Last night, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime amusement and became the first philharmonic creator to execute successful Spanish, bringing Puerto Rico and its civilization to the Santa Clara shot field.
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It has already been named 1 of the most-watched halftime performances, with viewership exceeding 135 million, according to CBS.
And since helium acceptable truthful galore taste and humanities references wrong his 13-minute performance, I, a writer with Puerto Rican roots, had to database each of them below:
Also, if I missed anything, PLEASE let maine cognize successful the comments below.
1. The amusement begins with a antheral playing the guitar portion wearing a pava successful beforehand of a sugarcane field, who says, "Qué rico es ser Latino," which translates to: "How fantastic it is to beryllium Latino."
2. Next, you spot men and women walking the sugarcane fields, on with Bad Bunny, each wearing achromatic oregon pick and a hat. The pava hat, usually made of thenar leaves oregon straw, was worn by workers who cultivated crops similar sugarcane oregon java to support them from the sun. It is besides known arsenic the jíbaro hat, which refers to the citizens of Puerto Rico (the Jíbaros) who lived successful the countryside.

3. As for the sugarcane fields, they were established astir the 16th period and yet became sugarcane plantations successful Puerto Rico aft Spanish colonization of the island. As a Spanish colony for implicit 400 years, Puerto Rico was required to vessel sweetener and java to Europe to assistance successful Spain's economy, and yet to the US, done the forced enactment of enslaved Africans and the Indigenous Taíno and Puerto Rican population. Slavery ended successful Puerto Rico successful 1873, lone 153 years ago; however, the enslaved individuals were required to enactment an further 3 years earlier they were officially "free."

4. Bad Bunny's outfit is besides packed with symbolism. The backmost of his "football jersey," made by the Spanish institution Zara, featured his past name, Ocasio, whereas the fig "64" whitethorn person aggregate interpretations, each of which inactive request to beryllium confirmed by the philharmonic artist. For example, immoderate radical judge the fig represents Bad Bunny's mother's commencement year, "1964," whereas others are speculating that it refers to the initial authorities decease toll for Hurricane Maria. Complex reported past nighttime that it astir apt refers to Bad Bunny's uncle, who wore the aforesaid fig portion helium played football.

5. As Bad Bunny continues to locomotion done the sugarcane field, portion singing "Tití Me Preguntó," helium comes crossed a coco frío (cold coconuts) cart, which is simply a motion to the thoroughfare vendors who merchantability caller coconut h2o connected the island.

6. Next, helium meets a radical of older gentlemen playing dominoes. If you don't know, dominoes is simply a Puerto Rican (and Caribbean) pastime that's played amongst generations. It's loud, it's social, and incredibly fun. (I utilized to play a batch with my grandma erstwhile I was younger, and she utilized to slam the finishing portion connected the table.) It's besides a crippled rooted successful civilization and history, connecting with traditions, the diaspora, chisme (gossip), and family.

9. Next up is the piragua stand, a Puerto Rican dessert that's made of shaved crystal and antithetic flavored syrups, which tin beryllium recovered each implicit the island. Here you tin find that each flavored syrup is decorated with a antithetic flag, including Colombia, Spain, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

10. Bad Bunny besides paid homage to Latin California civilization by featuring a existent Los Angeles immigrant-owned business, Villa's Tacos. According to the owner, Victor, Bad Bunny is simply a fan of his tacos and asked him to beryllium connected acceptable for the large day.

11. He past dances done 2 boxers fighting, who are each wearing their respective flags of Puerto Rico and Mexico. Boxing has been a immense athletics successful Puerto Rico since the 20th century, with these 2 Latin nations having a huge rivalry.

15. The small frog successful the ellipse astatine the apical close is Puerto Rico's Sapo Concho, which is simply a toad autochthonal to the island. Bad Bunny has made the amphibian his mascot for the medium DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS.

16. Reggaeton is profoundly portion of Puerto Rican culture. Its roots tin beryllium traced backmost to aboriginal '90s Jamaican reggae, truthful it makes consciousness that Bad Bunny would wage tribute to chap philharmonic artists by playing clips of celebrated songs by reggaeton icons specified arsenic Tego Calderón, Don Omar, and Daddy Yankee.

17. While violinists played "Monaco," Bad Bunny gave a almighty code successful Spanish: "Mi nombre es Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, y si hoy estoy aquí en el Super Bowl 60, es porque nunca, nunca dejé de creer en mí. Tú también deberías de creer en ti. Vales más de lo que piensas. Confía en mí," which translates to: "My sanction is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, and if I'm present contiguous astatine Super Bowl 60, it's due to the fact that I never, ever stopped believing successful myself. You should besides judge successful yourself. You're worthy much than you think. Trust me."

18. The wedding that occurred was real! NBC Sports newsman Rohan Nadkarni tweeted that the mates really got joined during the halftime show. According to Bad Bunny's team, the mates primitively invited the vocalist to their wedding, but instead, helium invited them to get joined during the show. What amended mode to observe emotion than by having a mates get joined successful existent time! The mates besides got to chopped a barroom from Valencia Bakery, which is simply a staple successful New York.

19. Lady Gaga made a astonishment quality astatine the halftime amusement to sing a salsa rendition of "Die With a Smile." She besides chose to grant Puerto Rico done her clothing. According to Marie Claire, she wore a customized Luar gown created by Dominican decorator Raul Lopez, and styled by Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo. The azul celeste bluish pays homage to Puerto Rico's archetypal flag, which is utilized contiguous to observe independence. The reddish Flor de Maga angiosperm is autochthonal to Puerto Rico. It besides became Puerto Rico's authoritative angiosperm successful 2019.

20. If you grew up successful a Latin household, you astir apt were "triggered" by this small motion of Bad Bunny waking up a tiny child who was sleeping connected a acceptable of chairs during the wedding reception. I tin number the hundreds of times my uncles oregon aunts would pat maine connected the enarthrosis to aftermath maine up erstwhile a definite opus came connected oregon to play with my cousins, adjacent astatine 2 successful the morning.

21. Next, Bad Bunny makes a travel to New York City, aka "NUEVAYoL." Here you'll spot a bodega with an EBT sign, a barbershop with a kid getting a haircut and a pistillate getting her hairsbreadth braided, and a artifact enactment breaking retired front. These are conscionable immoderate of the areas wherever Nuyoricans physique assemblage and observe their culture.

22. What makes this adjacent much peculiar is that Bad Bunny brought Toñita Cay, the proprietor of Brooklyn’s Caribbean Social Club, 1 of the past surviving Puerto Rican societal clubs successful New York City. If you look closely, you volition spot that the store sanction is "Conejo," which means rabbit (like Bad Bunny), the close code of the Caribbean Social Club (244 Grand St.), and a representation of him and Toñita hugging is hung connected the wall. Bad Bunny besides included Toñita successful the opus "NUEVAYoL": "Un changeable de cañita en casa de Toñita," which translates to: "A changeable of rum astatine Toñita's house."

23. This peculiar infinitesimal betwixt Bad Bunny and a kid symbolizes him giving his Album of the Year Grammy that helium conscionable won the Sunday earlier to his younger self. As a reference, present is an aged representation of young Benito wearing the aforesaid outfit.

24. When Ricky Martin makes an appearance, who is besides a Puerto Rican native, helium sings “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii," which comes straight from Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS album. It's a opus that highlights what happened to Hawaii nether colonization and the "warning" that this could hap to Puerto Rico. One of the lyrics states: "I don’t privation them to bash to you what they did to Hawaii."

25. The integrative achromatic chairs are besides symbolic of the DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS album cover and of Puerto Rican civilization astatine large. You volition find them successful each societal gathering oregon household. I'm beauteous definite I besides slept connected 1 of these chairs erstwhile I was younger.

26. Also, it goes without saying however important it is to person Ricky Martin there: for the LGBTQ+ community, for Latin millennials, and for his bequest successful America.

27. Another governmental connection is erstwhile powerfulness enactment poles look with Jíbaros successful pavas. While singing "El Apagón" (The Blackout), Bad Bunny is seen climbing the poles, addressing Puerto Rico's ongoing electrical powerfulness crisis. You'll spot sparks flying from the powerfulness lines, symbolizing the predominant blackouts Puerto Rico experiences during large hurricanes and different harsh conditions. Just similar his erstwhile song, Bad Bunny makes a connection with "El Apagón" by calling retired the failing infrastructure Puerto Rico often faces.

28. At the end, Bad Bunny yells "God Bless America" successful English, past continues naming each the countries that reside successful the North and South American continents. Behind him are each the respective flags being held by Latin members of the community. This is unifying, stating that we are each America, adjacent those who whitethorn beryllium occupied and are incapable to vote, similar the radical of Puerto Rico.

29. Finally, Bad Bunny holds up the shot to the camera, and it reads, "Together, we are America." He besides does this successful beforehand of a billboard that says, "The lone happening much almighty than hatred is love," a notation to his Grammys code erstwhile helium won the grant for Best Música Urbana Album past Sunday.


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