Katy Perry is sending a message to Bad Bunny ahead of his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performance.
“you got this @sanbenito remind the world what the real American dream looks like #SuperBowlLX,” Perry, 41, wrote via X on Sunday, February 8, alongside a football and heart emoji.
Perry’s post comes hours before Bad Bunny, 31, is set to perform while the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Days before, Bad Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) teased that his performance will be all-inclusive — despite previously joking that English speakers had “four months” to learn Spanish.
“They don’t even have to learn Spanish,” he said during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference on Thursday, February 5. “It’s better they learn to dance. There’s no better dance than the one that comes from the heart. That’s the only thing that they need to worry about.”
He added, “I just want people to have fun.”
During the press conference, Bad Bunny — who is from Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States — became emotional as he discussed his mom, Lysaurie Ocasio.
“She believed in me, and I’m not talking about my music career,” Bad Bunny said. “I’m just talking about everything. She believed in me as a person, as a human. She believed in my decisions, in my opinions, in my taste, in my choices.”
He continued, “She believed I could be a good person. I think that it was got me here, you know?”
After news broke in September 2025 that Bad Bunny would be taking the stage at the Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show headliner, the decision has received mixed reactions from public figures, fans, politicians and even NFL players.
Ricky Martin is sending support to Bad Bunny after the singer’s wins at the 2026 Grammys and discourse surrounding his Super Bowl LIX performance. “Benito, brother, seeing you win three Grammy Awards, one of them for album of the year with a production entirely in Spanish, touched me deeply,” Martin, 54, wrote to Bad Bunny, […]
A survey released by The Athletic on Monday, February 2, stated that 41.4 percent of NFL players said they didn’t “like” Bad Bunny being chosen as the performer.
“I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is,” an anonymous offensive NFC player said. “I always think it should be an American. I think they’re trying too hard with this international stuff.”
A separate player, however, sang a different tune. “I’ve heard his music obviously, but I don’t speak Spanish so I’m not a big fan,” an NFC defensive player said. “But I do think it’s cool to have him, because America is based on diversity. America was built on immigration. So I feel like having him just furthers that American dream. I like it. I like the choice.”
Days before Sunday’s performance, Bad Bunny took home the Album of the Year award at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his Debí Tirar Más Fotos album.
“There is nothing that exists that we can’t accomplish. Thank God, thank you to the Academy, and thank you to all the people who have believed in me throughout my career,” he said in Spanish. “To all the people who worked on this album. Thank you, Mami, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico. I love you!”
Bad Bunny also shared a message in English, before continuing in Spanish. “I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams,” he said.
“For all the people who have lost a loved one and even then have had to continue moving forward and continue with so much strength, this award is for you all. Thank you for so much love. I love you,” he concluded. “To all the Latinos in the entire world, and all the artists who came before and deserved to be on this stage picking up this award, thank you very much.”
