Couple marry on stage while Bad Bunny performs Super Bowl half-time show
Bad Bunny performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl as a couple wed on stage. Picture: Kindell Buchanan/PA Wire.
Bad Bunny was joined by pop superstar Lady Gaga in a vibrant Super Bowl half-time show performed almost entirely in Spanish.
The 31-year-old singer, also known as Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, shared the stage in Santa Clara, California, with a host of celebrities in a performance that celebrated his Puerto Rican heritage.
The show opened with Puerto Rican scenes of dominoes and sugar cane fields, set to his 2022 hit single Titi Me Pregunto.
At various points, he was joined by Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga, who performed a salsa version of her Bruno Mars collaboration Die with a Smile.
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Other celebrity guest appearances included actress Jessica Alba, rapper Cardi B, and influencer Alix Earle.
The Latin American musician, who exploded onto the international scene last year with his sixth studio album Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, recently made history at the Grammys as the first artist to win Album of the Year for a record sung entirely in Spanish.
At one point during the show, the stage transformed into an altar as a couple tied the knot while Bad Bunny performed behind them.
A representative confirmed to the that the wedding was real and Bad Bunny served as an official witness.
The unnamed couple had reportedly invited the musician to their wedding, but he instead suggested they form part of his half-time show.
The 31-year-old scaled powerlines and waved the Puerto Rican flag during his performance of Apagon, an apparent reference to the power outages his homeland suffered during Hurricane Maria.
Back-up dancers flanked the rapper, waving the flags of Latin American countries, as well as the United States and Canada.
As they marched behind him, the rapper recited the names of the nations while holding a football inscribed with the phrase “Together We Are America”.
The performance ended with fireworks, a huge Puerto Rican flag and a Jumbotron emblazoned with the words: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
The main event of the American football season saw the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks collide in a rematch of the 2015 Super Bowl.
Rock band Green Day performed the opening ceremony, with popstar Charlie Puth tasked with singing the US national anthem.
Fresh off his major Grammys win, Bad Bunny also picked up the award for best global music performance for his hit track EoO and picked up best musica urbana album award for the fourth year in a row.
His latest 17-track record fuses several genres, including reggaeton, pop, salsa and hous,e along with traditional Puerto Rican music such as plena, in what can be described as a love letter to the Island.
Previous Super Bowl half-time show headliners include Sir Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Rihanna, Coldplay and most recently Kendrick Lamar who have each performed a medley of their hit songs, often bringing out surprise guests to the stage.
