Bad Bunny later performed the Debí Tirar Más Fotos cut “Nuevayol.” Then, while everyone paced before a barbershop and corner mart, the reggaeton star called out “San Francisco!” and took a shot poured by Toñita, who oversees Brooklyn’s last Puerto Rican social club. Off to the side, a family watched Bad Bunny’s viral Grammy Award acceptance speech on a small, old-school TV set before the star himself approached them, handing the young boy his actual trophy.

The camera then panned to a musician playing the Puerto Rican cuatro as Ricky Martin popped up to sing “Lo Que Paso a Hawaii”—a song in which Bad Bunny considers the gringo-ification of Puerto Rico gaining U.S. statehood, akin to Hawaii’s experiences. Riding that high, Bad Bunny picked up a Puerto Rican flag and bust out “El Apagón,” his Un Verano Sin Ti song, while three dancers twirled from power lines in pavas. Soon Benito joined them up there, scaling one of the utility poles—a reference to Puerto Rico’s ongoing power grid struggles, a years-long reality the star documented in a short film.

When the jubilant beat of “Cafe con Ron” kicked in, Bad Bunny took off across his maze of a stage setup while all of the performers followed behind him playing instruments, waving Latin American flags, and jumping around. “God bless America,” he yelled, staring at the football in his hands. Bad Bunny then turned to the camera and, as if clarifying what that statement truly meant, proceeded to name every country in North and South America. Behind him, the football stadium’s billboard displayed giant letters: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” He lifted up the football, emblazoned with the words “Together we are America,” and spiked it into the ground. At last, Bad Bunny allowed himself to experience the joy of it all, ripping out his in-ear monitors to sing “DtMF” while pogoing in the air and hugging his friends.

Technically, this wasn’t the first time Bad Bunny performed at a Super Bowl halftime show. Back in 2020, he sang “I Like It” and “Chantaje” with Shakira, who co-headlined that year alongside Jennifer Lopez in Miami.

Earlier in the evening, Green Day performed a medley of American Idiot songs during the pregame Super Bowl LX segment. Afterward, Charlie Puth sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” while also playing keys, Brandi Carlile performed “America the Beautiful” with acoustic guitar, and Coco Jones sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

The halftime show marked Bad Bunny’s only stateside performance for the foreseeable future. His Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour, which kicked off last November and runs through May, includes no stops in the U.S. or Canada. In an interview with i-D, he explained, “there was the issue of—like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert].” After Bad Bunny was announced as this year’s halftime show performer, Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, said during a podcast appearance “ICE will have enforcement at the Super Bowl.”