Brooke PryorFeb 5, 2026, 07:31 PM ETCloseBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.Follow on XMultiple Authors
In a conversation with Apple Music Radio hosts Ebro Darden and Zane Lowe days ahead of his Super Bowl LX halftime performance Sunday, Grammy-winning musician Bad Bunny reassured fans they don’t have to speak his native language to enjoy the show.
“I want to bring to the stage, of course, a lot of my culture, but I don’t want to give any spoilers,” he said. “It’s gonna be fun, and it’s going to be a party.”
“Of course, I have a lot of guests,” he said. “It’s gonna be my family, my friends or all the Latino community around the world that support me.”
“I think it’s one of the most … special project[s] I’ve done, because it brought me to here,” he said. “I wasn’t looking for anything of this. I wasn’t looking for the Album of the Year at the Grammys. … I wasn’t looking to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. I was looking to connect with my roots, connect with my people more than ever, connect with myself, with my history, with my culture, and I did in a very honest way.”
“I was never looking for this,” he said. “My biggest pleasure is to create, have fun doing it and connect with the people. When I drop a song … and people connect with me, that’s the best feeling. And that’s what I’m always looking [for] every time I’m at the studio working. That’s why I always work with friends, because to me, it’s a very intimate space.”
Brooke PryorFeb 5, 2026, 07:31 PM ETCloseBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.Follow on XMultiple Authors
CloseBrooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman.Follow on X
The Puerto Rican musician, whose given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was greeted at the Thursday morning news conference with a chorus of fans yelling, “Benito,” as he arrived for the pre-Super Bowl event wearing a gray fur coat, a gray pinstriped suit, a gray double-pointed beanie and oversized sunglasses.
The international superstar joked that he had a very rigorous schedule to prepare for the show.
He added that he isn’t motivated by the recognition or fame he’s received throughout his career.