Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime: A Puerto Rican History Lesson

Bad Bunny turned a 13-minute Super Bowl halftime into a personal, historically specific presentation, performing almost entirely in Spanish — a Super Bowl first. The set began in a recreated sugar cane field, with the singer walking among laborers, vendors, boxers, a domino game and a nail salon before emerging on the roof of La Casita to serenade the crowd with 'Tití Me Preguntó.' He blended familial exuberance and sociopolitical statement, most vividly during 'El Apagón,' which began with workers falling from utility poles in a flash of sparks, a nod to the blackouts after Hurricane Maria.

Lady Gaga sang the show’s lone English number, 'Die With a Smile,' backed by the Puerto Rican salsa group Los Sobrinos; later Bad Bunny hoisted the Puerto Rican independence flag while performing 'El Apagón.' The performance also traced reggaeton’s lineage.

Puerto Rico

bad bunny, super bowl, halftime, puerto rico, spanish, el apagón, tití me, hurricane maria, reggaeton, la casita