Who is Bad Bunny? SB Half Time Show Performer 2026

[supermike80 2,046]

28 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Meh. It's not like the NFL is trying to alienate conservatives, which likely make up the majority of their fanbase. I think you're just underestimating Bad Bunny's reach. He is #12 on the list of most-streamed artists on Spotify since 3/1/2023. Take a look at the below list and tell me who wouldn't have pissed off MAGA? It's either artists they don't like, or artists that don't like their politics. And several ahead of Bad Bunny have already played SB halftime.

 

Holy crap that list is depressing

[WhiteWonder 2,878]

14 hours ago, posty said:

Metallica should have been the obvious choice…

too white

[Hardcore troubadour 15,859]

Huge flop incoming 

[WhiteWonder 2,878]

50 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Meh. It's not like the NFL is trying to alienate conservatives, which likely make up the majority of their fanbase. I think you're just underestimating Bad Bunny's reach. He is #12 on the list of most-streamed artists on Spotify since 3/1/2023. Take a look at the below list and tell me who wouldn't have pissed off MAGA? It's either artists they don't like, or artists that don't like their politics. And several ahead of Bad Bunny have already played SB halftime.

 

I cant tell you a single song of his or what his music even sounds like. All I know is he was Happy Gilmore's caddy. That said, I still know who he is and I assume some people in this thread acting like "who?" are full of shit. I know enough to know he is very popular. Obviously not among the 55-70 year olds at FFT but are we surprised? The NFL continues to do woke. Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna, Dre/Snoop/Mary J/Eminem/Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Shakira/J-lo... gotta go back to 2019 to find a white halftime performer.  So Kendrick did it twice, sort of, in a 4 year span... so that shouldn't be an issue. 

And I don't care the race of the performer. Love Shakira, like Rihanna, like Usher... just pointing out that this has been the NFL's script since 2020. 

I am sure they would have preferred Swift, but that's also about as liberal as you can get and as has already been pointed out, most performers are going to be that side anyway. I just don't think you were ever going to see Bieber, Sheeran, Post Malone or even god forbid go back to Coldplay , or Maroon 5. 

the NFL is so huge that I am not sure you can even claim conservatives make up a majority of it's fanbase anymore. It's not like its all cornfed, hillbilly white guys tuning in on Sundays. The NFL has done a solid job of broadening it's fanbase either purposefully (international reach) or accidentally (Swift). 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,859]

Never heard of them/ they. 

[Ron 'Tator Salad' White 121]

17 hours ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Bad Bunny is a racist, Crossdressing, pro-Illegal immigration, anti-ice, conservative hating, racist criminal. And that's for starters 

If you must know. 

So perfect for a show sponsored by Apple Music 

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6 hours ago, Fnord said:

Who wouldn't want to watch that??!!

 

5 hours ago, Mookz said:

Sounds like his main ego. 

Both solid points. 

[Gepetto 1,426]

4 hours ago, Fnord said:

Meh. It's not like the NFL is trying to alienate conservatives, which likely make up the majority of their fanbase. I think you're just underestimating Bad Bunny's reach. He is #12 on the list of most-streamed artists on Spotify since 3/1/2023. Take a look at the below list and tell me who wouldn't have pissed off MAGA? It's either artists they don't like, or artists that don't like their politics. And several ahead of Bad Bunny have already played SB halftime.

 

Just look at this list. This is why I haven't listened to modern/current music or bought any of it in the last 25 years.

[Fnord 2,442]

1 hour ago, Gepetto said:

Just look at this list. This is why I haven't listened to modern/current music or bought any of it in the last 25 years.

Well it's not like dudes our age are the main user demographic for Spotify. But I do subscribe and listen to music a lot during football offseason. There's always good new music out there, and there are some great songs put out by some of those artists. Aside from Bad Bunny, who I have heard very little of, the only artists on the list that I have never liked are Ed Sheeran and Maroon 5.

Rock and roll is definitely not well represented, but that doesn’t mean there aren't some great acts out there, especially if you're into indie rock and heavier stuff.

[nobody 2,830]

5 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

I cant tell you a single song of his or what his music even sounds like. All I know is he was Happy Gilmore's caddy. That said, I still know who he is and I assume some people in this thread acting like "who?" are full of shit. I know enough to know he is very popular. Obviously not among the 55-70 year olds at FFT but are we surprised?  

I had heard the name before, but I had no idea who he was.  I even watched happy Gilmore 2 and had no idea the guy playing his caddy was famous.  

But I don't listen to music much ...  Almost all podcasts.  Spotify playlists based on Zz ward and aloe blacc if I do listen to music.  Tin cups for the win!

I'd bet I've heard one of his songs before though.  I probably just didn't know who performed it.

[The Real timschochet 7,215]

So I sampled his music today…and I still don’t like it. 
 

But I LOVE his outspokenness about Trump, ICE, immigration, etc. So I hope he uses the halftime show  to make a statement to the world about the terrible things our government is doing. It’s much needed. 

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11 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Holy crap that list is depressing

God Bless having grown up in the 70s and 80s.

Lady Gaga has a song called Pokerface that kids in China liked and sounds decent, Justin Beiber is Canadian. Taylor Swift hangs out with Travis Kelce.

Eminem has a lytic in one of his songs about mom's spaghetti. I know he sings about 8 Mile, where we both grew up, but I don't know what he has to say about it. Its probably true. I do endorse every word that he says about Scott Mitchell's time as Lions quarterback in the 90s destroying Barry Sanders' career as God's honest truth. His version of events is exactly how I remember it.

Ed Shirhan got a cameo on Game of Thrones because the chick who played Arya Stark is a fan. I think he'd threated to quit making music if he lost a lawsuit that he won. My sense is he is a decent talent.

I've heard of Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grand.

I know Kanye West best of all of them because of him making an ass of himself in politics but I couldn't ID a single lyric. 

Beyonce has been around a long time and I know that I can be entertained by her. I may even like a song without knowing she's the one who sang it. Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls works for me. Is that her?

That's about the extent I know about any of these acts until we get all the way down to Michael Jackson at 41.

[jonnyutah 491]

Lol. Suddenly democrats are admitting you cant deport US citizens. 

What was all that they can do it to anybody fear mongering?

[jerryskids 6,986]

From that list, Bruno Mars was by far the best halftime show. Possibly second all time to Prince.

Re Bad Bunny, I'm in the group of heard of him, I'm sure I'd recognize a song or two, but I couldn't name a song with a gun to my head.

I get why the NFL wants to attract younger and international viewers. I'd be surprised if they let him go all political, tho

[nobody 2,830]

He can go the kendrick lamar route and have a terrible show, but have some clumsy symbolism like an eagle in mexico colors choking on a taco to make people feel like it's deep and folks will love it.

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8 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

So I sampled his music today…and I still don’t like it. 
 

But I LOVE his outspokenness about Trump, ICE, immigration, etc. So I hope he uses the halftime show  to make a statement to the world about the terrible things our government is doing. It’s much needed. 

You’re such a retard 

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On 9/29/2025 at 6:34 PM, TheNewGirl said:

And he's doing the half time show? 

I did a quick google and he doesn't appear to be my kind of music. 

I usually only watch for commercials anyways, so we will see about this year. 

Meh. 

Probably some rapper who takes it in the butt since 90% do

[Voltaire 5,424]

On 9/29/2025 at 6:54 PM, Ron_Artest said:

It's all over X.

Apparently the guy is anti trump.  They're pissed.

I take back what I said and now agree with you.

What a POS this guy is.

[nobody 2,830]

16 hours ago, nobody said:

He can go the kendrick lamar route and have a terrible show, but have some clumsy symbolism like an eagle in mexico colors choking on a taco to make people feel like it's deep and folks will love it.

I got it.  What they can do is start the show with like a fat eagle eating a taco, but then bad bunny takes the taco away, and by the end of the show the eagle is all skinny and dying because you know the US will die without tacos and stuff.  Symbolism!

[Hardcore troubadour 15,859]

Imagine some country singer that hates Obama getting this gig? Impossible. 

[TheNewGirl 1,601]

20 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

So I sampled his music today…and I still don’t like it. 
 

But I LOVE his outspokenness about Trump, ICE, immigration, etc. So I hope he uses the halftime show  to make a statement to the world about the terrible things our government is doing. It’s much needed. 

Yeah, because it's always great when completely out of touch celebrities use their stage to b!tch about politics. 

No one cares what celebrities think about this stuff. Save it for the Grammy's or AMAs. 

 

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1 hour ago, TheNewGirl said:

No one cares what celebrities think about this stuff.

 

That's not true.  All the far lefties love it.