Bad Bunny Brings Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin to the Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Stage

Bad Bunny didn’t just headline the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show — he turned it into a full-blown celebration with help from some of music’s biggest stars.

Midway through his hit-packed set, the Puerto Rican superstar surprised the crowd by welcoming Lady Gaga to the stage. Gaga delivered a salsa-inspired version of her smash hit “Die With a Smile,” transforming the pop anthem into a fiery Latin performance. While her usual collaborator Bruno Mars was absent, Gaga was backed by a massive live band dressed in sharp suits — a clear nod to Mars’ look on the song’s single artwork. White-clad dancers filled the stage, turning the moment into a high-energy salsa party.

After her solo spotlight, Gaga stayed onstage to dance alongside Bad Bunny as he launched into “Baile Inolvidable,” a fan-favorite from his Grammy-winning album Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

The surprises didn’t stop there.

A few minutes later, Ricky Martin emerged to perform “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii,” another track from Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Although Martin wasn’t involved in the original recording, his emotional delivery made the song feel newly reborn on the Super Bowl stage.

Martin’s segment visually echoed the album’s cover art: two white plastic chairs set on a lush green lawn, bananas hanging in the background. The recreation was almost exact, with one subtle twist — the chairs were placed on opposite sides of the frame, giving the scene a fresh perspective.

For Gaga, the night marked a powerful return to the Super Bowl spotlight. She previously headlined the halftime show in 2017 at Super Bowl LI in Houston, delivering a performance that earned six Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lighting Design for a Variety Special.

The collaboration felt especially meaningful given the artists’ recent Grammy moments. Bad Bunny and Gaga both appeared at the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last week. Gaga performed “Mayhem” from her album Abracadabra, which was nominated for Album of the Year but ultimately lost to Debí Tirar Más Fotos. That album also took home Best Música Urbana Album, while Bad Bunny’s track “EoO” won Best Global Music Performance. Gaga still left the night a winner, earning Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem.

Bad Bunny didn’t perform at the Grammys due to his Super Bowl exclusivity, but host Trevor Noah convinced him to sing a brief a cappella snippet of “DtMF” between award presentations — a moment that drew loud applause.

Less than a week before the Super Bowl, Ricky Martin publicly praised Bad Bunny in a heartfelt message published in Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día. Writing in Spanish, Martin congratulated him on his historic Grammy wins and celebrated his decision to stay true to his roots.

“You won without changing the color of your voice,” Martin wrote. “You won without erasing your roots. You won by staying true to Puerto Rico.”

On the Super Bowl stage, that message came to life — not just through music, but through unity, pride, and a shared cultural moment watched by millions around the world.