Bad Bunny says he will bring his culture to 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bad Bunny says he's approaching his highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show with a premix of excitement, gratitude and perspective.

"To beryllium honest, I don't cognize however I'm feeling. There's a lot. I'm inactive successful the mediate of my tour. I was conscionable astatine the Grammys past week. All of that," helium said successful English connected Thursday astatine a property lawsuit hosted by Apple Music. He walked retired to his 2017 azygous "Chambea."

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"I'm excited, but astatine the aforesaid time, I consciousness much excited astir the radical than adjacent maine - my family, my friends, the radical who person ever believed successful me," helium said. "This moment, the civilization - that's what makes these shows special."

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar calved Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is 1 of the most-streamed artists connected the planet. He volition instrumentality the Super Bowl signifier conscionable 1 week aft helium won medium of the twelvemonth astatine the 2026 Grammys for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos." It's the archetypal clip an each Spanish-language medium has taken location the apical prize.

During the conference, Bad Bunny joked that fans didn't request to larn Spanish to bask his acceptable - but they should beryllium prepared to dance, a notation to his "Saturday Night Live" monologue from past October.

Apple Music's Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden hosted the speech with Bad Bunny. Thursday's lawsuit began with conversations with pregame performers astatine 10 a.m. Pacific time.

This year, a agelong enactment formed good earlier the doors opened, with credentialed media - including a noticeable beingness of Spanish-language and Latin American outlets - packing the league country astir an hr earlier the quality league began.

It marked a stark opposition to Kendrick Lamar's 2025 quality conference, erstwhile the country didn't capable up until astir 15 minutes earlier the event.

What tin viewers expect from the Super Bowl halftime show?

Despite the heightened interest, Bad Bunny offered fewer specifics astir what viewers volition spot Sunday.

"It's going to beryllium a immense party," helium said. "What radical tin expect from maine ... I privation to bring to the stage, of course, a batch of my culture. But I truly don't, I don't privation to springiness immoderate spoilers. It's going to beryllium fun."

For the artist, the travel to the Super Bowl was ne'er driven by designation oregon awards. He said "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" became his astir meaningful task due to the fact that it was rooted successful reconnecting with his identity, past and civilization but not chasing milestones.

"I wasn't looking for medium of the year. I wasn't looking to execute astatine the Super Bowl halftime show," helium said. "I was conscionable trying to link with my roots, link with my people, link with myself."

That mindset, helium said, yet opened the doorway to thing larger: bringing a profoundly idiosyncratic look of civilization to 1 of the world's biggest stages.

"You ever person to beryllium arrogant of who you are and wherever you're from," helium said. "But don't fto that bounds wherever you tin go."

Bad Bunny is nary alien to the Super Bowl stage. He antecedently appeared during the halftime amusement astatine Super Bowl LIV successful 2020 alongside Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. But helium said his absorption has remained unchanged.

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"My biggest pleasance is conscionable to create, person amusive doing it and link with the people," helium said. "That's what I'm ever looking for each clip I'm successful the studio."

When asked if helium volition person astonishment guests, helium said "That's thing I'm not going to archer you."

Then helium said helium volition really person a batch of guests watching - his friends, family, "the Latino community," and radical astir the satellite who emotion his music.

At the extremity of the interview, Bad Bunny took questions from a fewer pupil journalists, including 1 who asked him to sanction an aboriginal supporter. "My mom," the vocalist replied.

"Before everything, she believed successful maine arsenic a person, arsenic a human. She believed successful me, successful my decisions, successful my opinions," helium continued. "I deliberation that's what got maine here, you know? Not due to the fact that she believed that I was a large creator but that she believed that I americium a large person."

The Super Bowl volition beryllium held Sunday astatine the Levi's Stadium successful Santa Clara, with the Seattle Seahawks facing disconnected against the New England Patriots.

Who other is performing astatine the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl pregame amusement volition unfastened with respective standout performers successful Northern California: Charlie Puth volition deed the signifier to sing the nationalist anthem, Brandi Carlile volition instrumentality connected "America the Beautiful" and Coco Jones volition sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

"I privation them to consciousness inspired. I privation everybody to cognize that euphony is specified an astonishing thing," Puth said of his performance.

"This is beauteous overmuch the apical of the top," added Jones. "This is the bee's knees. ... It's hard to compete. Maybe my wedding volition beryllium up there."

The nationalist anthem and "Lift Every Voice and Sing" volition beryllium performed by deaf performing creator Fred Beam successful American Sign Language. Julian Ortiz volition motion "America the Beautiful."

Before the game, Green Day volition play a acceptable to observe the 60th day of the Super Bowl. The band, which has its roots successful the Bay Area, plans to "Get loud!" according to pb vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong.

In a historical first, the halftime amusement volition see a multilingual signing programme featuring Puerto Rican Sign Language, led by interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme. She was besides the interpreter for Bad Bunny's landmark residency successful Puerto Rico past twelvemonth that drew much than fractional a cardinal fans.

All signed performances for the pregame and halftime shows volition beryllium presented successful collaboration with Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality.