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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show played like a celebration of Puerto Rico, built around dance, community, and big storytelling.
The staging moved from cinematic island imagery into a neighborhood block-party feel, then into a wedding scene that turned into a full reception moment with music and dancing.
Guest appearances punctuated the performance, led by Lady Gaga in the salsa segment and Ricky Martin later in the set with a moving rendition of “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii”.
And the closer landed with a unity-forward message that framed “America” as the entire Americas, not just one country.
If you have been following Bad Bunny’s salsa run, this felt like the biggest chapter yet.
The dance section, where salsa stole the show
For salsa dancers, the highlight of the show was the salsa segment, which opened with Lady Gaga singing a salsa rendition of “Die With a Smile.”
At one point, Bad Bunny joined Gaga onstage and salsa danced with her, alongside a young dancer (the daughter of salsa dancer and choreographer Stephanie Stevenson).
From there, the show moved straight into “Baile Inolvidable”, one of the biggest salsa songs of 2025, and featured many top salsa dancers from LA, including Eder Avila, Joel Gomez, Luca Cilluffo, Stephanie Stevenson, Jhesus Aponte, Lyliana Beltran, Tony Flores, and Maria Diaz, along with Tito & Tamara from Puerto Rico (Tamara also choreographed Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” music video).
Why this matters for salsa
This is the kind of moment that gets salsa dancers excited. Salsa got real screentime at the Super Bowl halftime, not tucked into the background, but treated as a feature, with multiple salsa moments in the set, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny dancing, and real salsa dancers onstage.
It’s the kind of moment that helps to bring more awareness, interest, and legitimacy to salsa music and dance, and inspire a new generation of dancers to start dancing.
It also makes the future feel wide open. Bad Bunny has clearly been leaning into salsa, and after seeing it land at this scale, it’s hard not to look ahead to what he releases next, and which other artists take inspiration from this and start putting out more salsa music of their own.
If halftime put you in the mood to dance, start here: Salsa Vida’s events calendar and city guides for classes, socials, and festivals near you.
Songs performed (setlist)
- Tití Me Preguntó
- Yo Perreo Sola
- EoO
- Safaera
- Voy a Llevarte Pa’ PR
- Monaco
- Die With a Smile (salsa version, with Lady Gaga)
- Baile Inolvidable
- NUEVAYoL
- Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii (with Ricky Martin)
- El Apagón
- Café Con Ron
- DtMF / DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (closing)
