-wing pundits, but also highly placed government officials, who rebuked Bad Bunny over his past criticisms of the current administration's controversial immigration policies.
The hitmaker notably didn't perform any concerts on the mainland US for his latest concert tour, which he said was due to the potential presence of ICE agents.
But NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell waved away concerns about Bad Bunny's halftime show after the Grammys, saying the Puerto Rican singer 'understood the platform he was on'
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Right-wing pundits and administration officials lashed out at the NFL after Bad Bunny's halftime show was announced
'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,' Bad Bunny told I-D Magazine after announcing his tour. 'All of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent. I've enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the US. But specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the United States.
People from the US could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world,' he continued. 'But there was the issue of — like, f***ing ICE could be outside [my concert].
'And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about,' he added.
Donald Trump was one of the most vociferous critics of the NFL's selection of Bad Bunny to perform at the Super Bowl.
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In an interview from October, Trump said it was 'absolutely ridiculous' that Bad Bunny had been booked, and he claimed that he wouldn't attend the Super Bowl because of his selection.
His administration has also said that ICE agents will be out in force to patrol the Bay Area during the game.
'We'll be all over that place,' said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been forced to defend her performance in recent weeks after multiple protesters were shot and killed in Minneapolis by ICE agents, including Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
Good, 37, was fatally shot in the face in her car by an agent who was filming the encounter with his cell phone in one hand.
In an interview from October, Trump said it was 'absolutely ridiculous' that Bad Bunny had been booked, and he claimed that he wouldn't attend the Super Bowl because of his selection; pictured February 3 in Washington, DC
Pretti, a VA nurse who worked in the intensive care unit, was shot from behind a combined 10 times by two ICE agents after he tried to intervene on behalf of a woman agents had shoved to the ground.
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Video of his killing appears to show that Pretti, who was armed with handgun, had been disarmed by one agent moments before two others shot him repeatedly while he was on the ground.
Their deaths have set off renewed protests across the US against the Trump administration and ICE.
A DHS official previously claimed about the Super Bowl that 'Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear.'
Noem had previously said fans should steer clear of the Super Bowl 'unless they are law-abiding Americans who love this country.'
'We’ll be all over that place... we’re gonna enforce the law,' she said.
Late last week, ESPN reported that an NFL team owner shared their concerns about Bad Bunny's halftime show with Goodell.
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They allegedly shared their fears that giving the Puerto Rican hitmaker such a big platform could lead the government to lash out by refusing to approve a deal to sell several of the league's assets, including the NFL Network, to ESPN.
In exchange, the NFL would receive a 10-percent stake in ESPN.
According to a source, the team owner berated Goodell and said he 'should've thought through that better'.
But despite the alleged internal warnings, the NFL didn't give any indication that it was having second thoughts about booking Bad Bunny.
Bad Bunny, who hails from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, began writing and performing his own music when he was just 14, and by 2016 he had already scored a record deal on the strength of a song he posted to SoundCloud.
His early successes on the Latin charts led to high-profile collaborations with stars including Cardi B, J Balvin and Drake.
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In 2020, his album YHLQMDLG debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it the highest-charting album on the charts that was completely in Spanish.
His most recent album debuted at the top of the chart and was widely praised by critics, many of whom placed it on their lists of the best albums of 2025.
