Grammy Award-winning artist Bad Bunny took centerfield at Levi’s Stadium to headline the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday evening, delivering an energetic show in the middle of the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 win over the New England Patriots.
The NFL‘s decision to select Bad Bunny as this year’s Super Bowl halftime performer sparked some serious discourse in the political sphere. The Puerto Rican singer was the first male solo Latin artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime performance, and the first to perform his entire set in Spanish.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell responded to criticism of the league’s decision last week, defending Bad Bunny as one of the world’s “great artists.”
“Listen, Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated last night, one of the great artists in the world and that’s one of the reasons we chose him,” Goodell said after Bad Bunny won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. “But the other reason is he understood the platform he was on and this platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents and to be able to use this moment to do that and I think artists in the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
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Goodell and Bad Bunny shared a warm embrace in the Levi’s Stadium hallway after the conclusion of Sunday night’s halftime show.
Goodell was clearly pleased with the performance, and Bad Bunny said he was “very grateful” for the opportunity to take the stage at one of the world’s most prominent sporting events.
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Bad Bunny performed nine songs during his 13-minute Super Bowl Halftime Show outing. Most of these songs came from his Grammy-winning album, “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos.” The performance featured surprise guest appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.