Bad Bunny Delivers Joyful Super Bowl Halftime Show

 

Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin joined the Puerto Rican musician in the first halftime show that was performed mostly in Spanish. His appearance had become a political flashpoint amid his criticism of ICE.

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican music star, led a celebratory performance of Latino heritage at the Super Bowl halftime show, the first time in the 60-year history of the N.F.L.’s championship game that the flagship entertainment has been done largely in Spanish.

His 13-minute performance, which included hits like “Nuevayol” and “Baile Inolvidable,” included guest spots by Lady Gaga — who sang a salsa-style “Die With a Smile,” her hit with Bruno Mars, in English — and Ricky Martin. It also featured a set of a New York-style street scene, complete with a bodega bearing a “We accept EBT” lighted sign.